US EditionWhen IAF Rafales Successfully Shot Down Chinese Spy Balloon-Type Targets At High Altitude
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On Monday 23 June, Rafale and Mirage 2000 fired MICA missiles at stratospheric balloons at very high altitudes, the Minister of the Armed Forces announced. A space of "conflict" which is increasingly scrutinized after the Chinese balloons affair.
The French fighter aircraft managed to shoot down target balloons "beyond 20 kilometres of altitude", the Minister of the Army announced on Monday. This is a missile test campaign to test their intercept capabilities at very high altitudes. - Army: why French aircraft shot down exercise balloons at very high altitudes (International).
Army Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Monday that "the Rafale and Mirage 2000 have successfully carried out the first MICA missile shots to stratospheric balloons operating at very high altitudes"
French Navy Rafale M fires Meteor air-to-air missile
A French Navy (Marine Nationale) Rafale Marine fired a Meteor long range air-to-air missile. The firing, which took place on 18 June, was the first one conducted from an aircraft belonging to an operational airwing: Flottille 11F. The firing was first announced on social media by French defense minister, Sebastien Lecornu: A Rafale Marine from the air wing of the Charles de Gaulle successfully conducted a training Meteor missile launch for the f…
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