No details were given on board the Charles de Gaulle on targets
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Hunters Charles de Gaulle dropped their first bombs on Wednesday, two days after the start of the commitment of the aircraft carrier in the operations of the international coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq group, according to an AFP photographer.
One of the four who had burst off the morning of the building in the northern Gulf, returned no bomb and another with half its initial payload. They left each with four bombs, laser or GPS guidance. No details were given on board the Charles de Gaulle on the nature of their commitment and the targets. The other two Rafale have returned with their four bombs.
Ten to twelve devices mission every day
Ten to twelve aircraft, Rafale and Super Etendard, conducted daily missions from aircraft carriers since the beginning of operations Monday. The first two days, they returned with their entire weapons.
Nine Rafale stationed in the UAE and six Mirage 2000D Jordan also involved in the French operation Shamal Iraq began on 19 September. It supports the bombing campaign of the international coalition against the jihadists of IE that control large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.
They performed a hundred missions recognition and many strike missions in support of Iraqi forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighting the IU on the field, do you tell the French Ministry of Defence.
Rafale Sale in India “discussions are continuing”
Negotiations on the sale of 126 Rafale mega-contract to the India “continue,” said Wednesday the Cabinet Minister of Defence, Jean-Yves Le Drian, quoted by the spokesman of the government, Stéphane Le Foll.
Source AFP
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