To come back to the original question, I think that one of the main differences between the Mirage III and the Draken was not to be found in the on-paper specs but in the pilot experience.
According to the report from a Draken pilot, the Draken had so many flight restrictions that it is said that “you don’t fly the Draken, the Draken flies you”. It meant that the pilot had to concentrate heavily on the flying controls to not overcome one of the Draken many altitude/speed/angle/G limitations.
OTH the Mirage III was described by one of the Israeli aces that flew it in combat as a “fighter plane”. You fly it without restrictions (except when landing) and you are able to concentrate on the fight, the plane behaves sanely and does what asked whenever asked.

What bugs me about AF447 is the inability of the pilot to acknowledge he was in a stall and was instead applying an “approach stall procedure”. The pilot in the transcript clearly knew that the aircraft was dropping like a stone but at no point did he consider applying a “post stall procedure”. Nose down throttle up and regain control something that is taught on the basic PPL. Ironically at the altitude he was at just letting go of the stick would of taken the aircraft out of the stall due to the neutral flight control laws in the FBW.

To be fair to the pilots, it should be noticed that -at some point- the situation became a bit more complex than what you suggest.
The speed eventually dropped so low that it could not be read by the pitot system and this caused the stall warning to stop. When Robert appplied full stick forward to get out of the stall, the speed increased and could be read by the system, which triggered the stall alarm. The pilots could not identify the reason behind this stall warning and were probably feeling that pushing forward was creating the stall. That’s perharps why they felt so confused and did not manage to recover from the stall.

I hope I’ve been clear.

torp

Hijackers have hide thicker than buffaloes these days, what nerve to hijack outside office hours,
how do we deal with these villains ?

“Please attack only during office hours”
😮

Or like this ?

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/151693/swiss-af-works-only-during-office-hours-but-allies-help-out.html

On page 152 where he outline the optimal fighter,
he does start off with the two largest potentials he see, namely
1] supercruise and 2] primarily passive sensors,
both of which goes to Rafale, not because its larger, but because its newer,
while more maneuverable can be attributed to unstable design and movable canards, which also demanded newer FCS.
(he does speculate “deltas also have better supersonic cruise drag, particularly if trim drag is minimized with negative static margin control systems”)
Finally the Swiss did pursue the smaller Gripen NG, one reason would be the 40% fuel increase,
but more importantly because of the underlying theme of the entire approach: more fighters for the same buck,
with an operational cost allowing for extensive A2A training of the pilots.
As the Swiss can see on the western border,
the Rafale have an operational cost that caused France to introduce the surreal “conscript pilots” aka 2nd tier pilots,
which naturally will be pivotal in war, and/or crippling in peacetime.
France: Reduced Training Costs, Pilot Flight Hours, Two-Tier Pilot Policy
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?124824-France-Reduced-Training-Costs-Pilot-Flight-Hours-Two-Tier-Pilot-Policy

This is bull**** and probably stems from an error in translation.
French Airforce never intended to have a two tier pilot system.
The reduced training cost aircraft envisioned is for retired pilots such as generals, colonels, headquarter assigned pilots who have to maintain flight proficiency but are not to be combat ready.
Edit. BTWI asked the question to the French airforce representative at LE BOurget shortly after this story was published and its answer was “NO”.

The article doesn’t give much details.
Potential gain in emitted power (up to 5 times higher than with GaAs), in frequency coverage and emission throughput.

First AESA Rafale delivered

Rafale C137 was delivered to the French Air Force and will join the DGA evaluation unit in Mont de Marsan.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/138979/dassault-delivers-first-production-rafale-with-thales-aesa-radar.html

http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/dassault-livre-le-premier-rafale-dote-dun-radar-antenne-active

I’d like to know how a pair of M2000D armed with only 2 pairs of 250kg GBUs can stop a raid of 80 vehicles?

The French ministry of defence announces that 2500 targets were destroyed by French forces (including aircrafts and helicopters) logging 12-14,000 flight hours. Most target were hit with laser guided weapons.

http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/201107200159805/libye-2.500-cibles-detruites-par-laviation-francaise.html