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There is no replacement for final leg of training on high seas with a carrier moving at to speed, be it during day or pitch dark at night in adverse conditions. Not having a twin seat version, not folding wings, older gen cockpit etc are a big disadvantage for the Rafale. Shiny new Block3 with...

Except, if the pilot farts, he's more likely to gag himself into disorientation being up so close. I hope the Indian pilots stay clear from Chole and Rajma before combat flights

I don't think M88 should be uprated, the Rafale has long legs and can supercruise with a good AAM load which is good enough. Uprating will make it less reliable and more expensive.

Rafale is good 4.5 aircraft, we made our choice and we should sleep in that bed, we could easily order more. That said, the Pilot in the F-35 even in the block-3 version will have bigger advantages while taking on any fighter including the rafale. The Helmet, the cockpit, the carefree flying...

How long will niggas in MOD wait to order more Rafales, they seem to have forgetten we have made our bed with Rafale for MMRCA, just order more and get it over with, or perhaps they are waiting for the price to go up even more :crazy:

Actually I would be delighted if IAF's Rafale can carry the following on top of Meteor, MICAs, SCALP, HAMMER Bombs; ASRAAM or Python-5, ASTRA MK1/2/3, GARUDA and GARUTHMA Bombs, SAAW Bomb and the CBU-105SFW. CBU-105SFW would take it's A to G ability to a whole different level.

Brahmos is complex, sophisticated missile that would also require that Russians have access to the Rafale's AESA and Spectra suites for Active or passive launch authority, would the French allow that? Regardless of what anyone else says, Brahmos is JV between Indian and Russia. Russia would be...

First we need to figure out mouting the Brahmos-A on the Rafale locally, not sure that will happen since that would require full access to Brahmos tech to French engineers and we don't have Rafale source codes. It's a pipe dream. Also, Russia wouldn't allow this.

https://www.thelocal.fr/20200930/loud-bang-heard-in-paris-was-sonic-boom-say-police Sonic boom by Rafale over Paris today on it's way to intercept a civilian airliner which lost comms. with ATC.

Exactly, you have no details or the ability to understand details so suck on that fact. MKI did perfectly fine, the R-77 it was using was outclassed by the Aim-120C-5, simple fact in terms of range. Also a few MKI held off dozens of fighters.

Well the Rafale in India brings ability to deploy Meteor, Mica RF/IR, Hammers, Paveways in existing stock, Stormshadow. ISE version is not ready yet to eventually the Rafale in India will carry Spice Family. Technically till ISE version arrives, the current MKI outguns the Rafale in terms of...

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1733711/middle-east Don't worry US-Turkey decoupling in happening. https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/12/is-the-us-about-to-move-its-50-nuclear-bombs-from-turkey-to-a-greek-island/ Those nukes from Turkey will move to Greece, if not done already. Moving those...

Well it will be delivered to Kuwait end 2020, that's all that matters. RBE-2 is now in service and that's good too. https://www.monch.com/mpg/news/c5i/1587-thales-rbe2-aesa-radar-production-output.html

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/05/01/turkish-media-frenzy-greeces-f-35-jets-will-turn-the-aegean-sea-into-a-greek-lake/ Don't worry the Greek F-35 order will come, the seeds of negotiation were planted in early 2020 when the Greeks went over to meet the Teflon Don. There will be contract soon...

You're factless and senile. Stop your regular 'French' Supremacy. Future road map is based on current existing order book. Rafale being a good aircraft still has less than 300 aircraft flying around for now. EF doubles that. EF will have a longer service life with many upgrades (albeit slower)...

Very interesting, 18 Rafales and eventually 24 F-35. They'll be the first to operate both, interesting times ahead for the Greeks. Atleast they are 7 out of 27 in NATO who actually pay their defence commitments. https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2020/01/09/f35-greece-us-acquisition-mitsotakis/

Rafale lost the opportunity the first time around in Swiss, that's a fact. Second time around, France has very little strategic importance and existing deep military ties between Swiss & US make it difficult for France to win this one. Rafale loses everytime the F-35 is in competition and that's...

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/26818/Eurofighter_to_Zoom_Past_Dassault_Rafale_with_Germany_s_93_Typhoon_Order#.X18IaD_iuUk Eurofighter: 121 Germany: 93 Kuwait: 28 EF already has 500 plus aircraft in service, these will undergo upgrades over time.

A backlog means you need firm orders: if potential F-16 clients have to be counted, F-16 has a potential for at least another 150 on top of the confirmed 128. As said, chances that the F-16 will continue to outsell the Rafale well past 2025 is very high. Wrong: Bahrain: 16 ordered in 2017...

F-16 Order backlog: confirmed order 128 (None delivered yet) to be built over 10 years. Not Including Indonesia which is again a 2 SQD order that will come soon. Taiwan: 66 Morocco: 24 Bulgaria: 8 Slovakia: 14 Bahrain: 16 Rafale order backlog: 66 India: 26 (10 already delivered) Qatar: 12 (24...