I’m not going o judge about better or worse here as such, but these endless claims of the “oh so much more developed Rafale and no upgrades for Typhoon brabbling” is somewhat delusional!

Scorpion, maybe the impression comes from this :
The Rafale is following a rather linear upgrade path
on account of being block-less first and by virtue of
having one govt/AF deciding freely. Wheareas the
Typhoon is “torn apart” between consortium upgrades
and national ones?

That alone may give some the idea that one does fine
while the other suffers! Actually it seems to me that the
UK is pulling the EF train almost alone. So does France
but pulling one wagon not four hence the difference.

@ Ero-Senin
Mostly agreed but it still gives one an idea. Besides, it’s
not like the DGA is gonna come and publish real docs on
KeyPub, right?

Good day all, Tay.

Merci T’Mor!

@Buitreaux
Dassault would not like to have to create two new
stations to replace those lost at wingtip!
As TooCool12F pointed out, the “mast” that is the tail
is carbon composite and finenesse made plane and…
the box is EW located to complement the 360 degrees
coverage or about as here :

Anyway, the stealth future of the Rafale may be :

Also, do protect your work or follow-up on it
by making sure credit is preserved or contacting
the posters!

Oh! And thinking of Nicolas’ cute jest with a zest o’ truth,
who said the Rafale had a small nose? :

Good night gang, Tay.

I know where the mix-up comes from guys.

Scorpion, for Kovy and I there have long existed two timetables!
One projection with exports and one without.
The second came to order as the first failed to materialize.
But IF both brazil and
India were won, trust our govt to slow things back down
as much as can be!
So there could have been a gap if exports allowed French
orders to be delayed by say 16 months.
See what I mean?

Good night all, Tay.

^^^^^To raking export sales?
HUH! more money?
🙁

Edited as double posting! Sorry!

@mrmalaya
Since the last SDR, Franco-British missiles
have become the main focus of cooperation.
Future light anti-ship missile in planning.
Brimstone as added capability on the Raffy.
Dassault & BAe joint venture offer to make
the Mantis ( with Brimstones? ) a reality, etc.

@H_K

I used to be French Cavalry Scouting Sgt.
My guys would have shown brawn!
Darn “pool-side rats” aviators! :o:o:o:o;)

@ bgnewf
254 sorties for 8 planes?

Not too shabby!:)

( I live in Qc/QC BTW!;) )

@DrPepper
Refugees trying to exit/Daffy’s troops
trying to prevent/Tunisians being alert.
—end of transmission.

@Nicolas10
Right on!/Darn right!/Parfaitement d’accord!
Tu choisis.

@Sanem
What do you think of the AMCA models we’ve
seen so far? The TEJAS is a great plane but as
I discussed with Boom, I believe it to be mostly
a “sketch”! AMCA will be India’s real first plane.

@Flying-A
The Nimrod’s cut was my personal heart-breaking
moment in the last SDR.
Get the Raffy for RN’s CVs, spend the “saved” cash
on saving our old buddy and basta!
Then share a warm/cold one over the F-35 swamp
and fight together hence.

Let’s roam the seas “de conserve” as we used to do
as enemies!

:DYou earned it Vishal.

I really appreciate for instance your pic 102,
showing the marvelous fineness of the wings
tail and canards on the Rafale*.
That too helps with reduced RCS.

@mrmalaya
Of course we still talk to you mate!:D

The Rafale was the first plane made in France
that had set numbers concerning RCS reduction.
It does not mean that it gets “Klingonized” **;
it does not mean previous planes were unstealthy;
it does not mean that its discretion is all in the cell.

It does mean that the Rafale was conceived with stealth
caracteristics from the onset.

In the MMRCA thread, you talked about “the RAM paint
peeling off” for instance. Go back to the pic you had in mind.
You will find that it is RAM material, not paint.
That cannot be “added” or not easily!

Check :

Minimising the radar cross section has also been a design driver in order to make stealth tactics possible. Most of the stealth design features are classified, but some of them are clearly visible, such as the serrated patterns on the trailing edges of the wings and canards.

from here :
http://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/defense/rafale/optimized-airframe.html?L=1

Good day all, Tay.

* I was about to write my Rafale but it may soon be yours too!:D

** As the invisibility shields in Star Trek!;)