I’m suggesting you take the Thales site seriously, not a generic term at a news conference.
the Thales site say what type of countermeasure it is, its ECCM

I guess i will have to provide the link, you should really know what you are talking about, wild claims look silly
NOTE, there is no mention of ISAR, do you know why this is significant ?

http://www.thalesgroup.com/Portfolio/Defence/Aerospace_Product_AESARBE2Radar/?pid=11604
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Antenna block
• Active electronic scanning
• Very low side and scattered lobes in azimuth and elevation
• Very high reliability (T/R modules)

Active transmit / Receiver modules and exciter / Receiver
• Multipole Waveforms
• Coherent X band frequency generation
• Excellent spectral purity
• Wide bandwidth
• Full monopulse
• MMIC/GaAs technologies

Programmable signal processor and data processor
• Target detection and ECCM processing
• Fully programmable
• Anti-obsolescence solutions: open architecture – COTS components
• Tracking computation
• High resolution map generation

also
Air Defence
• Very long detection and track ranges
• Fully automatic, sorting and ranking of tracked targets
• Fully target tracks independent of search volume.

Deep low-level penetration
• Automatic terrain following and avoidance

Strike mission
• En Route update of target area situation
• High resolution imagery modes (SAR) – Designations

Sea skimming attacks
• Detection and multi-tracking

Active electronic scanning makes it possible to switch radar modes quickly, thereby enabling operational functions to run simultaneously.

Do you even know what Invesrse SAR is, let alone if rafale has it.
i would be happy to see a link that it does, because i cant find one

Also, your quote about countermeasures needs clarification, as it it too generic a statement
do you have the link to where Thales or dassault say it will have EW in ~2012

inverse sar, ew are the 2 that stood out with a quick glance, but as you are vehement in your claims, you would be fully conversant with those you find sub-standard and would be in a better position to explain why you know the rbe2 will be superior

also can you tell me why an antenna that is at 90 deg to the center line of the plane is superior to one that isnt, being off-set and also movable. ‘swashplate ?’

sorry, i forget that english is your second language and i will try harder to make myself clearer.

My understanding is that there is a multi-nation development program for GaN in Europe.
To single out any company and say that they are superior when the development is shared amongst all, seems a false statement.

As i have said, Thales is a respected company here and very involved in the Australian defense industry, my points arent based on being anti Thales in any way, i hold them the same as boeing, bae etc
I find fault in some of the claims about Thales and their products by fanboys
I also find that the more experienced French posters dont attempt to correct them in any way, which they may listen to

uae assembly, it still doesnt keep the production line running
i dont know how much is made inhouse and outsoursed
uae is still waiting for conformation that the rafale can be made to meet their requirements, last i heard

you didnt look did you, there were 2 sources in my post to tmor
one saying it cant be signed before the election because there isnt time to do it
the other saying it will give too much to the opposition to go ahead before the election
the other problem is the misquoting of the navy in the report about carrier suitability, another hornets nest

i saw links posted saying he isnt making a decision, and leaving it to the next pres because it is too close to the election to make such a decision
if you think this is wrong, would you like me to repost them for you ?