The point is do you want a amateur to be captain of your ship. Which, is about sail into a Hurricane. That has never command a ship let alone sailed in rough weather…..:eek:

Total bullsh*t
Do you really think that you must have work into agriculture before being an efficient minister of agriculture ?

I can remember of former french resistant who did a crappy job at french MoD.

very nice assesments from someone even not bringing 15% of our lord expertise!:mad:

Let me explain my own analysis:

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Obama has never served in the US Armed Force and has never held an excutive position in Business or the Military.

And the point is ?

Rafale had entered official in Romanian;) AF tender…

No kidding 😮

I thought that the deal for secodn hand F-16 was close to be signed already :confused:

It is correct that a Rafale can lift much more payload and actually excels in its weight class. But what if you don’t need that?
Honestly, no conceivable conflict for Brazil would see a huge number of interdiction targets.

Wise words.
Problem, with the recent Russia-Georgia war, many armies remind that nothing can replace heavy gear.
So, perhaps the possibilities of a Gripen fleet is more than enough for Brazil but the capabilities of Rafale or SH is certainly very temptating.

Important for a small air force is the maximum sortie rate over a certain time period, the assumed downtime for maintenance and the training requirements.

Don’t worry, even for the French AF, between the M88-3 and the M88 ECO, the choice was obvious.

Hardly, it performs its intended role, and is being upgraded to perform others. If the Typhoon is a technical failure then so is the Rafale.

Yes, it performs its limited intended role of the 80’s.
Upgrades seems to be in great danger because of the cost of the airplane even if it sells in great numbers.

From the pov of the possibilities, the Eurofighter cannot come close to those available with the Rafale.

“From a technical aspect, it’s nearly a total failure.” Has to be the most risibly stupid comment on here for weeks.

Being kicked out of any competition based on technical values is enough I think.

The average F3 price to the French customer in 2004 was €50.84 m.

The average Tranche 2 price to the NETMA customer (in 2004!) was €55.08 m.

I do call that a ‘MARGINAL’ difference in price.

The problem is that the Tranche 2 has limited abilities versus a Rafale F3.

We can’t really compare export prices, for the obvious reason that Rafale hasn’t yet managed to gain a single export order.

Perhaps you can take a look at the proposed price.