6 Rafale fighter jets with India specific enhancement arriving in Jan 2022

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India is set to get remaining 6 Rafale jets with country-specific enhancements. These include long range air-to-air missiles, frequency jammers, advanced communications in coming 2 months.

First of 3 Rafales with India specific enhancements with arrive from Istres-Le Tube air base, France in December while last 3 multi-role fighters will be flown into Ambala air base in January 2022.

The Istres air base has test bed facilities for manufacturer Dassault Aviation to install India specific enhancements on Rafale fighters.

Rafale has potent weapons like SCALP air grounding laser guided ammunition to target enemy from over 300 kms range, and HAMMER precision terrain hugging ammunition, hunting and destroying high value enemy targets from 60 kms away.

With 36 Rafale in its armoury, the Indian Air Force will also become more potent in December with the induction of at least 2 S-400 air defence systems in India. The Russian S-400 will not only match similar system deployed with the Chinese Army on the Line of Actual Control but also deter any aerial threat from across the Tibetan border from 400 kms.