greece which has been using the tensions in the aegean sea and eastern mediterranean in recent
years as a pretext is using most of its national budget and aid coming from the european union on
arms and defence spending most recently greece bought 18 rafale jets from france under the
guise of the legal right to defence and as part of initiatives to illegally militarize islands
in the aegean this is being closely followed by ankara turkey last week issued a complaint
to the united nations sending a letter that greece's acts violate the demilitarized status
of the islands in the aegean rafale can carry payloads of more than nine tons on 14 hardpoints
for the air force version with 13 for the naval version the range of weapons includes
mica magic sidewinder as ram and amram air-to-air missiles apache as30 l alarm arm
maverick and pgm 100 air-to-ground missiles and exosed am39 penguin 3 and harpoon anti-ship
missiles for a strategic mission the rafale can deliver the mbda asmp stand-off nuclear missile
the mbda storm shadow scalp gg stand-off cruise missile was qualified on the rafale
in the first flight of the mbda meteor brand beyond visual range air-to-air missile was
conducted on a rafale fighter successful flight trials were carried out from the charles de gaulle
of the range of rafales weapon systems exo-set scout pg mica asmpa and meteor missiles the
rafale carried out the firing of the sagem as a precision-guided bomb which has both gps inertial
guidance and optionally imaging infrared terminal guidance rafale have been equipped with the azim
raphael can carry six as a missile with each aiming to hit the target with 10 meters accuracy
the rafale has a twin gun pod and an extra 30 millimeters depha 791b cannon which can
fire 2500 rounds a minute the rafale is equipped with laser designation pods for laser guidance
of air-to-ground missiles counter-measure and sensor technology on the twin-jet combat aircraft
rafale's electronic warfare system is the spectra from thales spectra incorporates solid-state
transmitter technology adal laser warning receiver missile warning detection systems and jammers
an f-16 volts can be armed with a range of air-to-air missiles including aim-9 sidewinder
magic 2 and asram short-range ons as well as im7 sky flash and aim-120 medium-range arms high off
bore sight infrared ons such as im9x python 4 aim 132 as ram and irisd are also available
the aircraft supports the integration of agm 119 agm 84 agm-65g anti-ship missiles and
agm-65 maverick air-to-ground tactical missile as well as paveway laser-guided bonds gbu-15 bombs
and wind-corrected munitions dispenser weapons the f-16 volts zessa radar enables all-weather
targeting and offers high-resolution detection and imaging of land-based targets
the phased array radar allows the simultaneous application of air-to-air and air-to-surface modes
the on-board sniper advanced targeting pod gives high air-to-surface and air-to-air
targeting capability to the f-16 viper it supports the launch of all laser-guided and
gps guided weapons against multiple fixed and moving targets the aircraft can be integrated
with clear laser system and reconnaissance and navigation pots the viper fighter is equipped
with upgraded electronic warfare equipment and modern threat warning systems including
jammers threat warning receivers electronic countermeasures equipment pods as well as chaff
and infrared flare dispensers to defend the most dangerous threats in complex battlefield scenarios
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