The Rafale combines an AESA radar, SPECTRA electronic-warfare suite, and a deep weapons set — the beyond-visual-range Meteor missile and the SCALP cruise missile chief among them — into a single, highly survivable airframe. India fields the type from Ambala and Hasimara.
A naval variant, the Rafale-M, has been selected for the Navy's carriers, extending the platform across services and deepening the logistics and training base.