According to information published by Nagaland Post on February 3, 2022, the French ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain, told journalists that the Indian Navy successfully tested the Rafale-M fighter jet in the Indian Naval air station in Goa.
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Dassault Rafale-M fighter jet (Picture source: Kurush Pawar)
The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine delta-wing fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Dassault described Rafale as being an omnirole fighter with semi-stealth capabilities.
The Rafale is a multi-role combat aircraft; capable of simultaneously undertaking air supremacy, interdiction, reconnaissance, and airborne nuclear deterrent missions.
The Rafale M is a carrier-borne version for the Aéronavale, which entered service in 2002. The Rafale M weighs about 500 kg (1,100 lb) more than the Rafale C.
For carrier operations, the M model has a strengthened airframe, longer nose gear leg to provide a more nose-up attitude, a larger tailhook between the engines, and a built-in boarding ladder.
INS Hansa is an Indian naval air station located near Dabolim in Goa, India. It is India's biggest naval airbase. The military airbase has a civil enclave, that operates as Dabolim Airport.
