Dassault Rafale mu Indian Air Force
Rafale adafika ku Ambala base ku India pambuyo pa ndege ya miyendo iwiri kuchokera ku France Julayi 27-29, 2020. India yakhala yachitatu yogwiritsa ntchito omenyera nkhondo aku France pambuyo pa Egypt ndi Qatar.
Kumapeto kwa Julayi 2020, kutumizidwa kwa omenyera nkhondo 36 a Dassault Aviation Rafale kupita ku India kudayamba. Ndegezo zidagulidwa mu 2016, yomwe inali chimaliziro (ngakhale sichinali kuyembekezera) pulogalamu yomwe idakhazikitsidwa kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la XNUMX. Chifukwa chake, India adakhala wachitatu wogwiritsa ntchito omenyera nkhondo aku France pambuyo pa Egypt ndi Qatar. Mwina uku sikutha kwa nkhani ya Rafale ku India. Pakali pano ndi woyimira m'mapulogalamu awiri otsatirawa omwe akufuna kupeza ndege zatsopano zankhondo zankhondo za Indian Air Force ndi Navy.
Chiyambireni ufulu wodzilamulira, dziko la India lakhala likulakalaka kukhala wamphamvu kwambiri kudera la South Asia komanso, mokulira, m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Indian Ocean. Chifukwa chake, ngakhale kuyandikira kwa mayiko awiri odana - People's Republic of China (PRC) ndi Pakistan - amakhalabe amodzi mwankhondo zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Gulu lankhondo la Indian Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu Sena, BVS; Indian Air Force, IAF) lakhala m'malo achinayi kwazaka makumi angapo pambuyo pa United States, China ndi Russian Federation malinga ndi kuchuluka kwa ndege zankhondo. Izi zidachitika chifukwa chogula kwambiri kotala yomaliza ya zaka za m'ma 23 komanso kuyambika kwa ziphaso ku mafakitale a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) ku Bangalore. Ku Soviet Union, kenako ku Russia, omenyera nkhondo a MiG-29MF ndi MiG-23, MiG-27BN ndi MiG-30ML omenyera mabomba ndi Su-2000MKI omenyera zida zambiri adagulidwa, ku UK - omenyera mabomba a Jaguars, komanso ku France. - Omenyera nkhondo XNUMX a Mirage (onani patsamba).
Nduna za Chitetezo ku India Manohar Parrikar ndi France a Jean-Yves Le Drian asayina pangano la ndalama zokwana 7,87 biliyoni kuti agulitse 36 Rafale ndi India; New Delhi, Seputembara 23, 2016
Komabe, kuti m'malo gulu lalikulu la omenyana MiG-21 ndi kusungabe chiwerengero ankafuna asilikali asilikali 42-44, kugula zina zofunika. Malinga ndi pulani yachitukuko ya IAF, ndege ya Indian light combat LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) Tejas idayenera kukhala wolowa m'malo mwa MiG-21, koma ntchitoyo idachedwa (wowonetsa ukadaulo woyamba adawuluka mu 2001, m'malo mwa - malinga kupanga - mu 1990.). Mkatikati mwa zaka za m'ma 90, pulogalamu idakhazikitsidwa yokweza omenyera 125 MiG-21bis kukhala mtundu wa UPG Bison kuti athe kukhalabe muutumiki mpaka kukhazikitsidwa kwa LCA Tejas. Kugula kwa Mirage 1999s owonjezera ndi kupanga ziphaso ku HAL kudaganiziridwanso mu 2002-2000, koma lingalirolo lidasiyidwa. Panthawiyo, funso loti apeze wolowa m'malo mwa omenyera mabomba a Jaguar ndi MiG-27ML adawonekera. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 2015, zidakonzedwa kuti mitundu yonse iwiriyi idzachotsedwa ntchito chakumapeto kwa XNUMX. Chifukwa chake, chofunikira kwambiri chinali kupeza ndege yatsopano yapakatikati yamagawo angapo (MMRCA).
Pulogalamu ya MMRCA
Pansi pa pulogalamu ya MMRCA, idayenera kugula ndege za 126, zomwe zingapangitse zida zisanu ndi ziwiri (18 iliyonse) ndi zida. Makope 18 oyamba amayenera kuperekedwa ndi wopanga yemwe adasankhidwa, pomwe makope 108 otsalawo adayenera kupangidwa ndi chilolezo cha HAL. M'tsogolomu, dongosololi likhoza kuwonjezeredwa ndi makope ena a 63-74, kotero kuti mtengo wonse wa malonda (kuphatikizapo mtengo wogula, kukonza ndi kusungirako zinthu zina) ukhoza kukhala pafupifupi 10-12 mpaka 20 biliyoni US. N'zosadabwitsa kuti pulogalamu ya MMRCA inachititsa chidwi kwambiri makampani opanga ndege zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi.
Mu 2004, Boma la India linatumiza ma RFI oyambirira ku ndege zinayi: French Dassault Aviation, American Lockheed Martin, Russian RAC MiG ndi Swedish Saab. A French anapereka Mirage 2000-5 womenya nkhondo, aku America F-16 Block 50+/52+ Viper, Russia MiG-29M, ndi Sweden the Gripen. Pempho lenileni la malingaliro (RFP) liyenera kukhazikitsidwa mu December 2005 koma lachedwa kangapo. Kuyitana kwamalingaliro kunalengezedwa pa Ogasiti 28, 2007. Pakadali pano, Dassault adatseka mzere wopanga Mirage 2000, kotero zopereka zake zosinthidwa zinali za ndege za Rafale. Lockheed Martin wapereka mtundu wokonzedwa mwapadera wa F-16IN Super Viper waku India, kutengera mayankho aukadaulo omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu Emirates F-16 Block 60 Desert Falcon. Anthu aku Russia nawonso adalowa m'malo mwa MiG-29M ndi MiG-35 yabwino, pomwe aku Sweden adapereka Gripen NG. Kuphatikiza apo, mgwirizano wa Eurofighter ndi Mkuntho ndi Boeing adalowa nawo mpikisano ndi F / A-18IN, mtundu wa "Indian" wa F / A-18 Super Hornet.
Nthawi yomaliza yofunsira ntchito inali 28 April 2008. Pempho la Amwenye, wopanga aliyense anabweretsa ndege zawo (nthawi zambiri sizinali zokonzekera komaliza) ku India kuti ayesedwe ndi Air Force. Pakuwunika kwaukadaulo, komwe kudatha pa Meyi 27, 2009, Rafal sanalowe nawo gawo lina la mpikisano, koma atalemba zolemba ndi kulowererapo, adabwezeredwa. Mu Ogasiti 2009, mayeso oyendetsa ndege adayamba kwa miyezi ingapo ku Bangalore, Karnataka, m'chipululu cha Jaisalmer ku Rajasthan komanso kumapiri a Leh m'chigawo cha Ladakh. Mayesero a Rafale anayamba kumapeto kwa September.
