THE RAFALE FLIGHTER JET AND ITS ADVANTAGES

THE RAFALE FIGHTER JET

With a finger countable originally made in Indian combat vehicles, Indian air force is dependent the foreign countries for its defense needs. During the COG report over the IAF suggested an immediate requirement of 42 squadrons for 2000 and 2012. Proposals were mad to government which had been sought out in 2011. The IAF declared RAFAL made by French gov., had met its criteria compared to the competitors F18/F16 (U.S made), Euro Fighter (made by UK / ITLY/ GERMAN/ SPAINISH), MIG – 35 (Russian made) and GRIPEN (SWEDESH made). There are many reasons listed why RAFALE is the best when compared with another existing.

The prominence of the RAFALE combat fighter jet was much discussed at various French interventions in to various international activities like MALI, AFGHAN, Fighting the ISIS etc., and eared a nickname for itself hunter (for the initial singer seater version RAFAL “C”). Its design and build quality was kept on upgradation from its first flight in 1990. It had replaced utility of 8 different fighter planes and it had proven better than any other of its competitors. It had 3 different varieties which were created for a specific combat zones. Single seater version, 2 seater version and naval utility Rafale-version.

The advantages of RAFALE Fighter jet are:

1.Ability to carry a total of 16tonns of payload for war and can be fit with a nuclear war head.

12.Requires a short run strip of less than 450mts. Advantageous for operating at hilly terrain regions.

1.   Fighter jet with a very high of agility, combined a delta wing with active close-coupled canard to maximize maneuverability. Operated even at higher altitudes with inbuilt oxygen generators.

2.   The aircraft is capable of withstanding from −3.6g to 9g.

3.   The Rafale is an aerodynamically unstable aircraft and uses digital fly-by-wire flight controls to artificially enforce and maintain stability.

4.   The wide speed control range. On a maximum speed, the jet can reach a speed twice that of sound. The aircraft's canards also act to reduce the minimum landing speed to 115 knots (213 km/h; 132 mph); while in flight, airspeeds as low as 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

5.   the Rafale was designed for a reduced radar cross-section (RCS) and infrared signature.

6.   In order to reduce the RCS, changes from the initial technology demonstrator include a reduction in the size of the tail-fin, fuselage reshaping, repositioning of the engine air inlets underneath the aircraft's wing, and the extensive use of composite materials and serrated patterns for the construction of the trailing edges of the wings and canards.

7.   70% of the Rafale surface area is made of composite material and designed to absorb the radar signature waves. Many such design features reduce the Rafale visibility.

8.   The Rafale features an integrated defensive-aids system named SPECTRA, which protects the aircraft against airborne and ground threats.

9.   Various methods of detection, jamming, and decoying have been incorporated, and the system has been designed to be highly re-programmable for addressing new threats and incorporating additional sub-systems in the future.

10.Built in with a radar system that has an ability to detect the enemy planes over a distance of 200Km.

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