Dassault Rafale - Variants, Characteristics, Armament and Performance

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Rafale flying at FL500 (50 000 feets) ~15000m

Notice the change of color in the AB and the fact that it’s quite loaded

Lors d'un vol à haute altitude (ici FL500), la flamme de la PC est bleue, ce qui est le signe d'une combustion complète.
Le vol THA peut avoir un intérêt tactique car il permet d'allonger la portée des armes. Dans certaines circonstances, c'est intéressant. pic.twitter.com/hevDDiJGph

— Escadrons de Chasse français (@EscadronsChasse) May 22, 2024
( i know, i know, twitter link)

Nice picture too :

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the ability to designate targets on the map will make AASM incredible (completely OP in tank battle but amazing)

Oh that’s amazing, we have all 3 variants of AASM

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Armament is correct, thank you Sail

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No, thanks to you, it’s largely thanks to you that we have this plane in this condition today.

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Mike says it gets AESA (he is unsure), even though I doubt it. If so; needs to be corrected to F.3R or PESA.

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No IR Missile? Magic or MICA IR something

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Yep, the MFD are quit ugly for now, I’ll do some bug report tonight

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annd have the HMD removed?

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Wait for real? He doesn’t really know?

I gasped of joy when he said AESA…

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32 flares god… They atleast should have given us ability to choose between large or normal. I will rather have a lot of small flares against sidewinders.

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Stats And Equipment May Not Be Final

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What do you mean?

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scorpion hmcs is an f.4 feature

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Besides that it would be wrong either way as its not called F.3R in-game and Mike most likely being confused; AESA on Rafale and nothing else makes no sense.

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Gotcha, they’ve already teased it so they should back it up … withdrawing now would be ridiculous…

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Battle rating up to 14.3 if gaijn give MICA IR

Call Rafale C F3.3, maybe

Rafale F.4 - F5 standard only used Scorpion HMCS

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iirc, Rafale can carry Magic 2 tho, they could add it on the wing pylon

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Some people are saying that the reason they havent shown any ir missiles is because they are considering mica ir, I agree.

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i highly doubt it
unless they introduce it in a gimped fashion

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MICA IR is too strong. Introducing it would be the height of stupidity. It would kill the game, straight up.

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