StandaloneWindows64_Vehicle-STL-Rafale-CAS

The Dassault Rafale was born from France's decision in the mid-1980s to leave the European fighter programme that would later produce the Eurofighter Typhoon, and to build an aircraft of its own that could fly from both air bases and the deck of an aircraft carrier. Dassault called it an omnirole fighter, a single aircraft able to fight for air superiority, strike ground targets, fly reconnaissance and carry the nuclear deterrent, and it has proven the claim in combat over Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria, where much of its work was the support of troops on the ground. This Rafale C F3-R is set up for that mission. Under each wing an AT-730 triple ejector rack carries three AASM 250 Hammer weapons, the French answer to the need for a precise stand-off munition: a standard 250 kg bomb fitted with a guidance kit and a solid rocket motor that burns for thirty seconds, so that it can be released far from the target, climb and glide in from tens of kilometres away. The SBU-64 version carried here pairs inertial and satellite navigation with an imaging infrared seeker for metre-class accuracy, even against moving vehicles, while a Damocles pod under the right air intake lets the pilot find and designate targets. Six MICA EM missiles and the internal 30 mm Nexter 30M791 cannon remain for self-defence, keeping the Rafale as dangerous to an enemy fighter as it is to a column of tanks. Mod by STL785. Camouflage by Heliocchi.