It should be noted that Rafale also has this advantage although to a lesser extent than the Eurofighter sure.
I will note that
Both should be low-observable, but there is no stealth features on the Eurofighter that the Rafale doesn’t have, but there is stealth features on the Rafale that the Eurofighter doesn’t have, so it’s only reasonable to conclude that they’re not actually equal.
So then you actually didn’t read it. I can understand if the report is too lengthy for you to read. While majority of the report goes into detailing the stealth features which is important to demonstrate, if you had bothered to read it carefully there is another source that does demonstrate the Rafale’s actual RCS. Should read it more thoroughly.
Other than the retractable refuelling probe and full semi-recession, but I take your point. You can conclude lower when clean certainly imo (when laden im less convinced), as I said i’d say that if they aren’t ‘buying’ your report, the logical conclusion is make them equal until some sort of comparative figure is realised from a reputable source.
The problem is that they’ll have to play guessing games with RCS based on stealth features going into the future when it comes to Su-57, J-20, and F-22. While they’ll take a look into the claims of certain RCS numbers, those RCS numbers all vary when you input different frequencies and so countries can measure them differently. It’s not so easy to implement RCS numbers if different countries have different methods of measuring an aircraft’s RCS.
So Gaijin will ultimately be left with analyzing the stealth features of every aircraft with what’s visually been incorporated. It’s not so important that sources state that the Rafale is 0.01m^2 or that Eurofighter is less than 1.0m^2 with 6 missiles.
What’s more important is what methods of RCS has been used, and what methods are visibly not incorporated and compare them to non-stealth and full-stealth aircrafts.
Why not point it out then. It’s not my job to look thru every nook and cranny just to find another reference to Rafale’s RCS, no need to be an ass about this.
To be fair, if you’re going to make a conclusive claim about what a report contains, then it should have been read thoroughly no?
In 2002, a Rafale went up against an F-18 and F-14 and conducted a look first and shoot first sequence. The F-18 isn’t the important part, however the important part is the F-14. The only weapon the Rafale had at the time were MICAs and not Meteors, which are vastly outranged by the F-14s radar and the AIM-54 Phoenix.
In order for the Rafale to have look first and shoot first sequence against the F-14, it had to have an RCS low enough for it to get within the MICA’s envelope, and an RCS of 0.1m^2 means the Rafale can still be detected well outside of the MICAs range with the powerful Tomcat radar. Only an RCS of 0.01m^2 provides a low enough RCS to get within MICA range.
Reports of such mock BVR fight are to be interprated correctly in order to ensure that comparison is to AIM-54 and not shorter range missiles such as AIM-120 or AIM-7
Because most of those reports are also made by USAF/USN/USMC reporters, the AIM-54 capability may have been occulted