Dayadra Mandal,Kolkata;
During the Lok Sabha elections, the issue of Rafael Deal remained an electoral issue. Congress and President Rahul Gandhi have been encircling the government on this deal. But now after the election campaign ends, big news is coming from France, where some unknown elements tried to infiltrate into the Indian Rafael Project Management team. This incident has alerted the Indian Air Force.
In September this year, in the country, where there was a long-standing political spill over the Rafael aircraft deal involving the Indian fleet, an attempt was made to infiltrate into the Indian team of Rafael. Sources reveal that an attempt was made to infiltrate the Indian Air Force Raphael Project management team in a suburb of Paris, France's capital Paris on Sunday night. After this attempt, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been alerted. Trying to get more information in this regard.
In France, the Indian Air Force team is headed by an officer of the Group Captain rank, whose work is to monitor the construction of 36 Rafale aircraft and training of Indian officers. According to sources, Air France has already informed the Indian Ministry of Defense about this incident. Indian Air Force has been trying to gather more information about this movement.
Rafale aircraft are being developed for India only in the Dault manufacturing unit. In the next 5 years, France will give 36 Rafael aircraft to India, which will start from September this year. The remaining Rafale aircraft are to be delivered in the next 25 months of the first delivery. The 36 shipments of 36 Rafael fighters, which India has with France, its first ship comes in September this year.
In September last year, a six-member team of IAF visited the French's Dassault Manufacturing unit. During this time, Air Chief Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, the Deputy Chief of the Air Force, was the first Indian to fly on Rafael Combat aircrafts.
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