After pulling out of the Eurofighter Typhoon development program, France turned to Dassault to create their next generation multirole fighter, culminating in the twin - engined, canard delta Rafale, with t he ‘C ‘Chasseur (Hunter) variant being the p rinciple land - based single - seat variant. Prototypes first flew in 1991. Revell’s highly detailed model features a complete cockpit with multi - part ejection seat, the c anopy can be positioned opened or closed, detailed undercarriage, weapons including SCALP - EG (Storm Shadow) cruise missile, GBU - 12 laser - guided bombs, MICA - IR and EM air - to - air missiles and external fuel tanks.