oh seahawk, sometimes you are such a stirrer.

So something like this isn’t simply a case of suggesting that the rafale is very good at confusing 30-40 year old SAM radars?

Thats the way i read it rather than proof that Rafale literally disappears from radar coverage….

The same radar systems, used by the enemy during Desert Storm, the same systems used to kill a F117 and the same who required B-2s to be escorted by F-16CGs and Prowlers.

Mercurius,

Have you read latest fox 3 issue on Lybia ? It is officially stated that rafale “could literally disappear from Libyan radar screen” (sic) and that spectra could also “hide whereabouts of the rafale” (sic). It is also stated that the rafale could strike Libyan SAM sites at will and hanks to spectra the rafale gained a first day capability. Although Libyan SAM sites were not top notch it is still worth mentioning.

Yet it is something onyl achieved by the F-117 so far. It shows that Rafale is a true 5th generation aircraft and it points to a much smaller RCS, than other fighters. A very good confirmation that Rafale is indeed one generation ahead of the typical competition.

So more Typhoon stories about what could probably happen in the future to bring the plane to a more modern standard. It is well known that Rafale is way superior.

I do not know why we must have a drawing of a possible up-date of the failed European fighter project in the thread about the awesome Rafale.

Exactly. One could have gone for cheap and testes Russian helicopters or not so cheap but also testes US helicopters and ended up with expensive, unproven and badly designed deathtraps. Let the French do it and it will be an expensive but good product, add the Germans and others and it will be an expensive and very bad product.

Let Dassault re-bid, makes sure that the F-5s will be upgraded.

Most voters are against any new fighter aircraft. But if Dassault manages to create a tendency against Gripen, even in those circles who support a new fighter, the likelihood of a cancellation increases. Which means sooner or later there will be an new evaluation process. At that time it is possible that Typhoon and Gripen are no longer in production.