January 14, 2007 at 11:54 am
According to le Journal du Dimanche, Lybia will acquire from 13-18 Rafales. The total amount of the contract will be 2.5 billions euros. If this is confirmed it would be the first export order for the Rafale. Lybian pilots have tested the plane in december apparently and since the acquisition of other western planes – us or british – was problematic according to the acticle they opted for the french aircraft. I wonder why Lybia has not opted for Su 30 , Mig 29 SMT or Su 35 instead since they already operate a lot of Migs (21, 23, 25) and are familliar with russian equipment I’m also curious if this is going to affect the delivery of the aircraft for the French air force and if planes are going to be diverted to please the customers.
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actua…8_rafales.html