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Dassault and the french government lose the first try to sell Rafale in Morocco, 2007. If this deal was inked, the export career of the bird would have been far more brilliant. India 2004 : the Rafale was only in a F2 std. Too short to be very attractive.

4,6 Md€ pour les prochaines versions du Rafale et le Neuron seront investis par la France d’ici à 2030. France will invest €4.6 billion between now and 2030 in the next versions of the Rafale and the Neuron. October 12, 2023 Contents Rafale F4.2 postponed to 2025 Investment in the Rafale F5...

The major innovation of the Rafale F4 standard. On March 13, 2023, the French defense procurement agency (Direction Générale de l'Armement - DGA) declared the Rafale fighter's F4.1 standard qualified, ushering in the era of collaborative air combat. This new standard brings major capability...

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Sure not ! 3 years is the minimum lead time for the first one, and with a stabilized spare parts supply chain. It is no more the case of SH18. So more than 3 years to have all 26.

Once again, in this case the F15EX is delivered with what kind of weapons? what availability? what freedom of use (ask UAE or Egypt if they were free to use their F16 as they want in Lybian campaign...). F15 EX is even not FOC.

All depend of the weaponery, spare parts stock, availability contract (for IAF it was a 5 years contract for at least 75% availability, including the fuel delivery !), simulators etc....

https://thewire.in/security/france-us-fighter-jet-dassault-tech-rafale

Quickly? Nothing possible in less than 3 years. Or 2nd hand, but french air force already has been milked, so unlikely.

No F16 for SA. "only" F15, Tornado and EF2000. The main fleet to replace is the old Tornado one, and the first batch of F15 (with small teeth, to comply to Israel)

It seems highly fancyful in France. SA used Rafale to have a better solution from uncle Sam, this is the french view.

From the very beginning my bet for IAF was between 72 and 108 Rafale (for IAF only. IN is a very surprising news). Some said 200.... only a dream to my humble opinion.

No, it's not the maximum. For exemple you can replace the 6 x 340 kg bombs by 2 x 1350kg SCALP. You can also imagine bigger external tanks, specially under the frame. The point 3 can also be fitted with a rockets pod instead of lighter MICA.

Rafale is a small medium bird (in the medium familly, just compare it to SH18). Su30 is a heavy one. It's just to compare cat and dog !

The next gan radar, RBE2-XG, for F5 std, will be fully GaN. First flight in nearly 5 years for a full scale production early 2030. No news about M88. But as all jets, Rafale will become heavier, so without a doubt it is on the drawing board. Rafale air intakes car support without modification...

This config was never opened on a Rafale B, C or M. Only seen on Rafale A. But if a customer need a Rafale with a maximum air to air missile load, it is possible.[/USER]

The less than 100 USD million F35 need a very costly support. The possession cost of the bird, not well defined even today because of the costly refresh programs, is seen has too heavy even in USA. so...