If that news is indeed correct, I think the F-15 has the better chance. Reason: A wider range of PGMs available, better radar, future upgrades.

More PGM ? Well, as long as the rafale has good one, do you think that it would be that important for the eagle ?

Better radar ? Of course, you have all information needed to make that statement, aren’t you ?
Between an american radar and a french-singaporian radar, from a singaporian point of view, the performances wouldn’t mean all.

Future upgrade ? For ? The eagle ? When ? where ?

M2.6 in a Phantom ?
Groovy baby !!!

I’ll believe this when I see Rafales in a hot desert paint scheme, but not before. The Saudis bust the bank with all their weapons purchases after the 1990 Gulf thing. Within the kingdom there is massive resistance to spending more money on fancy jets or anything else from the West for that matter. But who knows..

As Indian1973 said, with the actual oil price (and the future seems to be worst), money isn’t a problem.
For the “western things” problem, well, I think that France has definitively the edge in comparison of the americans or British.

Otherwise, from which nation, they could buy planes ?

cheaper relative to which aircraft?

Get your infos all alone little boy.

About french aircraft they are certainly better than russians but not better than US.

Lots of american posters liked to post that kind of statement over and over on the web.
Since EU might lift the ban on china, mirage or Rafale are suddenly the kings of the sky. 😀

All things being equal , you can compare 2 radars or two missile with know facts , But a Dog Fight with two aircraft F-16 vs Mirage , Its gets to the same argument , Initally Delta has an advantage , but then as it turns Delta Bleeds and at slow speed F-16 gets the upperhand etc etc.

Nothing to add.
PErhaps the AF with the best information can gert theirs aircraft in the best position but it’s pretty close.

prove it Blk60 is as expensive as Rafale.

the rafale F3 bought by the french AF costed slightly more than 50 millions.
that left 25 millions for the infrastructutre.

About the training, let me tell you something.
When the koreans pilots went in Frnce to test the Rafale, they have been allowed to fly with real bombs after few days.

airframe and engine is the same and so is i think flight characteristics.

As I said,the avionics it totally different and the tactics too.

F-16E isnt cheap but it is not expensive as compared to F-16A in mid seventies. remember $1 today is not equal $1 tommorrow. and here we are talking about 30 year time difference.

A F-16A block 15 was way less expensive than a mirage 2000 C.
Now the F-16 block 60 is as expensive as a Rafale.

With new Pak F-16s in the horizon it would make sense to upgrade the Mirage with systems that could serve as a model for a possible 120 aircraft deal.

Just like, let’s say, a dozen of second hand mirage 2000-5 ?