Rafale: India's Cutting Edge | NDTV EXCLUSIVE

[@gsbeak]

Frenchman here. I'm very glad to see that our friends from the Indian Air Force seem to love their French birds ! I hope they'll get more and for your Navy too ! I'm also impressed by the professionalism shown by the pilots and ground crews.

[@randm2901]

I once visited an air force training base in south india and admired the Soviet french and indian fighter jets. Indian indigenous 5th gen jet is also near completion ❤

[@TheVanquisherGaming]

🇮🇳 🇫🇷

[@RDd188]

India only country where lethal birds from Russia, US, France fly together in unison.

[@subho746]

Thanks for constant support from your government..we will never forget the the kargil war time help..

[@anjumasif1737]

Don't worry, India will soon defame French Rafale reputation, like it do with Soviet MiG-21.

[@julienstephan8027]

France and India : A Perfect Collaboration !!!..... Soon Rafale "M SERIES" for Indian marine and aircraft carriers 💪💪💪💪

[@jbqu3142]

More like N series, for Navy

[@julienstephan8027]

@@jbqu3142 "M" series for "Rafale Marine".... Not N....

[@jbqu3142]

@@julienstephan8027 d’accord! J’ignorais.

[@semmoney5686]

As a Dutch with indian roots, Feeling very proud and happy to see What the Falcons are doing and what an level of advancement they have achieved till date. Jai hind Jai Bharat

[@vitsutikhirvitsu8963]

Love from nagaland india Jai Hind Jai Bharat...

[@beufa7990]

Namasté from France 🇫🇷🙏🏻. Beautiful vidéo for the most beautiful and best fighter with your best pilots. 💪🏻🙏🏻🇫🇷

[@bigtexan7562]

Impressive Air Marshal. Polite, humble, intelligent and well, spoken. Total professional….

[@frednoname3714]

Yes !! Yes !! Very high class we have same kinds of men here in FR after terrain they go to "school of war" école de guerre. Exactly like somekind of Harvard for militaries sure this man is impresiv brillant calme etc . Would be a pleasue to obey. And for me FR understood 95% !

[@sabyasachipaldas2757]

True that! Extremely impressive

[@bo2web]

Tricolors ! 🇨🇵 🇮🇳 Best greetings from France. Hope Dassault will make a production line in India.

[@shashwatshrey9248]

Yup, We'll soon have Rafale M for the Indian Navy. And the deal for 114 Rafales is around the corner. With many more to come.

[@apurvnandy3077]

It has been a delight to watch Vishnu Som all these years, allowing us to have an insight into all the "birds" of our air force .. but reinforced aircraft shelters/hangars like that of the Chinese would have been better, It is vulnerable to attacks

[@yashkumar8534]

actually the hangers u see are used to keep ready to fly fighters....other fighters are kept in flame busters that are made of very thick concrete and steel and even camouflaged from bombing run .... so iaf is all prepared .... from not an inch less in operation readiness compared to china

[@LOLOVAL-os3pq]

and you think we can't see in advance the arrival of Chinese planes???? in France, we have an OTH or Trans Horizon radar, it is located 60 km west of Paris, everyone knows it in Europe, even the Russians, it is so powerful and efficient, which detected the takeoff of the Ariane rocket in Kourou in South America, more than 7000 km, we can follow air traffic over Ukraine and a large part of Russia close to Europe, we can even follow the planes which ride on the slopes, even beyond the horizon line!! it is called the NOSTRADAMUS, it is made up of 3 branches spaced 120° apart from a central point, each branch 120 meters long is equipped with several dozen dipole type antennas! it managed to follow a 4x4 in the dunes of the Sahara, yes, it even detects on the ground! and he followed 2x American B2 type stealth bombers more than 2000 km away! same transponder turned off or without Luneburg lenses! we have another OTH radar in the south of France, which monitors the Mediterranean Sea!! he can follow all the boats! it's the TRADIVARIUS (named after the Italian violin or cello manufacturer! nothing can escape them! so before Chinese planes arrive, the Rafales will already have taken off, it takes 6 minutes in France to get our Rafales off the ground!

[@premjitc]

Air Marshal Dharkar is a stellar officer of the IAF. Truly a person to emulate. What humility, what beautiful expressions and such great command over the language.

[@ramanathanbalasiva3438]

Got appointment as IAF vice air chief Marshall 👏

[@paulbourguignon3632]

French here. Just to send you all our love and support to India and the Indian people. I’m glad you fly that wonderull aircraft and to be your Allie.

[@zarvanali888]

36 Rafale are simply not enough. India should have ordered 100 at least. Even right now India is wasting time in testing new MMRCA planes. Just order 126 more Rafale Trench 4.

[@digitalcommunist6335]

Absolutely!

[@rahulkapur687]

What a magnificent beast flown by our exceptional young air warriors! Respect 🙏 🇮🇳

[@shashankragireddy3489]

finally Vishnu Som does a good show, hope to see more

[@flywithvaibhav]

What a fine gentleman Air Marshall is. Reminds me of Field Marshal Sam Bahadur

[@uddhavraonimbalkar4436]

Salute to the Indian Air Force👍👍👍👍👍

[@subhamganguly4417]

Glad to see how our forces are being improving in all respects....❤❤ Jai hind

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

yes, the Rafale is a truly exceptional aircraft, it can do everything with remarkable brilliance, it considerably strengthens the Indian Air Force! well done India!

[@worldpeace5853]

Air Marshal SP Dharkar is so pleasant when he speaks.

[@lucasprescilla5997]

J'espère que l'Inde va vraiment aimer nos super avions de chasse rafale qui il faut bien l'avouer est vraiment un des 3 meilleurs avions de chasse au monde si ce n'est un des meilleurs. Force et amitié au force armé de l'air Indienne. 🇲🇫🤝🇮🇳👌💪

[@methodchaining]

At 4:01 the pilot in frame is the same one who can also be seen in "Extreme flight" documentary by Natgeo commanding the Su-30. Only the best pilots qualified on multiple types.

[@shashwatshrey9248]

Kudos to Air Marshal Dhakkar Sir for his professionalism and stellar response. Great to see such Professional guardians of our nation! Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[@joshknight9210]

Wow!! What a personality, what a LEADER. Rest assured my fellow Indians..our skies are safe and secured. Jai Hind!

[@josephmogga4396]

Superb! Bohot badhiya. It is great to see IAF at its finest, all set to secure India's airspace. Air Marshal's personality is charming, humble and polished. Baghwan bhala karen. Jai Hind!

[@antoinedoyen7452]

Happy to see you love our Rafales! They are very good planes!

[@johndoe-cd9vt]

As a french, watching this makes me proud, and I'm not even Indian : ) Well done brothers : )

[@ishaan863]

More interviews like this please!! The conversation with AIr Marshall Dharkar was the most insightful conversation over these jets in recent memory. Factual information straight from the air force.

[@MonBilly78]

Great fighter jets for a great army! Well done India!

[@surajbarthwal7947]

kudos to this news channel who are not just focusing on entertainment massala news but some real thing. I wish other news channels could learn something from em.

[@robertpatrick3350]

Rafale is a smart choice for India it’s a great platform and a step away from Russian military tech which has consistently underperformed in its invasion of Ukraine. India should consider the carrier version as well as it allows easy conversion between both forces in the event of a naval or land conflict.

[@gregoirenoble1564]

Rafale M has been chosen by India as well ;-)

[@adityapratapsinghpanwar9357]

We need 120 of such rafale

[@F43-x9b]

Looking at world conditions. India should buy 250 Rafales ASAP.

[@ramamurtipaluri2420]

One thing I can tell you is we are in safe hands.

[@H3x4r35]

Merci à l'Indian Air Force et bons vols. Jai Hind.

[@MegaApurv007]

Thank you and merci

[@miked999]

One more step towards an independent Tibet!

[@MovieShorts.i]

S400 and Rafaels and true firepower we have to protect Siliguri

[@thierrytindeliere6379]

Impression développent of rafale skills in india Congratulations from a french friend Go on

[@shilpobrotoganguly7669]

India needs at least two more Rafale squadron for Hasimara and Ambala so that more numbers of fighters are patrolling in the Air. Currently India's AWACS strength are not in required numbers so Airforce need to keep pressure on government of india. I wonder if we have any AWACS deployed in the eastern region. Not sure why we are not procuring more Advance Phalcon AWACS from Israel in parallel developing our own system. It will take time for us to build advance sensors and masters in the weaponry. Airforce need force multiplier from fighter aircraft, AWACS, Mid Air refuller, Combat Capable UAV and multi layered missile defence systems.

[@gautammullick188]

Agree 💯

[@Siddharth_Rao]

Wonderful and insightful piece by Vishnu and his team. The interaction with the young pilots and watching the ritual of initiation of a young pilot to his first solo flight on Rafale was awesome. And Vishnu, I would gladly trade my job for yours.

[@babinghosh]

Excellent👌JAI HIND❤🙏🇮🇳

[@anwarsadat2334]

Very good discussion. Good to see the expansive points of view at the higher level. Impressive. Great team spirit. India's security is in good hands with these air warriors.

[@remihuber]

India. Independance. Ingeniosity.

[@johnbev2336]

Going back to 1962, I have personally seen different airport, known personal. IAF has always trained to the highest standard. The keeler brothers that were heroes, I have close friends of the family. Gnats that are antics compare to the latest. I salute them for protecting the country

[@ratulghosh8174]

Thanks for this documentary on Rafales managed by the Indian Air Force. Great to learn more about these fighter planes from Air Marshal SP Dharkar

[@SwiftPushkar]

Best Indian defence documentary seen so far 👍👍

[@RajarshiChakraborti17]

Vishnu Som❤❤❤

[@skp7191]

IAF should now start more open to acquire Indigenous technology instead of just focusing on acquiring from outside

[@kroooassant9899]

They will, dassault has manufacturing in india now it's part of strategic alliance, you dont build rafales like hotcakes you need qualified people.

[@2km223]

173 Tejas Mk1A and 10 Tejas trainers have been ordered. Tejas Mk2 and AMCA under development so they are focusing.

[@2km223]

@@kroooassant9899 Dassault isn't manufacturing in India. Who told you?

[@kroooassant9899]

@@2km223 read again and look for info yourslef, I worked for Safran on their turbines I kinda know a little what I am saying get your info on youtube that's great

[@osowiecwalking9434]

do u think building new aircraft is easy.

[@anubratachakraborty1370]

*Hasara air base is as close as 40km from my home. We see Rafale sorties several times in a year.*

[@JayBhattacharjee]

The base is named "Hashimara". Please note. Thanks.

[@arunthakur19]

What an insightful man Air Marshal sir is, really impressive to just hear him. But I couldnt help notice one thing, while they showed hardened pens/bunker being built of Chinese side, we had only open air shelter and hangars for our such prized aircrafts specially when Hasimara is so close to Chinese border or maybe they do have hardened bunkers on our side as well but we didn't see in the show.

[@BalrajTakhar-u7u]

Absolutely needed. You don't want to lose your front line aircraft to any pre-emptive strike.

[@AskaniBalochScandinevia]

Lucky Guys by having best job in the the world 🌎

[@RDd188]

Wonderful short Fiilm..

[@ep90127]

Chinese and Pakistani just have to cry when they see the most intelligent, powerful and sexy Rafale Indian Air Force.

[@RichardMuchaile-rc5bc]

Best jet in the world

[@EditAudios-br2rz]

Make more videos on Indian forces ❤🇮🇳

[@col.waltervonschonkopf69]

C'mon, now! What difference are two squadrons going to make? By the by, I bet they won't even let an Angiveer touch the Rafale. 😂

[@LaVermine773]

the best choice, low price and can do everything verywell

[@TXSrinis]

Superb program, Vishnu, in your inimitable style and grace/humility. And the AM - What a thorough officer and gentleman! In Lean manufacturing terms, a true “Servant-Leader”, humble, articulate/well-spoken; knows the value of the foot soldier/airman and none of the pompous and ceremonial aura staff/command officers often project! IAF is truly well-served by such officers and of course, equally capable frontline forces (including the unsung heroes, the ground personnel)! Remembering my late uncle, who sadly perished way too young in a crash; commanded 108 Sqn. 🙏🙌 And of course, last but not least, the machine itself! Reliable, sophisticated yet rugged, another in a series of truly global products from France! Applaud this government’s sense of urgency and purpose to upgrade service capabilities! Long-neglected, hoping this momentum continues. Kudos…enjoy such presentations. 🙏

[@SwiftPushkar]

What a wonderful comment 👍👍🙏

[@TXSrinis]

@SwiftPushkar - thank you my friend. Kind of you! 🙏

[@ashfaqueali555]

A good Product of Luxury Quality

[@_itachi7904]

Whenever I travels through hashi mara I see those birds ....what a sight

[@trident56]

We should have ordered at least 36 more.

[@psyayimwone]

110 more will be flying here soon

[@sanmarino647]

Proud of our Armed Forces and Specially Squadron 101 serving at Tibetan Border. Cheers for our young Fighter Falcons and the technical team. NDTV was a mouthpiece and doing propaganda of Congress Party right before 2019 Lok Sabha elections & casting aspersions on induction of RAFALE JETS, now they are visiting our Air bases shamelessly. Same old suspects…….from old NDTV. We all love our country & will make sure that Congress Party never comes to power again. May our country grow by leaps and bounds. It’s Bharat’s time to Shine ✨.

[@gouravmisra2317]

WATCHING FROM INDIA SIR 🎉🎉

[@chetakchetak]

🔥rafel legendary of bharath air forces.

[@Siddharth_Rao]

Did Vishnu interview the next Chief of IAF?

[@NarayanPawar-f6g]

proudful good.

[@mahuja]

Do one for Tejas

[@joeybenra]

FREE TIBET …. Make 🇮🇳 Great Again !!

[@sriharshacv7760]

It is not India's cutting edge. It is a stop gap till Tejas is perfected (Mark 2 had already come a long way). Never rely on foreigners for critical technology. It WILL bite us in the long run (esp. when we at the time when we would strongly require their support)

[@indiaone3045]

vishnu som has chosen to stay with NDTV after the take over by Adani not expected out of him , nevertheless the coverage was Excellent

[@techstepman]

this is all nice but there is no hasimara base addon for msfs. Somebody make one!

[@saigopal5086]

For your kind information, we didn't build this cutting-edge fighter jet, we just borrowed it from France.

[@ramanathan7823]

We bought it.

[@SwiftPushkar]

But we have it , I didn't grow wheat or rice , I purchase it from a fellow entity whose have it , that's called business and is in favour of both entities. If you try to do everything by your own the system will fail behind , as you are not integrating the technology of others to your own benifits. Its not always to be wise to be self reliant but to take wise decisions economically for your own good. There isn't any shame in doing so.

[@gouravmisra2317]

Namaste sir good afternoon 🎉🎉💜❤️ Heartiest salute entire all team members 🎉🎉 Jay hind ❤❤ jai bharat 🎉🎉 saath ek lakshya bhed 🎉🎉

[@sumanghosh5135]

Even if one imagines Rafale to be the best fighter in the world, there is no evidence of its indigenisation, at least I can't find any. On the other hand, China whom Rafales are supposed to counter, is using world-class pulsating production lines to speed up deliveries of its advanced J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth jet fighters. Pulsed production lines are manufacturing systems that use intermittent production cycles, where production occurs in short bursts or pulses, followed by periods of rest or downtime. The application of the new pulsating production lines and domestic engines had pushed the number of J-20s to equal, or even exceed, the number of US F-22 Raptors. Few Rafales will be no competition to PLAAF. China would be able to produce J-20s at its will, but India will not be able to import as many as it will need if a confrontation really happens - Dassault is already hard-pressed to scale up production to meet India's 84 import order besides its existing commitment to the French Armed Forces.

[@ranjithm1648]

Need 4 more rafale squd

[@sanjaydoijad2290]

Superb! Iam a pride Indian to understand the enormous capabilities of IAF ! Hatt's off!

[@jeanlucdelorme6482]

contens de voir que nos rafale vous aide bien pour protéger votre pays vive la vive l inde big up

[@Bankuvlogs751]

Kindly audit your subtitles NDTV.

[@methodchaining]

Mispronouncing aircraft names since the 90s - Vishnu Som

[@sonawm]

The earlier plan was to procure 100+ aircraft so why only 36 were procured? Now we need stealth aircrafts in sufficient numbers to counter threat from northern border

[@madpriyajan04]

With Astra mk3, Rudram mk3, SAAW and Brahmos NG integrated it would be force to reckon with sky.

[@chaimanju]

Look how this fellow Vishnu Som is seated with legs crossed in front of our heroes. In any occasions one gets to know the discipline, but this one stands out of his view towards the braves . What is he after all? Ndtv culture is evident

[@JNPN]

Chinese whisper 😅😅😅😅 well played sir well played 😅😅😅👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@neeraj0021]

I think is confidential

[@kpsher367]

Indians are very resourceful people hence I believe if a fighter jet like Rafale performed 80% in the hands of the western pilots then it would perform 180% then its capacity in the hands of Indian fighter pilots.

[@knc2111]

You are taking things a bit to far here. Indians are as good as any other people in this world, nothing more and nothing less. We need to get more force multipliers like AWACS, secure command and control, secure communication networks ,radar coverage and aerial Tankers to use the Rafale more effectively

[@nipun9504]

​@@knc2111i believe he is referring to all the previous wars fought by India. India always had inferior equipment, right upto very last conflict in 2019. Like taking out sabres with gnat, or f 104 with mystere, even hal marut had very successful 1971 campaign, or recent mig21 and f16 faceoff

[@rupantar1981]

indias mainstay are sukoi su 30 and they are no where inferior aircrafts @@nipun9504 did you wake up after 2014?

[@nipun9504]

@@rupantar1981 this is the most dumb and low IQ comment I've seen in a long while. And you managed that even after editing it. Good job

[@2km223]

No. Everyone is good.

[@miteshghadi3146]

More 114 Rafale are on order in MRFA tender .

[@Red.bulldozer3]

With only 36 rafales , how are the indians going to fight chinese who have more than 200 J20 stealfh fighters?😅

[@pv.unmesh3203]

Thank you everybody🙏🙏🙏

[@1021132]

All the fighter pilots are wearing a similar kind of watch is that Garmin

[@tuhinkar8312]

Wooo🥵🥵🥵🥶🥶🥶🥶

[@ketanbhatt2539]

Jay hind

[@NagaWarrior-ex3rh]

If only the government those days were brave enough to take the Indigenous fighter jet Marut ahead, India today would have been the beast in fighter jets industry,selling millions rather than spending millions in buying. .

[@amitroy2404]

Best in the world

[@saleemmalik2071]

It is the man behind the machine , not machine that counts. During the last 4-5 years, an IAF SU 30 ejected both its pilots, AD crew shot their own helicopter, A Black Hawk helicopter crashed when it's undercarriage hit the ground, another SU30 caught fire, a C130 hit the ground when the pilot tried to perform aerobatics, a BrahMos misfired and went all the way deep into Pakistan to hit the ground, a helicopter carrying India's CDS hit trees and crashed. Where do I end?

[@srinathramanathan49]

Jai Hind 🙏🙏🙏

[@lalitmohanray4921]

So ncei

[@yashmaurya165]

proud of our air force please do a similar documentary on tejas mark 1

[@oliurrahman9103]

How are you going to hold back j20 Chinese 5th generation long intercepter they have over 200 ?

[@williammailliw2052]

With their in development things. Everything always in development and 30 years late

[@BalrajTakhar-u7u]

Cheap knock offs. They'll fold in real combat like the PLA troops when chased back across the border.

[@BittuG9]

Long range missiles india should focus on

[@szwrph]

Messieurs, la chasse!

[@anuragamngo5563]

JAI HIND

[@umerbajwa2053]

J10c says hi..........tea will again fantastic 😂

[@amitbhatt6036]

Jali na k2ve 😂😂