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?
Eurofighter can and does Super cruise at Mach 1.4ish
With an standard A2A configuration.
Rafale was stated by the Swiss who tested it against Typhoon found the avionics of Rafale were superior but raw flight performance Typhoon was markedly superior.
Which in game we have no problem with
2.45.0.16 → 2.45.0.17
- AI Mk. 24 Foxhunter Stage 2G (Tornado F. Mk. 3, Tornado F. Mk. 3 [ITA]), AI Mk. 24 Foxhunter Stage 3G (Tornado F. Mk. 3 (AOP)), AN/APG-63 (F-15C Baz Mshupar), AN/APG-63(V)1 (F-15C, F-15J(M)), AN/APG-65 (F/A-18A, F/A-18C (early)), AN/APG-65GY (F-4F KWS-LV), AN/APG-65Q (AV-8B Plus [ITA], AV-8B Radar (“AV-8B Plus”)), AN/APG-68(V)5 (F-16C-40 Barak II, F-16D-40 Barak II), AN/APG-68(V)7 (F-16C-50), AN/APG-70 (F-15E), AN/APG-70I (F-15I Ra’am), AN/APG-73 (F-18C, F/A-18C (late)), AN/AWG-9 (F-14A, F-14A ([IRN]), F-14B), CAPTOR-M (Eurofighter [DEU], F-2000A, Typhoon F.G.R. Mk. 4), Ferranti Blue Vixen (Sea Harrier F.A. Mk. 2), Kopyo-21 (MiG-21 Bison), N010 (Yak-141), N010M (MiG-29SMT), N027 (Su-25TM (“Su-39”)), PS-05/A (B.Kh.20 (“JAS 39C”) [JPN], Gripen C [GBR], JAS 39A, JAS 39C, JAS 39C EBS HU), Thales RDY (M-2000-5 [CHN], Mirage 2000-5 F), Type 1492 (J-8F), Type 1493 (J-11B): some kind of TWS tracking fix
Current dev version: 2.45.0.17
Current WiP live version: 2.45.0.17
Current regular live version: 2.45.0.15
Hopefully we will notice an diffrent ones its goes live
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I love how you interpret the swiss report in your own way
Is what I said wrong?
Rafale has superior avionics and sensors, for both ground attack and air to air. Superior EW
Typhoon is faster, climbs better and can supercruise while able to go ground attack it is not as intuiative as Rafale.
In most cases the Swiss review put Rafale ahead with it’s superior sensor suites.
Typhoon 2nd and Gripen 3rd.
“The delta effectiveness score between each candidate was too big to allow the Eurofighter or the Gripen upgrades to fill the effectiveness gap over their direct competitor. The Rafale is the only NFA candidate which fulfils in all type of missions the “Meet Minimum Expected Capabilities”. The Eurofighter is able to perform all type of missions but fulfils the “Meet Minimum Ex-pected Capabilities” only in the Air-to-Air domain”
Yes Rafale is the superior multirole platform.
Due to its senors and weapon systems and not its flight performance.
Despite that the Swiss have bought the F-35 which shows in most cases arms procurement is politically motivated and not indicative of the quality of an airframe
I wouldnt rely on Swiss reports too much.
Their reports about Gripen is criminal, makes Gripen look like quite weak compare to its real life performance.
EF is a piece of trash in ARB rn
Which is why these reports are to be viewed objectively.
Swiss like most of Europe has bought the F-35 but that isn’t because any of the 3 tested wouldnt meet the requirements.
Exactly, in this case i believe all those Delta Canards were underestimated by Swiss military.
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