Possessing a fleet of high-performing fighter aircraft with up-to-date combat systems and associated weapons, meeting all the user’s operational requirements, delivered without limitations of any kind, is absolutely fundamental for the defense and the deterrence of a modern State.
The aim of the RAFALE for India is to provide Indian Air Force (and later Indian Navy when a similar combat aircraft program is launched) with a combat aircraft at par with the political and military rank of India in the coming decades, able to ensure and to maintain the local air superiority of India.