{"id":85115,"date":"2020-07-27T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=85115"},"modified":"2020-07-27T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:21:10","slug":"india-receives-first-batch-of-rafale-fighter-jets-from-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=85115","title":{"rendered":"India receives first batch of Rafale fighter jets from France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/paris-show-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25596\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/paris-show-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/paris-show-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/paris-show-1-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/paris-show-1-555x370.jpg 555w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/paris-show-1-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>File photo of a Rafale fighter jet during demonstration at the Paris Air Show in 2018. Photo courtesy of Paris International Air Show\/Press.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI, July 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; India on Monday received the first batch of five Rafale fighter jets from France in a boost to its military firepower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft will make a stopover&nbsp;in the Gulf region before landing at a military base in Ambala in north India on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The new Rafales add strategic depth and strength to India&#8217;s air combat capabilities,&#8221; the Indian embassy in France said in a tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aircrew and ground crew have undergone comprehensive training on the aircraft, including its advanced weapons systems, and are fully operational now, the Indian Air Force said, adding that &#8220;efforts will focus on operationalisation of the aircraft at the earliest.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India signed a US$8.7-billion agreement with France in September 2016 for 36 Rafale jets to be delivered within six years as part of the military&#8217;s modernisation programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, July 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; India on Monday received the first batch of five Rafale fighter jets from France in a boost to its military firepower. The aircraft will make a stopover&nbsp;in the Gulf region before landing at a military base in Ambala in north India on Wednesday. &#8220;The new Rafales add strategic depth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":25596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,300,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85115"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}