I read several website who state that if the catapults are compatible with planes weighting up to 20 tons, you can have more limitations just like with the elevators to the deck (able to lift 15 tons).
OF course, with some engineering, you can adapt (unless a fundamental problem with modern airplanes) the Foch to use rafale or F-18 but is it worth the effort ?

F-18 Hamburger
the Brazilians might as well save money to purchase a more capable carrier (which in itself isn’t a bad idea too)

Which more capable carrier ?

Since it’s the US administration who gladly accept the recent move of Quadafi, I’m sure he will be closer to them.

Frankly, I don’t see why Lybia would bought real stuff from France or even most countries.
A rafale/Eurofighter is very complex, a Su35 is hard to maintain, well, only time will tell.

U don’t mass produce something with major problem

Nobody here speaks of a major problem.
Just something thatcould have been better …. with the good information at the beginning.
In France, lots of journalist used ot have fun of the Cdg carrier because the bridge was a bit short in extreme conditiopn for the hawkeye and four meters has been added.

or u don’t satisfy,right?

wrong

-the Typhoon is a totally new airframe

didn’t know the rafale was an old design

-it is very agil

Even if the eurofighter is more agile than the rafale, the french airplane still own the best range, payload ….

-compatibility to existing and planned weapons -which is the great advantage over Rafale

With the exception of the AMRAAM, what do you have in mind ?

Well afaik Rafale was clearly favored until Typhoo was demonstrated in Singapore. It has been rumored, that the plane exceeded the expectations and left the competitors stunned.

I would like to see more than a single article about it. 🙂

Especially stunning was the supercruise performance. They did it with ease on a normal hot day. And they seem to have hit a bit more then just Mach 1.0.

And I have seen several ppl arguing that the EF2000 who performed that day was a full ton lighter than normal Eurofighter.

Furthermore the Captor seems to have worked better, then the technolgy wise more advanced competitor.

Please, define “worked better” and show me the comparison with two AESA radar.

Brazil Seen Ending Plan To Buy 12 New Fighter Jets-Report (Posted: Friday, January 07, 2005)
[DOW JONES NEWSWIRES, Jan. 7, 2005]

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s government has abandoned plans for a $700 million air force contract to buy 12 new fighter jets, local newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo reported Friday.

Government officials contacted by Dow Jones Newswires declined to either confirm or deny the report.

The Brazilian Air Force, which has said it needs to upgrade its fighter force has tested planes made by Embraer (ERJ) and Dassault (12172.FR); U.K. and Swedish aerospace groups BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN) and Saab AB (SAAB-B.SK); the U.S.’s Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT); the Russian Aircraft Corp., Sukhoi, and Avibras.

The Brazilian Defense Ministry is studying the possibility of buying used fighter jets without a bidding process, according to the newspaper, which cited government sources.

Recently, two partnerships, one between Embraer and Dassault Aviation SA, and the second, between Sukhoi, the Russian Aircraft Corp. and Avibras Aeroespacial, were regarded by market watchers as the favorites to win the Brazilian contract.

Air force sources quoted by O Estado de Sao Paulo blamed government budget restrictions for the decision to drop plans to buy new fighter jets.

-By Rogerio Jelmayer, Dow Jones Newswires