After India used the planes in May for the first time against Chinese weapons deployed by its neighbour Pakistan, a bipartisan U.S. commission said
This month in a report that the Chinese rejected as false information.The report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was published on Tuesday and followed the signing of a letter of intent by Ukraine to obtain up to 100 Rafale fighters made by Dassault Aviation (AM.PA), opens new tab over the next 10 years.
China ran a disinformation campaign to hurt sales of the French Rafale fighter jet. In the weeks after the conflict, Chinese embassies hailed the “successes” of its systems in the India-Pakistan clash, seeking to bolster.
More than half a dozen countries have bought the Rafale, whose reputation took a hit this year when Pakistan’s Chinese-made J-10 fighter shot down at least one Rafale used by India during a four-day conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
