French Navy Loses 12 Percent Of Its Rafales In One Disaster

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20090927.aspx

two French Rafale fighters collided and crashed in the Mediterranean,
about 30 kilometers off the French coast. At least the French Navy
believes it was a collision. The two aircraft were operating from the
French carrier de Gaulle. There are only 17 navalized Rafales
operating with the French navy. Now there are fifteen.

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The most recent crash comes at a bad time, for Brazil recently said it
was interested in buying 36 Rafales.