Rafale M's taller and stronger nosegear leg.
Rafale M19 on the 'cat' aboard Charles de Gaulle, underway in the Indian Ocean.
The Dassault Rafale M is now the Aeronavale's sole fighter.
MICA provides Rafale with infrared or radar-guided air-to-air missile capability.
Classic Dassault design in the Rafale M.
'Burners lit, the two M88 engines power another Rafale off the deck.
Rafale M's power-operated built-in ladder.
A busy flightline at BAN Landivisiau, home of Flotille 12F.
An armourer moves a motorised bomb cart after loading a 500lb GBU-12.
Aeronavale armourers load a MICA missile onto a Rafale.
Pod Reco NG provides day/night strategic and tactical reconnaissance capability.
The SCALP conventionally-armed cruise missile is the largest weapon carried by Rafale M.
A catapult officer directs the pilot during the hook-up to the cat shuttle.
The Damocles pod was first flown on a Rafale M off CDG on January 2, 2011.
