Gripen C is said to have frontal RCS approx. 10% of F-16, which would put the Gripen C around 0.1m2 — given all the work Dassault has put into reducing RCS of Rafale it seems reasonable to assume that it’s around 0.1 m2as well, and this seems to be supported by the claim that Rafale has around 10% RCS of the Mirage.
However RCS will most likely go up with external munitions — how much is impossible to say. I recall Saab stating that the most effective way to reduce RCS of Gripen NG was to replace the AMRAAM with Meteor (or was it replacing Sidewinder with IRIS-T? I always forget). With low-RCS pylons and a low-RCS missile, the total RCS may still be pretty low.
Still, a strong radar can detect at a distance — however I suspect that to detect Rafale at large distances the Su-35 cannot operate its radar in LPI mode but may need to increase the power significantly. Thus it becomes easy to detect the emissions for the Rafale. By sensor fusion and triangulation a group of Rafales will then be able to arrive at a firing solution, and probably before the Su-35.
Now Gripen C become 0.1 sqm? this thing carries only 2300kg internal fuel in 7000kg airframe. Alot of drag from even small stores.
You do not grasp simply that RCS has nothing to do with size at first. Otherwise none got the idea to develop stealth ships or bombers f.e. Every item including external loads can be developed with RCS in mind. The former trend to disperse radar-energy by reflecting via shape is enhanced by reducing that via absorbing it from materials and internal shaping to disperse energy absorbed. All items carried by a fighter can be stealth treated in a similar and it is done to keep the max peak for the main sector of intrest as low as possible.
You even do claim that for the Su-35, which is treated in a similar way against a main sector of intrest and the critical wave-length in the X-band.
A reduced X-band reduces the possible range of targeting something.
Stealth features have the purpose to delay the firing circle at first to allow you to get the first shot or to pass a critical area.
did i say rcs has to do with size of aircraft. external loads can be developed with rcs in mind? not easy.
Dassault claim of 1sqm rcs of this aircraft. not sure from what angle.
First, NO aircraft other than MiG-31 will even approach to 60k feet. I will not go into physical reasons of this rather laughable claim, but suffice it to say Su-27 manual does not even give any performance data above 12000m. This graph should help you when estimating “what would Su-35 do” in various scenarios.
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Fig.19 Flight profiles during interception of aerial targets
Включение форсажа = enable afterburner
1-2 interception of nearby targets in stratoshpere (climb to 11000m, dry thrust only)
3-4 interception of far away targets in stratoshpere (climb to 11000m, use afterburner, switch to dry thrust during engagement)
5-6 interception of far away targets in average or low altitude (approach at 11000m, use afterburner before and during engagement)
7- interception with limited detection range.Second, 2 vs 1 scenario includes dozens of variables, and during engagment 2 fighters won’t be flying in formation. Even a good old ALQ-119 pod can jam Irbis or any other radar, provided its far enough from the radar to overpower it. Spectra jammer at 300km range should not have slightest of difficulty in jamming the Irbis. (by the way, lower semi-sphere detection of targets is always more difficult, and would make the jammers job even easier)
Key factor here is Su-35 will be aware of presence of one Rafale, but not the Second, because only the first one will be jamming.
so Su-35 now become Su-27 based on flight performance. which is simply not the case.The level of supercomputing and manufacturing effort behind Su-35 is decades beyond Su-27.
operating over enemy place automatically assumes that there will be intentional effort to degrade it. and there wont be need for EA-18G class for communication attack if standard aircraft could do the job.
Radar control system “Irbis-E” is used at all stages of combat use when interacting with an airborne aircraft equipment, as well as on-board equipment of aircraft in the near and long-air combat, the management of individual and group activities during the day and night in simple and adverse weather conditions, as over its territory and over enemy territory, in the presence of natural and intentional interference.
do these care about reduced RCS. 
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