The French Defense Ministry held an emergency meeting due to a shortage of missiles for the Rafale.

The French newspaper La Tribune publishes an article about an unexpected problem with ammunition.

According to the authors of the publication, the French Air Force is facing a shortage missiles for Rafale fighters, when their active use against Iranian UAVs began. It is stated that the Rafales were used by the French Air Force to "defend French air bases" in the Middle East, which Iran attacked with its own drones type "Shahed".

From the material:

The need to massively fire missiles from Rafale fighter jets has raised concerns about the future combat capability of the aircraft. aviation in the region.

The French Ministry of Defense, according to the publication, convened an emergency meeting on this matter:

The crisis meeting raised the issue of urgent measures to replenish missile stocks and long-term enhancement of combat capability.

It's noteworthy that these reports from France come virtually simultaneously with Israeli publications indicating that Israel has significantly depleted its stockpile of anti-aircraft guided missiles to intercept Iranian weapons. Previously, there were reports of the Americans redeploying their own systems. Defense- missile defense from Southeast Asia (Japan and South Korea) to the Middle East, which indicates the significant air defense problems that Iran has created for the US and Israel.

Comments

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ Due to the need to massively use missiles from Rafale fighters Concerns have arisen about the continued combat readiness of aviation in the region ❞ —

— Withdraw the air force. from a dangerous region to a safe one ...
(You'll save missiles and your planes will be safer too)

[Sedov]

— Withdraw aircraft from the dangerous region to a safe one...
(You'll save missiles and your planes will be safer too)

Or they could ask Volodya Zelensky for missiles.

[Ball]

Where did that green bunker snot get rockets? The Ukrainian Wehrmacht doesn't produce them.

[Sedov]

Where did that green bunker snot get rockets? The Ukrainian Wehrmacht doesn't produce them.

This is about how furiously the French supplied these missiles to the green bunker nozzle.

[123_123]

Earlier, there were reports about the Americans transferring their air defense and missile defense systems from Southeast Asia (Japan and South Korea) to the Middle East.

It's high time to conduct exercises and demonstration flights in international airspace near Japan, so that they don't think they are invulnerable and can constantly pursue an anti-Russian policy, relying on American bayonets.

[Ball]

What the hell is going on? It turns out the Germans only have about a hundred operational tanks and three shells per tank, and the French pilots have no missiles... How/with what are they planning to attack Russia so fiercely in 2029? :-D

[Egoza]

What a surprise! There's no point in crowing if there's no supply.

[Xenon]

Let them turn to the Kyiv clown. Maybe he can help them.

[Viktor fm]

The French are just trying to do the wrong thing.

[rosomaha]

The Toad-eaters talked about adapting their Akuleus guided missiles (based on 68mm unguided rockets) for anti-UAV combat, similar to the American AGR-20F. But these missiles have only been adapted for Tiger helicopters and for ground combat so far. Apparently, they'll soon be actively deployed on the Rafale. Although there are also the Belgian 70mm FZ...they're now under the same umbrella...in Europe, it's hard to tell who owns which UAV development...all of Europe is sometimes involved. It's easier, given the article, to put the EU flag on European UAVs, rather than the national emblem/flag.

[abrakadabre]

There were earlier reports about the Americans redeploying their air defense and missile defense systems from Southeast Asia (Japan and South Korea)

Since when are these two countries in Southeast Asia?

[TermNachTer]

But the toad-eaters don't spare money on Banderland)))

[snow mountain]

The French could turn to Comrade Kim. Maybe he'll send them some missiles. For money.