What is France's Tier VIII Premium Jet going to be?

You raise some good points, wasn’t aware of the RDM modification for the 530Ds, I thought they all got the RDM+ with 530D support!

I guess a Qatari 2000-9 could indeed work, I’m not gonna discard the B501 despite the things you said being very valid, it would still be a decent contender imo, on par with the EM VI due to having much much better flight performance than an F1. Although only 2 missiles is certainly a detriment.

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M2K -9 or Mirage F.1 MF 2000.
Together with the UAE Leclerc please.

Rafale, no HMD, 6 micas. BR 13.3

Rafale M F1 then 2 magic +4 mica
Why not