How do you know he didn’t just get an alt account and named it Mulatu_Astatke? They both do the exact same thing of misinterpreting sources or handwaving anything they don’t like, and both have the biggest hate boner for the EFT the world has ever seen.
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We are talking raw performance
Not the complete package.
Raptor,Felon and Mighty Dragon are going to be superior
Sounds like it’s time to buff the Rafale again
When PIRATE switches to STT mode it should not be able to see outside the FOV. This is only really an issue if the Eurofighter goes passive and disables the radar and only uses PIRATE for search and detection.
You may have a point.
To be fair, even the Mirage 2000-5F is still missing some of its capabilities such as increased climb rate, increased MPRF range, air to ground radar modes as well as MICA EM buffs all of which are reported. It is also missing some range for the DDM-MAWS. The Mirage 2000-5F if anything was more like Gen 4.5 and should see more buffs, and the Rafale was supposed to be another step above it completely. The Rafale is supposed to be 5th gen but was not, only because of necessary cost-savings. Mirage 2000-5F also contains internal jammers, so I would not be surprised if it in the end it ends up being a higher BR than the J-10B for example.
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Did he say which was better?
I’m aware, J-10B was found to be unsatisfactory anyway, since PLAAF only operated low/mid two digits amount of them before switching production to J-10C. 10B still isn’t 100% comparable to EFT or Rafale.
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Rafale is still waiting on many important buffs. Why should the Rafale be held back so the Eurofighter can be somewhat competitive? The Eurofighter has already ran its race.
5th gen…
Can barely supercruise
Isnt stealth.
Thats really what defines 5th gen airframes.
Rafale has great EW systems and avionics but that doesnt make it a 5th gen.
Gripen E follows the same ideologies yet no one refers to it as a 5th gen
F-35 cough cough
F-35 is a stealth aircraft though.
5th gen stealth is what defines it.
Dont worry though im sure they have sources to contest that F-22 and F-35 are not stealthy
rafale has RCS reduction like F-35. ofc its not to the same level but still there
the airframe stealthiness and lack of internal bay is the only thing keeping it at 4.5 gen,
Many jets have an F-16 over its life cycle has reduced it’s RCS.
France chose not to develop/procure a Gen 5 airframe they need the Rafale to fill that capability gap.
France havent built a Gen 5 because of cost and technical limitations. Building Gen 5 stealth airframes is incredibly complicated.
Who is ‘they’ lol?
Who indeed…
Buddy, I am actually realistic. There is no disputing that the F-22 and F-35 have better stealth than the Rafale.
I’m not like a Euroglazer who lives in fantasy land thinking the Eurofighter is somehow at the same level as the F-22 or F-35. Besides, unlike the Eurofighter consortium, the USA is not a technologically defunct country/ies.
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not really. we did it in 1990.
With a budget larger than Gods.
And the expertise of one of the greatest aviation visionaries in Kelly Johnson.
Saying the Rafale is 5th gen (a lot like calling it “omni role”) is peak marketing waffle
No one said the Rafale was 5th gen. Just that the only reason it wasn’t 5th gen was because of cost. Also, if Rafale can barely supercruise then what is the Eurofighter?