Dassault Rafale - Variants, Characteristics, Armament and Performance

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4496

Rafale TV sensor should provide firing capability for MICA-EM
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/qboMq19Qp79q

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4497

It’s apparently possible lol, been mentioned in reports for US ECM systems

4498

Wait so you could laser-guide a ARH missile? I’m in

4499

laser gives range, TV sensor gives heading, so technically the same data a radar would give

That data is then fed to the FCS and a MICA EM, IR or Meteor can be fired just like if it was the radar

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4500

Sensor fusion is a wonderful invention

4501

As far as I know; total export orders currently at ~260 Rafales (new aircraft)

  • Indonsia: 42
  • Qatar: 36
  • France: ~50 (+ renovation of older airframes to F.4)
  • India: 36 F.4
  • Greece: 12
  • UAE: 80

So yea XD

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4502

So essentially, silent MICA-EM in a way?

4503

No, bc missiles seeker would give it away

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4504

idk about US dass

i was refering to spectra here

4505

Didn’t India go for more with Rafale Ms and Serbia purchase some or how’s that going?

4506

until the onboard sensor of the missile locks, yes

Unless the target has a LWR, that is

4507

Got confused bc it’s all the same stuff except for LWR lol. Maybe ASQ-239 has one, but I know for a fact ALR-94 doesnt

4508

I don’t know if Serbia already set an order, not following that tbf.

4509

According to Dassault’s website, Serbia’s order contains a whopping, amazing, and game-changing 12

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4510

yeah i think it was 26 Rafale M.

And anyway India numbers will most likely ends up with more rafale especially when they will produce some directly in India

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4511

The World of the Rafale, coming soon

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4512

I imagine UAE too, if they help fund f5 rafale, would be strange not to, and no idea if they even have the right Rafale since i remember reading that there were rafale that couldn’t get upgraded more than f4.1

4513

those are for the vikrant if memory serves

ski jump rafales, never thought i’d see this one day tbh

And finally more rafale M produced, those are my favourite variant ^^’

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4514

Having Laser guidance is different than having TV guidance, even if it’s rather similar in game.

But here Bug-Report talk of TV guidance

4515

I was talking from a gameplay standpoint to give more context btw, where they’re rather similar in that aspect