The Indian Air Force will be ready to fully operationalise one squadron of the Rafale fighter jets in the western sector dealing with threats from Pakistan by February 2021, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told India Today TV.

India Today TV was at ground zero in Merignac, France close to the town of Bourdeaux where the ceremony to hand over the first Rafale to the Indian Air Force took place.

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