France, Taiwan
Taiwan's Rafales: a complicated marriage

Éric Trappier, Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Aviation Group, poses next to a poster depicting a Rafale fighter jet on 4 March 2022.
Éric Trappier, Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Aviation Group, poses next to a poster depicting a Rafale fighter jet on 4 March 2022. © Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA/MaxPPP
Despite Dassault Aviation's CEO recently insisting that 'Taiwan wants the Rafale', he is facing headwinds. Taipei's Mirage 2000s are on their last legs, Paris refuses to modernise them and, above all, Taiwan has already turned to American F-16 Venoms. [...]
Reading time 4 minutes Grégory Priolon
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