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🇫🇷 Rafale M
Air · Dassault Aviation (Fransa 🇫🇷) · 2001 (Fransız Donanması ilk teslim 2000)
The carrier-based naval variant of the Rafale; it launches off the Charles de Gaulle's CATOBAR steam catapult and lands by arrestor hook. Single-seat, multirole, and a rare naval fighter able to carry Meteor, the Exocet anti-ship missile and the ASMP-A nuclear missile.
Specifications
- Class: Carrier-based multirole fighter (4.5-gen)
- Maker / origin: Dassault Aviation, France
- Crew: 1 (single-seat; no twin-seat naval variant)
- Engine: 2× Snecma M88-4e turbofan (~75 kN A/B each)
- Max speed: ~1,912 km/h (Mach 1.8)
- Combat radius: ~1,850 km (air-to-air load, external tanks)
- MTOW: ~24,500 kg (empty ~10,300 kg)
- Armament: Meteor & MICA AAM, AM39 Exocet anti-ship, ASMP-A nuclear, SCALP cruise, 30 mm GIAT 30 gun
- Naval adaptation: Reinforced gear + hook + jump-strut nose; ~500 kg extra
Beats: MiG-29K (daha güçlü sensör füzyonu, Meteor uzun-menzil üstünlüğü, daha geniş çok-rol mühimmat), Su-33 (daha modern aviyonik, hassas hava-yer ve anti-gemi kabiliyeti)
Loses to: F-35C Lightning II (düşük-gözlemlenebilirlik/stealth ve sensör füzyonunda geri), F/A-18E/F Super Hornet (filo entegrasyonu ve EA-18G Growler eşliğinde elektronik harp ekosistemi)
No twin-seat carrier variant was developed; India's order includes 4 twin-seat Rafale DH for shore training only. Not stealthy — it relies on the SPECTRA electronic-warfare suite rather than low RCS.
Related systems
Same manufacturer (Dassault Aviation (Fransa 🇫🇷)): Mirage 2000
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM
