1) Claims about Typhoon’s superior MMI are not made up out of thin air. Craig Penrice is a named source who has written and spoken about it extensively, and he is backed up by large numbers of unnamed sources, including from Singapore.
For an obvious reason.
The Rafale is much more versatile than the Typhoon, how could these pilots enjoy all the possibilities of a MMI when they don’t even use them ?
That could explain why the Rafale is now recognized as a masterpiece of MMI.
BTW, stop with Singapore, nothing leaked from there. At least nothing that make sense.
2) Rafale’s lack of power is certainly not ‘made up’. Singapore certainly commented on it, while the UAE’s desire for more thrust is well known.
Stop with Singapore, nothing leaked from there. At least nothing that make sense.
About UAE, perhaps the very specific temperature of that area could explain it. But if I were you, I would try to have more mature information about the question of the engines on those “Emiratis Rafale”
3) Confidentiality agreements haven’t stopped French pilots talking about ATLC, nor about Singapore.
I read several times how Singapore took seriously that question of confidentiality, I have never heard anything like that before ATLC.
DOn’t worry, with the important relation between UAE and France armies, if an officer said something about ATLC, you can be sure he hasn’t breached any agreement.
4) There’s no proof of a Rafale victory in Korea, and indeed the claim has been denied officially by the RoKAF. I happen to believe the claim, but acknowledge that there’s no proof, the fact is that F-15K won.
We have enough proof from our side, thank you.
Of course, the “proof” you’re asking means you want Korea to recognize that they lied in an international competition and lack of military/political independance. For obvious reason, you won’t get such an answer and you know that very well, it’s why you ask for it, because for you the Rafale shouldn’t be recognize with his own merits, only using a weird point of view.
5) All the indications are that Typhoon won the technical evaluation in Singapore.
Stop with Singapore, nothing leaked from there. At least nothing that make sense.
6) You say that: “Kovy, tmor and so on have hints but prefer to keep them since it’s the typical source that can be sound as biased. It seems that Mr Lake disagree with that way of thinking.” I dunno about anyone else, but I don’t care who tells me the truth, nor whether they are prepared to be indentified. If it’s good information, or seems to be good information, then of course I’ll pass it on. We’d never have heard about Typhoon spares shortages, or Tornado Foxhunter radar, etc. if we limited ourselves to official statements.
AS I said, they got the information and share few of them and only on MP. If you want those information, ask them. Err, be careful, it can be quite cruel for the Typhoon.
You never heard about Typhoon shortage while it happened for Rafale ? You couldn’t restrain yourself for 10 lines 😀
But be careful with those “rafale spares shortages” because it has been annonced at nearly EVERY foreign operation even when it has been denied by the french MoD. And as you said, the official statement always have the hupper hand.
Of course Belgium is arguably the home of the leading exponents of the art form. I don’t get Japanese comic art. It does nothing for me.
Mangas are great
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