Rafale Talios pods

The French Air and Space Force has revealed that the Talios laser designation pod has been operationally used for the first time with the Dassault Rafale. The sortie of just under five hours took place on 25 November during Operation Chammal, an escort mission from the French forward operating base at Prince-Hassan Air Base, Jordan. The Talios (Targeting Long range Identification Optronic System) is manufactured by Thales and will replace the earlier Damocles pod with French Rafale squadrons.