A Billion-Dollar Jet Without Its Killer Missile: Was ‘Game-Changer’ Rafale Deal Only Half The Story?
New Delhi: When India signed the much-talked about Rafale fighter jet deal with France in 2016, it was pitched as the ultimate answer to Pakistan’s F-16s armed with AIM (Air Intercept Missile)-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) missiles. The government claimed these 36 flyaway jets, though fewer than the 126 originally planned, were more advanced,…