If they fix all bugs remainning on all of those missiles, it can be.
MICA-EMs haven’t been fixed since they have been added. Doubt they fill fix them now. Even then, I am happy with MICA’s current close combat capabilities, as I also prefer close combat over BVR fights (I suck with AIM-120)
I just simply think 4 AMRAAMS + 2 IR may not be enough for top tier, but we will see. I still think I’m probs gonna prefer the M2K5F
@Cpt_Bel_V@Tagalyaga Don’t get me wrong, I would also rather see an earlier Standard of the Rafale instead of the second latest. F.3.3 (or just F.3 “Late” lol), would have also been enough and compareable to the EFTs we are now getting. While it would lack AASM-L, GBU-16 and Mk.80 series (who is going to use these anyway while having AASM-IIR as Kh-38MT equivalents), as well as AESA which arguably isn’t needed, but still very capable.
This specfic Rafale is what I’ve talked about earlier; its the C101 testbed (previously known as C01, which to my knowledge also lacks a significant amount of avionics, which can also be clearly seen on the pictures) that doesn’t have a lot in common with production ones.
Which is correct. The MICAs on the C101 are mounted on the new additional Pylons, which were added with F.4.1, also known as SP3 pylons.
I guess we’ll see if they buff the micas like people said would happen if we don’t get more missiles… lol
I don’t get why people think MICAs will be fixed if Rafale performs bad. That’s not how the snail operates. It never is, or was. Simplest example being instead of fixing Leclercs, they chose to add Leopards. We never asked for Leopards.
Ha , ha , ha,… so wrong - military programs in France works so the Testbed will be severly modified to test out any ideas, that could be used on industrialized 10-20years later on Series.