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Thanks Sign, i really love this kind of documents.

Gripen NG is technically enough, Sweden offers a very good (the best ?) ToT, and it is cheap.
Hard to beat. Dot.

it also says that the F22 clearly dominated the rafale in BVR. In fact The F22 didn’t used its radar and when rafales had to turn it on to look for them they were able to track them silently.

VERY interesting !:o

No and I don’t care who he is. What I want to see is someone puts him money where his mouths are (signed and verified by legal, not-private, entities), like Eurofighter GmbH did.
So, EF GmbH (which is legal entity) clearly endorsed a certain position which is in context, conflicting with French Lt.Col’s.
OTOH, neither AdlA nor Dassault endorsed his position and you’re welcome to produce documents which prove different.

Extract from “Dassault magazine” number 144, Winter 2009/2010, page 3.
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Vous pourrez lire, dans ce numéro, un article qui a fait grand bruit dans la presse aéronautique mondiale : il s’agit du compte-rendu rédigé par un pilote d’essais anglais après son vol sur Rafale, à Istres. Ce pilote, renommé pour son expérience, confirme ce que nous savions tous, à savoir que notre avion est excellent. Cette conviction est corroborée par les exercices interalliés auxquels participent les Rafale de la Marine et de l’armée de l’Air depuis plusieurs années. Le mois dernier encore, une confrontation internationale a eu lieu aux Emirats, qui a permis de démontrer la supériorité de notre appareils face au Typhoon de la RAF. Bref, il est de plus en plus évident, aux yeux de tous les observateurs avertis, que le Rafale fait référence.

You can read in this issue, an article which caused quite a stir in the media world aviation: this is the report written by an English test pilot after his flight Rafale at Istres. This driver renowned for its experience confirms what we all knew, that our plane is excellent. This belief is borne out by the allied exercises involving the Gust of the Navy and the Air Force for several years. Just last month, an international confrontation took place in the UAE, which has demonstrated the superiority of our equipment against the Typhoon of the RAF. In short, it is increasingly evident in the eyes of all observers warned that the Rafale refers.

So, yes, Dassault endorsed the results.

Why bother, Scorpion?

Some of the Rafale fanboys are capable of reasoned debate (hats off to Nic, recently), others are capable of such debate, occasionally.

Some will acknowledge Typhoon strengths and Rafale weaknesses as we acknowledge Rafale strengths and Typhoon weaknesses.

But there are a handful of witless trolls and/or Typhoon haters who really are best ignored. Their ‘contributions’ mark them out for what they are.

If only you weren’t the kind of guy criticizing all comments favorable to Rafale… :rolleyes:

“Les cons, ça ose tout, c’est même à ça qu’on les reconnait” – M. Audiart
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“Who dares win.” Special Air Service.:D