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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Who said F-35 is offered to UAE? Greece is buying F-35. Purchase of Rafale is not a purchase but corruption of buying nations.
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Purchase of only option left since F-35 is not offered
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Sure.. mmmmm hmmmm
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Yes no more backstabbing by French like they did to Argentina in the Falklands war. Imagine Russians sabotaging BrahMos during conflict with China! That’s exactly what French did to Argentina. Never trust anyone blindly.
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Just like iPhone is a Chinese product not American 😂
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Since French cannot make their own ejection seats: INDIA RECEIVES BATCH OF RAFALE FIGHTERS FITTED WITH MARTIN-BAKER MK.16 EJECTION SEATS The Indian Air Force (IAF) Dassault Aviation Rafale aircraft left Merignac in Southwest France on 27th July and are expected to land at Ambala Air Base in...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Chinese aircraft carrier has Chinese equipment and Chinese aircraft. Building more helps Chinese economy. Indian aircraft carrier has high import content (engines, gears, radars etc) and imported fighters at exorbitant cost. Building more only empties your pockets. This rat race ain’t worth it.
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    I understand the pain of adding yet another jet in the lineup so Rafale deal makes sense. Setting up parallel assemblies do not increase rate as effectively as increasing productivity at current line. Dassault plans to increase production to 36 /year by 2025 but seems ambitious. I always find...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    https://www.defense-aerospace.com/dassault-2022-backlog-jumps-to-e35-billion-includes-164-rafales-but-sales-remain-stable/ Dassault Aviation today announced a backlog of 164 Rafale fighters, and said a follow-on order from Indonesia for 36 aircraft is "pending," which will increase the total to...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    In peacetime, even F-35 would be picked up by almost all radars because no sane airforce would fly their stealth aircraft without large reflecting devices such as Luneburg lens. Retractable Luneburg lens on J-20
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/dassault-and-airbus-break-fcas-impasse-and-sign-phase-1b-agreement/151209.article Finally good to see Europe admitting the need to replace obsolescence of 4th generation Rafale and EF. Once FCAS project takes off with first flight around 2030, there won’t...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Nah, there are no arguments at this point. Arguments are necessary when there’s basic knowledge. Stick with what you know. It’s all fantastic.
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Did I stumble on to a juvenile defense forum? I guess I did! Merry Christmas 🎄
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Please educate yourself then
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    I am not salty at all. I say US should not sell any weapons to India. Which US defense company bribed Indians? You are so desperate that you are bringing MAX issue in Indian defense forum!! Pathetic.. Which European defense company hasn’t bribed Indians?
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Q: What is the majority cost factor in so called “India specific changes” in Rafale? A: Making NATO standard Litening pod, JDAM/Spice family, HMD, NATO standard jammers etc. integrate with Rafale. PS: all other NATO jets except EF to some extent have been validated to use all of the above and...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    India paid close to $2 billion dollars to Dassault for NATO system compatibility 😂😂
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Excuses excuses.. “Incidentally, in April 2021, French online journal Mediapart had reported that Defsys Solutions had received a payment worth one million euros (Rs 8.62 crore) in connection with the deal to supply Rafale fighter jets to India. The manufacturer of the fighter jets, Dassault...
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