Honestly y’all crying over whether Rafale or the EFT is better, my response is simple
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Is that the Phantom skin?
No, Frisian Flag 2008 exercise ;)
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From what I’ve heard the IR channel got removed in the F.3 standard because it really didn’t work very well, and so was deemed not worth keeping. The fact that Eurofighter pilots seem to very much like PIRATE, would suggest it didn’t have the same issues as the OSF IR channel, and isn’t as obsolete as you like to make out.
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And can we please not start the whole X is better than Y debate that just wont lead to anything but another 1000 posts of unnecessary discussion and probably some insults again ?
The new IRST can be clearly seen on F.4; it has a clean glass (no tint) and wider FoV technically. The very same IRST can be seen on Indian Rafale, one of the features that makes clear its not a standard F.3R.
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I do think that EF-2000 took longer than expected to incorporate an AESA radar, while its counterparts have done that sooner, but other than that it is still one of the top fighter platforms currently in service.
Both Eurofighter and Rafale have their advantages and disadvantages.
Comparing the radars, current RBE2-AA looks considerably worse than current Captor E. But I expect this will swing back to Rafales favor with F5
Please stay on topic.
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Back to Rafale anyway. METEOR MLU
Personally, some day gajin might add Rafale B F4 (F4.1) for france tech tree
But french Rafale F3-R old IRST ? 🤔
Honestly i’d rather have only C variants of Rafale but if B variants are labelled attackers then why not.
I kinda want them to strap an Aster-30 under a Rafale wing, just to see the speed it can reach when fired high and fast
For science purposes only of course
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@MightyBaozi Could you please comment on this ‘forum moderation’? Because it has become ridiculous. Here I was having a perfectly valid conversation about how different spectral bands perform in various atmospheric conditions (with supporting evidence, mind you), and it has now been removed. In what way did the last two posts not fit forum guidelines?
Well, start off by messaging them in DM not by continuing potentially off topic behavior
You would have to PM me to avoid creating even more off-topic. Please do that.
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I see now. I guess even the OSF on the rafale is off topic now. Loving it. It’s so bad some people’s egos don’t allow for constructive discussions on the capabilities of certain aircrafts
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Mfw I can’t even discuss spectral bands…
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without the booster probably about as much as the normal one with the booster but gound launched…
with the booster… good luck strapping that to a jet without it falling apart
yeah without booster it’s basically a chunckier MICA, with lateral thrust vectoring
But with it would be fun, although i agree the shape of that SAM wouldn’t help to fit under an aircraft’s wing X)