rafale was developed for the French Navy and French Air Force

The aircraft was developed for the French Navy and French Air Force The Rafale is a twin-jet fighter aircraft able to operate from both an aircraft carrier and a shore base. The Rafale has been cleared to operate the following weapons: The MICA air-to-air “Beyond Visual Range” (BVR) interception, combat and self-defense missiles, in their IR (heat-seeking) and EM (active radar homing) The MICA can be used within visual range (WVR) and beyond visual range (BVR). The notion of aircraft generations, a term that applies to the only jet rather than propeller-driven fighter aircraft, appeared in the 1990s and attempted to make sense of the leap-frogging improvements in performance to jet fighter aircraft brought about through major advances in aircraft design, avionics, and weapon systems. While the rationale that constitutes a generational shift is debatable, a generational shift in jet fighter aircraft occurs when a technological innovation cannot be incorporated into an existing aircraf