Ah ok. My bad. I thought he was speaking of GaN modules based radar. So finally F3R would be the first operational plane fitted with GaN modules for spectra antennas?

It’s in F4 for Rafale 2023/24 (radar and Spectra) according to Henri-Pierre Grolleau in Combat Aircraft.

As far as I can see, F3R is as follows:

http://www.dassault-aviation.com/fr/dassault-aviation/presse/press-kits/le-standard-f3-r-du-rafale-est-lance/

The standard R F3 is an evolution of the standard F3 Rafale. It is part of the continuous improvement process of the aircraft as required operational. It will enable Dassault Aviation Rafale to integrate the following equipment and weapons:

• The European air-air missile MBDA Meteor long range. This highly effective missile will be of maximum efficiency with radar-called “active antenna” that the team delivered BURST series since mid-2013 [1] .
• The laser designation pod new generation PDL-NG Thales. Mainly used for the implementation of air-ground strikes, day and night, this pod will further improve the accuracy of which the BURST shown since its first commitments (in 2007 in the Afghan theater).
• The laser terminal guidance version of the AASM armament (AASM) Sagem [2] . This family of main GPS guided weapons and additional propellant is unparalleled. It has enabled the Rafale during operations in Libya (2011), destroy targets to tens of kilometers away, with a metric precision. The laser terminal guidance version is particularly suitable for moving targets.

Furthermore, R F3 will include updates to BURST of sensors and systems that ensure full interoperability.

Both the French and British Navies today fall into the category of nations trying to write cheques they can’t cash (and hoping that nobody calls them out on it), and we all know why that is. Perhaps Italy was fortunate that its foray into empire-building was comparatively brief and disastrous — makes it easier to let go. 😉

I wouldn’t think two 280+m long carriers with 40 F-35s each, combined with 6 Destroyers, 13 Frigates, 7 SSNs and 4 SSBNs constituted a weak navy. In fact, I can only count about 4 navies on the planet that are stronger than that and for at least 2 of those nations, most of the people are living in abject poverty and crapping in the streets across much of the nation.

none of the fighter manufacturers and none of the air forces around the world got your dank meme,
or they’d be flying gliders with possibly an augmenting engine, perhaps electric.
another thing to add is that f-16 generate more heat than gripen at any given speed, so your argument dont hold water any way you spin

behold: the future of air combat

Can you prove an F-16 generates more heat?

Clearly gliders wouldn’t be very stealthy but the focus has clearly shifted away from manoeuvrability, especially with the concept of introducing UCAVs as air combat nodes. TVC had its popularity spell in the ’90s, but now, nobody besides the Russians is even looking at it and the F-22 uses it mainly for drag reduction rather than ACM.

SwedishF21 Luleå & Norwegian Bodö base has done joint exercises for a very long time well before HMD intro, lots of written sources and gossip around this, above conclusion is valid without HMD too.

Oh without HMD yes, but HMD changed the game. Engineers realised it was easier to make a missile turn than an aircraft and they do it so much better than an aircraft.

How is it inaccurate?

If you care to explain and I’m wrong then I’ll happily concede but Harold did use fear and violence to consolidate power and they are recreating the battle are they not?

As did every leader 950 years ago.

Well let’s be real, the only country whose internal decision process REALLY maters right now (from the West) is the US. There are lots of rumors that the White House is being presented with options to strike the Syrian government.

Nobody is enforcing a no-fly zone, but I think the possibility of escalation is huge if they start seriously, repeatedly striking and eroding the military of the regime.

I shouldn’t worry about that. A government generally won’t make such a potentially huge decision this close to an election.

norwegian and swedish pilots concur that gripen C out-perform the norwegian f-16 version,
the norwegian version perform better than block 70,
gripen E can be expected to perform better than gripen C, given its higher T/W
….it follows then that gripen E out-perform f-16 block 70 twice

Well is that really relevant given the conversation we’ve just had about HMDs?