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FOXTHREEN°6 p.2/3 p.4/5 p.6/7 p.8 DataFusion AASM Meteor Eric Gerard Bucking the trend : the lower, the better Recent conflicts have shown that commanders dream. without the burden -and energy- most fight/bomber strike raids The Rafale is fitted with a multi- consuming anxiety - of main- are now conducted with preci- sensor terrain-following system taining terrain clearance during sion-guided weapons from operating at the pilots choice hi-speed/low-altitude legs. With medium or high altitude. from the radar or from a digital its high thrust and low wing-loa- A variety of strike aircraft of terrain database : the RBE2 radar ding, the Rafale is equally at diverse age, technology and can detect even unreported ease flying at treetop height: its performance level are generally obstruction and the digital aerodynamics - delta wing and involved in coalition operations. terrain database does away canards - is ideal for low-level Capabilities vary widely bet- with telltale emissions where agility and ride quality, and its ween these platforms, and man- total covertness is required. There canard foreplanes do not block portable air defences are right- is also a radar altimeter avai- downward visibility. fully considered a formidable lable in nap-of-the-earth flight Flying low and fast in the clouds threat for all of them below over water or f