Rafale

Eurofighter, India and the UK

Kaye Stearman | Posted 07.04.2012 | UK Politics
Kaye Stearman

The procurement choices of the Indian air force rarely make the UK news. Not so the announcement of 31 January that the Indian government had selected the Rafale jet fighter in preference to the Eurofighter Typhoon. The decision was reported widely, often emotionally, in UK print and broadcast media.