Immanuel
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Actually the Rafale has a worse crash rate than the F-35, global fleet flight hours of the F-35 (on a bigger current fleet size) already exceeded the Rafale's. Hence, the Rafale has a worse attrition rate.Low observable is anything less than 1m^2. The Rafale is 0.3m^2 clean, 0.5m^2 with 3X CFTs, 4X Mica, 2X Scalp. The refueling probe is angled and coated with RAM. The Rafale wouldn't be detected until 30km out by a fighter radar, a wide band radar could detect it further. Spectra works against anything that is in its threat database, it also has AI to analyze and counter any new threats.
The OFS can detect an F-22 and get a kill with MICA IR out to 70km. The F-22 would be dead before Rafale appeared on his radar.
The CFTs and missiles carried by Rafale are made of composites and coated in RAM. Only if it is carrying a bunch of cheap Mk 82/84 bombs with guidance kit would it not maintain LO. In the air-superiority or penetration role, it remains LO.
The F-35 has defective software that can't keep the radar on, can't classify threats of radars or missiles, or mount data from the optronics to the display. In the meantime the Spectra of the Rafale gives the pilot full Situational Awareness of the threats around him and the means to counter.
And the F-35 is a good aircraft... on paper. The software is so buggy it isn't fit for combat and spends half of its time grounded.
Governments under pressure from the US might be weak minded enough to fall for it, but luckily India is smarter than all of them.
Watch one by one they fall from the sky due to its glitchy software, it will be the next 737 MAX.
If the MKI can BVR kill the Rafale in previous exchanges, F-22 can only do better.
The rest is all non sense that doesn't affect the F-35 or it's ability. Teething problems or costs will not stop the F-35 outselling the Rafale by about 7-10 times. All I hear is yada yada from a country that couldn't export a decent aircraft for about 10 years due to global strategic irrelevance or lack of importance or sheer incompetence.