so you arent one of the fan boys that said the rafale, being a light, agile fighter uber-plane will wipe the floor with the f-22 WVR
on the frog sites they are backing off on WVR and singing about spectra, you know, like a lot of the stuff on helicopters and ir missiles
lets hope at the next exercise the french get the chance to wipe the floor with the f-22 BVR
I believe that BVR, one on one, the Raptor is top notch as of today.
In an open sky, no AWACs, no ground-based detection, it should rule.
The Rafale may be the better equiped plane operational to contend
but it will have to wait for AESA RBE2 and Meteor to play seriously.
There are two things that complete this view. First the Raptor has its
own problems accounting for the early production end. Second, the
Rafale can do it all. My prefered bit from ATLC was the 2 MICAs AND
three AASMs delivered in one pass. Much more useful!
Good day jackjack and all.
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