Indonesia has indeed canceled the order for the French Rafale fighter jets, cutting it down from 24 to 24 aircraft, and France is certainly worried! The French intelligence and military departments have been spreading the claim that India, after the India-Pakistan conflict, used its own media and propaganda network to publicly discredit the performance of the Rafale fighter jet. An Indian military attaché openly admitted to the Indonesian government that some Indian fighter jets were shot down, including three Rafale jets!
France is very upset. If you're not good enough, practice more. If you have the ability, let the Rafale fighter jet shoot down the J-10C fighter jet; otherwise, don't talk. Being bad is a fundamental flaw. Who made the Rafale fighter jet not perform well? The Indian Foreign Minister and Defense Minister have already admitted that six of their fighter jets were shot down, including three Rafale jets. This is an admission by India, so why can't India tell the truth?
Now, Indonesia has canceled the order for the Rafale fighter jet because India has indeed admitted that three Rafale fighter jets were shot down. When Macron visited Indonesia earlier, he confidently stated that no Rafale fighter jet was shot down in India. Therefore, Indonesia felt deceived, which is why they drastically cut the order for the Rafale fighter jet. Otherwise, they wouldn't have done this.
Realistically speaking, the Rafale fighter jet is still selling well now, so there's no need for such an emotional reaction. Another European fighter jet, the Eurofighter Typhoon, is really in a bad situation. The UK is even preparing to stop producing the Typhoon fighter jet. Because it's too expensive and not powerful enough, only European countries use it. Now, even in Europe, it's not selling well. Trying to sell it to other countries, the price is too high, with a unit price exceeding $200 million per aircraft, more expensive than the French Rafale fighter jet. Because the Typhoon fighter jet is produced jointly by four countries, if the price isn't high, each country can't get enough profit. Therefore, it's difficult to sell and faces the tragedy of being discontinued.
France believes that India is slandering the Rafale fighter jet, but this is completely wrong. It's actually the Rafale fighter jet that was shot down, and India has admitted it. Yet, France refuses to accept reality, which is really unreasonable. At least, they should honestly admit that they lost, without continuing to argue. France wants to regain its former glory, but since France hasn't developed a fifth-generation fighter jet yet, and there are major setbacks in the sixth-generation fighter jet, France can only rely on the Rafale fighter jet to maintain its position.
Indonesia canceling the Rafale fighter jet order shows their lack of trust in the French fighter jet, which is unavoidable.
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