Ukraine to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes from France
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The Dassault Rafale Fighter Has a Message for Every Air Force on Earth
Ukraine’s headline-grabbing deal to acquire up to 100 Rafale fighters from France is less a plan to win the current war than a bet on the post-war future. -With France’s production line already busy and deliveries likely stretching deep into the 2030s,
Zelenskyy says "historic" deal to buy advanced Rafale fighter jets from France will give Ukraine some of the "greatest air defense" in the world against Russian attacks.
Zelenskyy said that Kyiv would be allowed to acquire up to 100 Rafale F4s by 2035, marking it as the third pillar of Ukraine's new air force.
Greece has expressed interest in purchasing the upgraded Rafale F4 fighter jets from French aerospace giant Dassault Aviation, in a bid to prevent Turkey from gaining air superiority in the Aegean sea.
This declaration allows us to acquire military equipment from the French industrial and technological base, including 100 Rafale F4 aircraft for our combat aviation, SAMP/T systems, radars, air-to-air missiles and precision-guided bombs,
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