Yeah, I worded it dodgy, didn’t mean clone so much as things like m4k influenced France’s desire for a thing like Rafale. But my words failed me 😿
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Phrogge :D
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CAPTOR-E is the superior radar
Typhoon has an equal MAWS
Typhoon has at least equal EW
Typhoon has the better A2G loadout options with PW4s (10) and Brimstones (18) and soon Spear-3 (18) (isnt france planning to buy Spear-3 as well?)
PIRATE is equal or superior to the IRST on the Rafale
EFT has equal or superior sensor fusion with Striker II being the most advanced HMD in service currently.
ASRAAM is superior to MICA IR and both nations use METEOR (with Typhoon able to carry more missiles iirc)
You already admit its the superior airframe, so by that regard, Typhoon is at least equal if not superior in every respect except for range, which the Rafale does beat it on, but other than that. The Rafale is the inferior aircraft.
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Different doctrine. Use cases, they’re more or less equal.
Supposedly the manufacturer can configure Rafale to carry a very similar figure regarding AAMs.
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shouldnt be too hard to make british ordinance run on a dassault rafale. NATO standardisation probably makes implementing them on aircraft a simple process
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Yeah, just doesn’t fit French doctrine most of what you lot use, outside of brimstones. Don’t think France is acquiring any of the versions of this though?
Yeah, SPEAR 3 planned for UAI integration no?
Like what though? France uses GBU’s, cruise missiles, and Meteors on the Rafale like the UK does on Typhoons
Anyone bug report the fact that if you use the DAMOCLES TGP, you lose the ability to use the OSF?
I’ve long used TGP’s in sim for their ability to quietly ID and track targets from range, and the mix of the DAMOCLES + OSF would provide a rather significant increase in area the optical sensors could be used to look for and track targets.
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the french use the AASM Hammer.
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Sure there are some differences. But the majority of it overlaps
Yes, it is a deliberate choice by the developers because they had apparently faced the same issue with the Harrier GR7 where bugs occurred when trying to use two different optics even though sources state both can be used at the same time.
Rafale is not capable of utilizing two different optical sensors // Gaijin.net // Issues
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