Greece Orders 18 Rafale jets, Delivery to Start This Year Our Bureau 2781
Signing of the Greek Rafale contract
Greece has placed an order for 18 Rafale fighter jets including six new ones produced by French company Dassault Aviation.
Theodoros Lagios, General Director of Armament and Investments of the Greek Ministry of Defense, and Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, signed the contract Monday for the acquisition of Rafale aircraft for the Hellenic Air Force, as well as a contract for the logistical support of the fleet.
Theodoros Lagios, General Director of Armament and Investments of the Greek Ministry of Defense, and Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, signed today a contract for the acquisition of 18 Rafale aircraft for the Hellenic Air Force, as well as a contract for the logistical support of the fleet.
Republic Day 2021: All Active Fighter Jets of Indian Air Force - Rafale, Tejas, Sukhoi and More Auto | News18.com | January 26, 2021, 10:26 am
1/ 9 As India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day on 26th January 2021, a spectacular display was put forth by the Indian Air Force with staged sorties by the attack and transport aircraft of the IAF. While in 2020, 41 aircraft including helicopters, jets and transporters participated in the parade, which also included the debut of the Apache and Chinook helicopters, both Rafale and Tejas were not on display. This year, however, the star attraction of the 2021 Republic Day Parade is the recently acquired French MMRCA, the Dassault made Rafale. Here’s a look at all the active fighter jets of the Indian Air Force, from Sukhoi Su30 MKI to the Tejas LCA and Rafale, in pics. (Image: Dassault Aviation)
Russia Starts Developing Long-Range Interceptor to Replace MiG-31 Jets Our Bureau 6369
MiG-31 fighter @Rostec
Russia’s state-owned Rostec has announced the development of a new long-range interceptor designated MiG-41 (PAK DP) to replace MiG-31 jets.
MiG-31 fighters first entered service in 1981. It is the first Soviet aircraft of fourth generation.
As per older reports, MiG-41 will be a supersonic, heavy, stealthy interceptor aircraft. Russian defense analyst Vasily Kashin has previously said that the MiG-41 would be considered as a 5++ or 6th generation project. The design of the MiG-41 was reportedly finalized by the end of 2019.
Izvestia has reported earlier that the MiG-41 is envisioned to become an interceptor of hypersonic missiles by carrying a multifunctional long-range interceptor missile system (MPKR DP) that will dispense several sub-missiles in order to increase the chance of intercepting hypersonic weapons. The PAK DP is also intended to carry anti-satellit
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Of all the weather phenomena our magnificent planet throws at us, lightning is one of the most spectacular - and the most mysterious. Even though storms are a regular occurrence, we re still at pains to understand and describe their crackling electrical discharges generated in the sky.
One kind of lightning is so strange and rare, in fact, that we didn t even have concrete evidence it existed until 1990, when researchers identified its signature rocket-like motion in video shot from NASA s Space Shuttle the previous year.
Later dubbed blue jets , the streaks are now recognised as brilliant flashes of light that last just a few hundred milliseconds, as lightning streaks upwards from the clouds and into the stratosphere.