According to our sources, a number of French Rafale fighter pilots have been approached by Chinese companies in countries where the Dassault-built plane has been sold, to provide training sessions for sums exceeding Gulf rates. A few briefly took up the offer.

The training may be intended to provide the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), which is hungry for intelligence on Western military capabilities, with information on the modus operandi and rules of engagement of the French Air Force.

According to Intelligence Online's sources, the US administration is aware of the situation and is following developments. In France, the defence security agency, the Direction du renseignement et de la sécurité de la défense (Direction du renseignement et de la Securite de la Defense), formerly the DPSD, monitors the activities of former soldiers.

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