Fighter Jets: The World's Most Advanced Weapons | Génie Français - Fighter Jets

"Record-Breaking Fighter Jets" delves into the fascinating world of aerial warfare's most advanced machines. This documentary explores the evolution of fighter aircraft, showcasing how these supersonic marvels have become arguably the most sophisticated weapons in the world. With their breathtaking speeds, cutting-edge missile systems, and split-second responsiveness, modern fighter planes represent the pinnacle of military technology.
The film spotlights three exceptional aircraft that changed the course of aviation history. It begins with the groundbreaking Ouragan, France's first jet-powered fighter that took to the skies in 1949, ushering in a new era of aerial combat. The narrative then leaps forward three decades to the Mirage 2000, a remarkable fighter capable of twice the speed of sound while maintaining agility at the lowest altitudes.
Finally, the documentary culminates with the Rafale, a true technological gem that emerged two decades later. This state-of-the-art aircraft showcases unprecedented versatility, even capable of landing on a stretch of ground no longer than a tennis court. Through stunning visuals and expert analysis, the film unravels how these three iconic jets - the Rafale, the Mirage 2000, and their predecessor, the Ouragan - revolutionized air combat and pushed the boundaries of what's possible in the skies.
Viewers will gain insight into the relentless pursuit of speed, maneuverability, and combat effectiveness that has driven fighter jet development for decades. From stealth technology to advanced avionics, "Record-Breaking Fighter Jets" illuminates the incredible feats of engineering and human achievement that continue to shape the future of aerial warfare.
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[@gregorypilau3530]

After completing the documentary, I now understand why the Rafale shot down the American F22 in the mock combat in the UAE a few years back.

[@valkielbloodvist2928]

The fight was very much in favor of the Rafale, but it is true that it is the only one to have succeeded in this, at least to my knowledge.

[@khasmir666]

The pilot really is the limiting factor for these amazing machines

[@projectsspecial9224]

Can you imagine the next generation AI pilots of what they are capable of?

[@LudwigJoel]

An AMAZING Documentary, thanks so much

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

The Rafale is a jewel, the best aircratf ever according to me ! French engineers are very good, aeronautic has always been exceptional in its way of designing.

[@jean-jacquesgentric2090]

Grandiloquence excessive... A trop en faire, on dévalue ce qu'on veut encourager.

[@micstonemic696stone]

That was a good video The French have always been good at making planes & helicopters 👍

[@MtNikota]

not only. Besides the US, they're the only army with a nuclear aircraft carrier. Their submarines are also probably the best in the world with American ones.

[@micstonemic696stone]

@@MtNikota I was in the Army Cadet Force, in the Queens Regiment from 12yrs till 16, then rewarded with 4 basic training I wanted to specialise in the Army Air Corps, but my medical was unsuccessful due to epilepsy my basic was a reward and not a commitment Through contacts in the Navy I had Another chance was to become an NCO for the NAAFI on the Ark Royal On its first sailing from Portsmouth to the bicentennial parades can Australia when leaving The ACF we were told are skills will likely to give us rank early, but why walk when you can fly, a joke I later picked up, Contacts nearly got me in at Aldermaston atomic research That might have been interesting, The R.A.E. Farnborough is like Disneyland For my aviation interests, Like the USA Soldier say's Semper fi my friend, I wish you well.

[@micstonemic696stone]

@@MtNikota Great Britain has an atomic powered submarine in the astute class which has a reactor apparently to last 25 years without downtime servicing intervals Great Britain is the best she always has been, the USA has the largest military investment in the world Making it seem like they have the superiority which I guess is true The original science and ideas can be traced back to the United Kingdom Where are scientific can do attitude everyone from our Shores should be proud the Abrams United States tank has no reactive armour as it uses our own Chobham armour Be proud mother islanders

[@kaluludhianvi]

@@micstonemic696stone You may be right decades ago. Not anymore. Their recent submarine launched test was a flop and they can't even protect their borders. They don't have the finances to keep up with the big boys. They are taxing the hell out of the working public just to keep normality.

[@didierlemoine6771]

Aviation is a french word :)

[@Redpearl83]

This is awesome! Have waited long enough for a good documentary on Mirages and Rafale and thanks for the elaboration. Enjoying it thoroughly. 😊😊

[@nby149]

Exactly! I don’t know if you are French like me, I’ve learned meany things about the Rafale thru the years, but all the documentaries I saw about the Rafale where full of bs or just scraping the edge of it. I am very happy to see that there is finally a good true documentary made about it and available in English for everybody to discover this marvel of engineering that makes us so proud. 😊

[@space-and-science]

Thank you very much! We´re glad that you enjoyedit :)

[@arthurrod7638]

Excellent -- I've subscribed to the channel after watching just this single documentary. I generally love the content, but especially love the animation -- excellent. Love from India 🤗

[@senoadjiaditya1535]

Rafale design is beautiful!

[@projectsspecial9224]

Gorgeous indeed!

[@jonathanratel3150]

True! So is the Mirage 2000!

[@OranutYatthaisong]

🥰🥰Danke RF❤❤😂❤❤❤👧✌️✌️✌️✌️👌👌👌

[@francinesicard464]

And its technology even better😄😄

[@itslife2966]

Plane, boat... I love the style of French armament 😍😍

[@defcon1africa676]

Awesome documentary

[@EvilTactical]

*"The only OPERATIONAL delta wing to land on an aircraft carrier"

[@gregorypilau3530]

France engineering is the coolest in the world.

[@ivanlefou9450]

Thanks !!

[@micstonemic696stone]

During the 1982 Falklands war the Argee's used the French Dassett Super Etender a fine naval aircraft armed with the Exocet ship killer missile

[@kaluludhianvi]

...and it worked

[@saskshark]

The Mirage was a deadly jet better than the American or the Russians.I don't think they were allowed to sell the Mirage to any of our enemies , Israel had some...

[@barracuda7018]

Nonsense... F-15 is the deadliest with 104 recorded kills without a single loss, F-16 is the second.. Both better than Mirage..

[@brunol-p_g8800]

@@barracuda7018both the F15 and F16 weren’t even born when the Israeli Mirages were downing enemy airplanes..

[@edouardmontfort7816]

​​@@barracuda7018The only known fight between an F-16 and a Mirage has seen the Greek Mirage shoot down the Turkish F-16...

[@fabienhyvert2319]

@@barracuda7018 vrai pour le F15. Mais son équivalent, c'était le mirage 4000. Le 2000 était l'équivalent du F16. Mais le radar du F16 était meilleur. Depuis, le 2000 n'a pas vraiment été amélioré, sauf les versions export...

[@evrydayamerican]

The Rafale is what is making US the USA take another look at our NGAAD program. Cheap, light weight, but ferocious air machine. Instead of spending 100 Million per plane we jeed thousands of planes like the Rafale

[@tulipanhr]

Actualy Rafale is 100 mill a piece.

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

Cheap? A well equipped Rafael, as old as the F-22 from the 1990s, cost close to $150M dollars. Yes, you could buy the base model, with less sophisticated equipment, avionics, radar, etc. --- the ones the French sell to 90% of the second and third world countries that buy it --- that is about the same as the single engine F-35. But a top of the line model like those flown by the French are way more expensive, again, than the average 2024 F-35, that has 10 times the computational power... a computation prowess that is soon to be quadrupled, due to the F-35's computational modularity design (something neither the Rafale, nor Typhoon, nor F-22 was designed to be capable of). Anyway... in pure brute physical strength, all these 3 are way more powerful/faster than the single engine, mid-range F-35.... But, as Bronze Age fighter jets from the 1980s and 90s.... none of them is going to out smart, out compute the physically inferior, slower F-35, when it comes to number crunching (the ability to receiving massive data, making sense of it, and sending packets of relevant information to relevant partners & allies, nearby or far away, etc). In today's warfare, when EVERY advanced nation has ground to air and air to air missiles that EASILY du Mach 4 to Mach 10 --- speeds that NO MANNED AIR PLANE COULD OUT RUN ---- HOW FAST YOU'RE ABLE to deal with large, raw information and make sense of them and get the phuc away, WAY before it's too late (which is no more than a few seconds to a few minutes, in contested space) or never fly into a dangerous situation in the first place... THAT is what allows a pilot to live longer, in a large, contested volume of space. It is NOT whether you could fly, at max speed, 200 - 500MPH faster than the single engine F-35, etc. Because that tiny difference, again, is IRRELEVANT to a missile going between Mach 4 to Mach 10...

[@avb4805]

No the rafale is cheap: 75 millions€

[@sanche678]

@@tulipanhr 73 million version naval max

[@steevoy9966]

The will es of the f35 is still price, cost per Hours, very bad avaibility, unsolved problems ( engine, data...)

[@probalsarkar-iw4cg]

Lots of love ❤ Your Video 📹 Appreciated Sky Is The Limit. Probal Sarkar From Kolkata City Eastern India 🇮🇳 😊 😊 😊 😊 😮😮 Wow 👌 👏

[@ewennarsevenadur4830]

Fière d’être Français, encore plus d’être Breton !

[@francinesicard464]

Idem 😁

[@Someguy7488]

One of the most beautiful planes in existence ❤❤❤

[@johndoe-cd9vt]

Rafale 4 version is out and Dassault is now working on v5, that version will comme with 6th gen capabilities and drones

[@brunol-p_g8800]

The fourth version was the F3R and was out a long time ago, now it is the fifth version, the F4.

[@brianmaitai7685]

Why did the Indian Airforce buy only 49 of these "VAJRA" or "Divine Streak" (as they are called) and 100 of the useless Mig 29's? The electric cake slice (as the French call the Mirage 2000) totally outclassed the Pakistani F-16's in the Kargil war.

[@lordtemplar9274]

excellent thanks 👍

[@keng293]

Very cool video, thanks!

[@vitordio2472]

Europe should invest in its production....Militarily and not be in the hands of the Americans

[@valkielbloodvist2928]

Tell that to the Germans and the English, they keep trying to sabotage the French in everything they can.

[@hartindc]

Swedish jets are what Ukraine needs. They can land and be resupplied on remote roads.

[@edouardmontfort7816]

Do not hesitate to send those jets then. 🙂

[@fabienhyvert2319]

Les 2000 ont impressionné les Polonais dans ce type d'exercice. Et ils ont eu une disponibilité remarquable en opération.

[@josephhill2525]

Insightful video 📸😊

[@belaydejene3547]

The narrator also beautifies the title of the video !!!

[@TommyAventador]

I love this jet more then the Gripen or Euro Fighter. The only thing i dislike about the Rafael is the fuel probe sticking out.

[@Fabio-om4kb]

Elle permet de gagner en place donc d'affiner le nez de l'appareil et le débit de carburant est plus important qu'une perche rétractable donc ravitaillement plus rapide en plus il n'y a pas de risque de panne. Le Rafale est bridé a mach 1.8 et la perche produit moins de trainée qu'un missile ou autre. La chose que tu n'aimes pas apporte que des avantages.

[@jmbig]

Tu es en vol loin de toute zone de posé .... Tu t'approches du ravitailleur .... Tu appuis sur le bouton qui doit déclencher ta magnifique canne de ravitaillement télescopique de la mort qui tue .... Et ... Ça ne fonctionne pas .... 😳😳🤨🤨🤔🤔😨😨😰😰😱😱😇😇

[@brunol-p_g8800]

The Ouragan was the first French one equipped with a jet engine adopted in the air force, but it wasn’t the first French jet engine fighter.

[@belaydejene3547]

The Air Force is in my heart !!!!!

[@marc9080]

Document très bien réaliser, merci de le partager, et vive le Rafale! vous ne trouverez pas plus beau et efficace! le seul vrai chasseur omnirole au monde.

[@micstonemic696stone]

Look how popular the A star B2 type helicopter is now Aerospatiale Squirrelevant real name & Airbus AS350 Try to think of any bad French Aviation The French pay attention to what works

[@larswesterlund8499]

Very interesting video, but the music really kills it for me.

[@philippe_grosvenor_le_normand]

Je suis français et je tiens à dire que la chose la plus sophistiquée chez nous est la fabrication de la baguette chez le boulanger du coin 😂 si vous rajoutez à ça le beurre et le saucisson sec ,vous êtes au nirvana

[@Opitoukisskiss]

Aïe aïe aïe ... t'as oublié le camembert, toi le Normand ! C'est inacceptable et pourtant je suis du Sud et on s'ennuie pas à table non plus. Le camembert est un fromage omni-role avec un rayon d'action incomparable et une autonomie qui a toujours effrayé les Américains et les Russes. Pour le reste t'as tout bon !

[@ModernWarfare97]

Great

[@TheRjjrjjr]

Nice!

[@ИСТИАКМОРШЕД]

They did great in those scenario because adversaries didn't have any potent aircrafts.

[@nby149]

Super doc! Merci du partage

[@ИСТИАКМОРШЕД]

So basically mirage is implementing ram jet intake technology to turbofan engine.

[@ИСТИАКМОРШЕД]

Going mach 2 with afterburner or going mach 1.5 without afterburner which is more important 🤔

[@PeterWayne77]

Rafale is the best looking delta canard design fighter ❤

[@jmbig]

Pour moi ... Le mirage 2000 est le plus bel avion de chasse qui ait jamais été dessiné ... Il va être très difficile de faire mieux 🤩🤩👌

[@valkielbloodvist2928]

Personnellement je préfère le Rafale mais oui le Mirage est très beau

[@fabienhyvert2319]

Et le mirage IV avant lui... Miam

[@spicky2966]

the engine gives 91\2 tons of thrust 6:41 but when the aircraft is fully loaded it weighs 17 tons 6:57 really....

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

Capt. Matthieu looks like he had a few Gs too many.

[@joesutherland225]

I am talking about the raphal of course

India may require this in the range of 2,000 to 3,000 if a war breaks out.🤔

[@Oneolecountryboy]

I'm building a jet in my back yard GREETINGS FROM TOLEDO WASHINGTON

[@apurvnandy3077]

HAL Tejas-N, with delta wing also can land on aircraft carriers

[@Fabio-om4kb]

La structure du Rafale M n'est pas plus massive, la principale différence structurelle c'est le train avant, 4 fois plus lourd que le standard.

[@jeffreyhelman-ow8nj]

The cones or mice are reminiscent of the sr71 from the 60s.

[@brunol-p_g8800]

Normal, the SR-71´s engines were inspired by the French 1930s Leduc airplane.

[@TONYPARAMOTOR]

what came first? the delta wing of the vulcan or the french mirage after? and if added vector thrust even better. back in time how fast was the british lightening... back then.

[@pieterveenders9793]

And both of them borrowed the idea for a delta wing from the Germans, just like the Americans did. German aircraft designer Alexander Lippitz is the father of the delta wing, he came up with the idea back during WWII. They were definitely at the peak of their game back then!

[@wilfredjohnson-l9y]

Never been in a fight yet?

[@ณรงค์ดีสมบัติ-ห5พ]

เย่เฬิบครับอาจานฟหรั่งกับสิ่งดีครามเป็นจริง..กับิบสิ่งดีดีครับ

[@RUHappyATM]

Did I just watched 40 minutes of Advertainment?

[@elcabronbo]

Perhaps. Do you know that the US team didn't allow anybody else than themselves to comment their F-35 demo on the Paris airshow public announce system? This is not advertainment, this is fear!

[@gazing-out-the-window]

The Rafale, only carrier capable delta wing 1:41. But what about the A4 Skyhawk?

[@elcabronbo]

The Rafale is a tailless delta wing aircraft, while the A-4 has a classic empennage. A tailless delta wing is piloted through the main wing surfaces, which are called «elevons» in this case. Whilst having delta shaped wings, the A-4 is a conventional configuration aircraft with pitch controlled through the tail control surfaces. So yes and no: yes the A-4 has a delta shaped wing, and no, it is not controlled like a tailless delta wing. Anyway, you're right: the A-4 is the first delta-winged aircraft having been able to operate from a carrier. And they're almost right: the Rafale is indeed the first tailless delta-winged, and especially the first supersonic tailless delta-winged aircraft being able to operate from a carrier.

[@dsignr7769]

RAFALE can evolve.. some dog fights shows. Against raptor or.. gen 4.. best omni role plane

[@bo2web]

Data fusion !

[@OranutYatthaisong]

Anthony Browm❤

[@OranutYatthaisong]

Karol Socbzack & Alex Socbzacz😊😊😊

[@WilliamRedfield-tn5hy]

Are the French developing a follow on aircraft to the Rafale?😊

[@williamyamm8803]

French are working on the SCAF with Germany, Spain & Belgium. It is too early to be sure that this project will succeed.

[@Fabio-om4kb]

Il est question d'un super Rafale dernièrement vu comment le projet SCAF avance. Perso j'aimerais un hybride mirage 4000/Rafale avec emport interne et navalisé 😄

[@edouardmontfort7816]

Just like with Rafale, we're on our way to leave the EU program and do our own thing aside.

[@romain6275]

Super Rafale and SCAF

[@jean-charlesbacquart]

yes , of course 😉

[@khairulnaeim756]

Yeah as I thought it similar with Soviet version...🥸

[@OranutYatthaisong]

Anthony ''Doffe Pony Crazy 🤣🤣🤪😝😜

[@Dvsingh6124]

Hal Tejas n can land on a aircraft carrier and is a delta wing design inspired from dasault

[@OranutYatthaisong]

Why Sander Politech

[@jc-in2wu]

porque no se afeita esta gente?

[@OranutYatthaisong]

🤪see Redar😮

[@ณรงค์ดีสมบัติ-ห5พ]

ใช่ครับอาจานฟหนั่งกับไอคิวกับสิ่งดีดีคนับผมโดนแบกเใ่ตรับกับสิ่งดีดีครับพาบจากคนไม่มีตัวตนเฦิบนะครับอาจานฟหนั่ง

[@Opitoukisskiss]

😂😂

[@mehtaketin-bc7tf]

Rafale is better than F-21

[@MrLrs2]

The French "borrowed" the design for Rafale from Yugoslavia, it's an identical copy of their single engine design.

[@johndoe-cd9vt]

HAHAHAHA best joke ever, thank you...

[@alexandrejarnier906]

You couldn't be less wrong. The Novi Avion was developed with the help of Dassault Aviation and the engine was a Snecma M88. I mean, are you stupid enough to think Dassault "borrowed" the rafale design from Yugoslavia? 😂

[@OranutYatthaisong]

Mr.Hans CZ😂🤣🤣🤣Anthony Electric follow Oil Gruop 😄🤪 Or body gard 🤣😂🤣🤣

[@pallavarora7467]

Very Important from the Indian Point of view.

[@OranutYatthaisong]

My head my odea 2019 Afica wait !!! 😵🥴🥴🥺Doffe GenGun ''Whenn finish School "EST finisj 2023 ISO Nasa Bipolar finish 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😫😫Doffe GelGuN

[@peterkhieu]

But still cant compet with F35 American made

[@Solveig.Tissot]

Your lack of knowledge is as hopeless as your opinion

[@brunol-p_g8800]

It literally won every single competition against the F35 in ever country both aircrafts competed. And if you still want other facts, Greece operates Rafales and will be operating F35s soon, just wait for what the pilots will say.

[@Opitoukisskiss]

The F35 beats them all. If only it could fly.

[@OranutYatthaisong]

Rodoffe Dig 😁😁😁🤣🤣 😝👧❤ Akk Vater&MaMa🤪😝😝😝🤗

[@OranutYatthaisong]

For what care another pleplo ''Crazy Not to do with Me!! 😮‍💨Doffe Dummer immer PonyCrazy

[@stevemurphy328]

They could have not done it without america

[@lordtemplar9274]

care to elaborate? I suspect not. The US didn't invent jet engine. Supercruise was invented on Concorde (Anglo French plane). US also don't use and have litte experience in delta wings, canards etc... FYI the Rafale is ITAR free, meaning no use of US components and therefore not subject to US sales export restrictions. Rafale is 100% french designed and built - Rafale fighter was designed and built by french company Dassault which has been building and designing planes for a century. Dassault does its own avionics, like fly by wire as well as the creator of CATIA, a world leading CAD software suite. - Engines are designed and manufactured by Safran, a french company - Sensors and electronic warfare is built by Thales, french company - Weapons (Mica, Hammer, Scalp, Exocet, ASMP-A) are designed and manufactured by MBDA France (except Meteor which is jointly developped and built by France and other Euro nations - Ger, Ita, Swe and UK)

[@OranutYatthaisong]

🙄not nice !!! Go Afica 🤓🧐😳😎 help pleplo being have happy life is bette!!🤪🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮Crazy !!🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@CharlesIsabirye]

German tech tho

[@harryhanly1609]

Looks very similar to euro typhoon

[@ShinoxSturmreiterDesTode]

typhoon is looking similar to rafale (rafale fisrt)

[@harryhanly1609]

@@ShinoxSturmreiterDesTode fair enough

[@Fabio-om4kb]

@@harryhanly1609 c'est celui qui vole en premier qui est copié par les autres, pas l'inverse 😉

[@OranutYatthaisong]

Or 🙄Tony underwater''Sense😮🤣🤣🤣🤣🖕👀👽🤣🤣🤣

[@lesleyBig]

they cost so much, they will never be used in combat against a peer, if used it will be against a taliban-like enemy without air defense, It's all craps waste of money. Make something for the civil aviation

[@Solveig.Tissot]

Your lack of knowledge is as hopeless as your opinion

[@lesleyBig]

@@Solveig.Tissot elaborate,where have those planes been used?

[@brunol-p_g8800]

@@lesleyBigthey literally cleared the path for all other western planes, including US ones, in the air defence infested airspace of Lybia.

[@lesleyBig]

@@brunol-p_g8800 thanks for the info.

[@lesleyBig]

@@brunol-p_g8800 thx for the info. Is Lybia a peer enemy?

[@777ONESIX.]

LoL Sure France...LOL 😆

[@Solveig.Tissot]

Your lack of knowledge is as hopeless as your opinion

[@ahmednoman8277]

Till Mirage 2000. Every fighter was a war proven fighter. Then comes Rafale, an aircraft with 0 war experience but 100% hype as an advance technology. What on earth has just happened to people. There was time when an aircraft was judged on the basis of its combat experience and performance but now it’s just a red carpet show for the aircraft to get sold easily.

[@elsenm3965]

Because we know of what it is capable of ? Because dogfight have taken place against all other type of aircraft ? Those are western technology aircraft, not lying ruSSian or chinese, western technologies always does even better than announced, the exact opposite of totalitarian technologies...

[@marc9080]

Il est proven combat depuis des années! monsieur je ne sais rien.

[@avb4805]

What are you talking about ??! The rafale is combat proven, did u eard about lybia, Irak, Mali, etc... stop talking for nothing genius.

[@sanche678]

rentre dans ton pars terro

[@ahmednoman8277]

​@@avb4805 Ha Ha you called those wars? They were just little operations without any significant retaliation. Talk about wars like Gulf War, Afghan War, Vietnam War and Bosnia to some extent. Rafale hasn’t faced any capable adversaries in the air. It’s just a technological hype in order to get some buyers. Period.

[@RitaSunarti-t3s]

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[@Lovecrafjr]

Great documentary.