Same boat as EAP, so no.
1 Like
It’s not tho
Yes it is, it’s a demonstrator aircraft incapable of anything other than flying around and looking pretty.
It has a gun a missiles
So does the EAP, design mean it can do anything
with them.
it’s mockups and no guns
Same with the Rafale A.
It is a test flight demonstrator/prototype. Unless you can prove it can fire missiles and has combat avionics it is the exact same as the EAP.
As you can see there were some mockups too (the Micas) but the magics II are real, an also you can see the gun
Here’s a very real Magic I on a biplane, just because it is mounted doesn’t mean it has the avionics necessary to fire it.
Yes, I am aware of that beaut.
You can go on the musée the l’air et de l’espace website and have à 360° cockpit view of the rafale A if you want to check for yourself
The Rafale A is not capable of firing any missiles and has 0 combat avionics. Believe me I have looked into this more than I would like to admit. I can assure you it is not capable of anything other than flying around and looking pretty.
Well I would apreciate a source, because I’ve seen the Rafale A and I know at least a gun is installed, so it’s quite strange to see a gun or a missile that isn’t working on an aircraft. Usually it’s either mockups or nothing
woah what document is that?
seems to be american due to english and referring to rafale, gripen, EFT, and lavi as foregin
is it about ATF program?
No, it’s regarding other nations using prototypes in their development.
1 Like
started project in 1987, finished in 1989 huh.
YF-22 from 1990, maybe some influence? regarldess, lockheed chose the FSD missionized test vehicle approach
1 Like
Well you can see that the rafale A was partially equiped at least so I’m not sure we can trust this article on this point
Believe what you want to believe I suppose
I’m still wondering to when the 2S38 and yak-9’s are going up in br.