India, during Operation Sindoor, used its Rafale jets armed with Scalp (Storm Shadow) missiles and armed with Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range (Hammer) precision bombs to hit nine ...

India has the French-made Rafale jets, produced by Dassault Aviation. Pakistan operates the F-16 Fighting Falcons.

India bought 36 Rafale Aircraft for its air force under an inter-governmental agreement signed in September 2016. The cost of the 2016 deal was estimated to be around €7.87 billion ...

India's Rafale jets, used in the recent Operation Sindoor, have reignited scrutiny of the India–Pakistan air power balance. Compared to Pakistan's ageing F-16 fleet, the Rafale offers superior radar, ...

Pakistan’s F-16s carry the AIM-120C AMRAAMs, which are limited to a 100 km range and have a smaller kill zone. This means Rafale can fire first—and stay out of reach. Rafale’s role in Operation ...

India and Pakistan, the South Asian nuclear-armed neighbors that have engaged in hostilities, including a reported large-scale aerial battle, maintain a sizable fleet of fighter jets, consisting of ...

While both Rafale and F-16 are formidable in their own right, a closer look reveals that India holds a significant ...

Pakistan’s military announced on Wednesday that it had shot down five Indian fighter jets – including three state-of-the-art French Rafale warplanes – on the night between May 6 and 7 as it retaliated ...

Rafale vs F-16: Indian Armed Forces reportedly shot down three fighter jets of Pakistan when they attempted to attack Jammu on Thursday evening. As per reports, India neutralised three Pakistani ...