India is buying 114 Rafale fighter jets from France. The initial budget for this has been fixed at Rs 3.25 lakh crore. A report in the Indian media Times of India said that an international conference on artificial intelligence will be held in India from February 18 to 20. French President Emmanuel Macron is coming to India to attend the conference.
\nSources in the Indian Ministry of Defense said that all the formalities related to this will be completed before Macron’s arrival. An important meeting will be held in the Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) under the Ministry of External Affairs next week in this regard. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will be present as the chairman of the meeting.
\nAccording to sources in the Ministry of Defense, it has been learned that 114 Rafales will be bought from France. Out of this, India will get 18 ready (in flying condition). The rest will also be manufactured in India and Indian technology will also be used in these aircraft. Of these fighter jets, 88 will have a seating capacity of one pilot. The remaining 26 can accommodate two pilots.
\nIncidentally, the French-made Rafale is one of the most modern and powerful fighter jets in the world today. This fifth-generation fighter jet has a top speed of 3,700 kilometers per hour and is capable of climbing to a maximum altitude of 50,000 feet above sea level. Rafale is also capable of carrying and operating several missiles of different ranges and multiple heavy machine guns. Since July 2020, 36 Rafales have arrived in India from France in phases. Out of these, 8 are two-seater training aircraft.
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