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It is a legacy FA18.... It is smashed every day by Rafale M.....

OK. I agree. Some more (bad) news about SH18.... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39007/navy-considers-axing-conformal-fuel-tanks-from-its-block-iii-super-hornet-upgrade-plan

What are you trying to explain ? F15 was a nice high fighter. Now it is a old horse, even in EX evolution. See a US specialist analyse : https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/expensive-f-15ex-does-not-deliver-congress-should-nix-its-purchase And F15 will never be selected, because in direct...

WRONG !

less range, less load, less agility than Rafale. No communality with IAF. Plane already near the end of its technical road map (because not really a new plane, but a F18C XL) Except the very nice camo, no real interest for India.

No evidence of the length of the runaway prior to the ski jump, nor the weight of the bird (full clean config, how many fuel?). So nothing really interesting.

It's not possible to answer to that before the end of the offset part of the deal. Nothing before september 2022. So for the moment it's only conjecture and Dassault bashing.

For those who always think Rafale is costly.... and SH18 affordable. https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/government-kuwait-fa-18ef-super-hornet-aircraft-support 40 SH without customisation and only 35% offsets at $10.1B. Just for memory : the Indian Rafale deal : 36 Rafales with...

Because the LCA design was frozen before DSI was famous.

If i remember well, India purchased 4 new russian built frigates 11356 few years ago, no?

Growler is made to help a fleet with hard electronic counter measures. Spectra is made yo self protect the plane. So a Rafale don't need to be Growler accompagnied. Spectra is a small Growler system. Nothing else compare.... it's only a high power jamers. Thales self developped the Carbon...

FOC expected when ?

SH was seen as slow moving and less agile than legacy F18. The agility and climb rate will be big issues in the Swiss contest, because there's a lot of montains, and few time to react. But you're right, logistically speaking SH is the natural choice after F18. Cheaper? marginally. Specially if...

You're wrong. Ask swiss tests pilots.....

We are in 2020. in 2005 AMRAAM was not the "D"model.... but C5 (or C6 with a new fuze), so marginally better than MICA.

Classical from a french bashing expert.

you really have great bad faith. - Qatar and Indian Rafale are fully HCMS equipped. - AESA is operationnal on Rafale since 2013. another bad argument ?

One french source, Air Fan N° 282 (it was not in 1999.... but later. Sorry) with a resum in a french internet site : https://omnirole-rafale.com/performances/ In the middle of the news : "Against F14 it was a butcherry. Rafale is incomparably more agile than the heavy Tomcat. From the...

LOL. from the beginning Rafale beat all the USN products. The Rafale vs F14 was a butcherry. Rafale vs F18 : during the first training, in 1999, in no more than 3 virages Rafale won. Rafale vs SH18 : between F18 and F14. Hangar queen.... I think you speak about the F35, whose disponibility is...

The Rafale choice is political also, as France is, with Russia, the closest ally of India. India never forget the french assistance for Kargil, as a no ban for nuclear trials. And India has the largest experience (excpt French air force) with the Dassault products. They know the french jets are...