This post should be in the Missiles and Munitions category.

Some pics of the missile form and its nose sensor here:
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~otranto/fab/missil_piranha.htm

Nobody in the french government wants to impede development of their crown jewel. A deal on UAE’s terms will threaten that. Its about control of Rafales future.

The UAE wants Dassault to be responsible for certain upgrades while also sharing the technical details with UAE engineers. The unworkable part of the negotiations is because the UAE is pushing for transfers of IP that are not in the best interests of France.

I liked the idea of a modern Skyraider spinoff that used a side-mounted cannon to reign down fire. The Skyraider was able to bare cargo, too, which made it multipurpose. It was simple, rugged, inexpensive compared to the jets, and could deliver milk.

It’s very difficult to hide the engine heat of a warbird whereas the turboprop planes can be hidden better. You also have to hide the heating from the propellers air friction and the airframe heating from the induced drag.

The newer planes usually have a pretty powerful engine for their size. The problem is they don’t have the raw torque of the older engines. You can always reduce prop noise by adding additional blades to the propeller. But then again adding blades means you need to add torque to turn them at equivalent thrust.

And then you have other issues that make it difficult, like establishing new supply lines for the fuel.

More so from the various videos. There is quite a fan base posting video of it on YouTube right now.

Now if they’d move some of those Tranche 1 Typhoons to Canada where they’d be useful.

I fail at communicado el espaniole, which is what the reports are in. I do not believe any money has traded hands yet.