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Dassault Rafale VS General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon   ( For best view switch to desktop mode) Name: Dassault Rafale General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Type: Multirole fighter                                                                    Multirole fighter, air superiority fighter Origin:              France USA Produced: 1986 1973 Unit cost: 74 million $ (Rafale B) 18.8 million $ Full description:   Description, operators Specifications Range: 3,700 km 4,220 km Max speed: Mach 1.8 (1,912 km/h) Mach 1.2 (915...

  RAFALE ( Dassault Rafale  ) The Dassault Rafale is the primary French multirole 4th Generation Fighter aircraft. During the 1970s, it became apparent to the French Air Force and Navy that it required a new, modern, multirole-minded fighter to succeed its aged stock of aircraft. This prompted officials to consider a lower-risk partnership with other European players to include Britain, Italy, Germany (then as West Germany), and Spain. The program picked up steam in the late 1970s which led to a formal partnership. However, the French removed themselves from the project in 1984, preferring instead to develop an in-house French solution to the standing French requirement. The Rafale was already on Dassault drawing boards even as the Dassault Mirage 2000 (detailed elsewhere on this site) was being developed. The European consortium eventually netted itself the capable Eurofighter Typhoon while work by Dassault produced the impressive Dassault Ra...