The first six bursts will be delivered between the third quarter 2023 and beginning 2024, the other six before spring 2025.
Le Monde with AFP
The wind seems to turn in favor of the burst that has taken long to be exported. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Penkovic, acted on 25 November, in Zagreb the sale of twelve used Rafale fighting aircraft to Croatia, for about a billion euros.
In a signing session, the two leaders signed a strategic partnership, then the Croatian Minister of Defense signed two contracts relating to the plane with his French counterpart Florence Parly and the CEO of Dassault Aviation, manufacturer burst.
President Emmanuel Macron said:
“It’s a sovereign choice, the contract we signed this morning [Thursday], it’s a historic choice (…). Croatia makes the choice of excellence and strategic convergence between our countries . She poses with us a new milestone for a Europe of defense. “
“These are planes that will influence the Croatian standing on an international scale and allow us to contribute within the framework of NATO and Croatian defense missions,” added Andrej Plenkovic about this acquisition announced in May.
“A new page for the burst”
The first six bursts will be delivered between the third quarter 2023 and beginning 2024, the other six before the spring 2025. The contract relates to the transfer of twelve burst owned today to the Air Force and the French space and on the formation of Croatian Air Force. The CEO of Dassault Aviation boasted “a new page for the burst”, which has dropped several contracts since 2015.
The Air Force and the French Space, which will be deprived of these devices for the benefit of Croatia, will benefit 2023 of an additional order of new twelve burst, including “deliveries will begin from 2027 “, said the spokesman of the Ministry of the Armies, Hervé Grandjean, at a weekly press point.