Assuming a pure perpendicular viewpoint of the side planform of the su-35, the sheer size of the stabilisers and intake/engine housings are vast. Rafales vertical stabiliser is made of EM transparent composites and is smaller and there is only 1.

i dont agree with this , rafale vertical tail is not EM transparent because you will need sth to control the fin there , not to mention wire for the RWR system inside the tail

The twin intake ducts stretching along the underneath are a rcs nightmare. No s ducts, just huge fan faces, albeit treated with ram, as the rafale.

The su-35 has a much larger circular nose enhancing creeping wave return from the side. The canopy shape remains unchanged from early production models though treated with RAM as rafale.

agree

The Brazilian evaluation showed lower rcs values for rafale than the SH and gripen NG. If the su-35 is below these I will be impressed

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can you post the Brazilian evaluation here

I thought the rafale was also developing active cancellation through spectra reducing EM spikes of “known” loads reducing.

Also development of a technique that involves robbing the radar’s receiver of its sensitivity while it is looking in the direction of the aircraft being protected. If you can reduce the receiver gain to 1/100 of normal while the radar is illuminating the target, you have the same effect that reducing the aircraft’s RCS to 1/100 would have achieved. You have in effect obtained the signature of a real LO aircraft.

There is alot on rafales LO techniques, both physical and electronic, if you dig deep enough.

active cancellation on rafale have been discussed before , it quite nonsense if you really think about it

Its target 8g not missile. R-73 in early 80s could turn 40g. Mica came 15 years later with slow yearly production. not in class of R-73/R-77. Meteor production is even slower.

Operational aircraft have these pods. that inhibit its ability for higher g and rcs reduction feature have less importance.

r-73 is a short range dogfight missiles you cannot compared it to medium range missiles like Mica , aim-120 or r-77
the picture is EA-18G , and they are used for escort jamming just like EA-111 , for a normal fighter the case is different

These are not contridicting unless you want to interpret it in your own way.

Su-35 strong radar allows it to lock on at much greater distance and guide even faster missiles launched from faster more energy platform. by using RVV-BD early Flanker pilot will know what kind of evasive/electronic measures Rafale is going to deploy to defeat that missile.
This pix show the relative size of wing tip pods.
Rafale platform neither have the engine power nor capacity to carry such pods. It could carry some but it will have to sacrifice ET/Meteor capacity.

deceptive jamming dont required high power , noise jamming require high power but can be easily defeat by home on jam
RVV-BD is not faster than Meteor , especially cruise and terminal speed as Meteor have an engine
rafale supercruise at mach 1.4 while su-35 do that at mach 1.2 i dont see how su-35 is faster ( btw neither of them will be able to reach max speed with missiles load )

It is for everything. 8g target from 15m to 25km height. and that is export.

what you quote was saying is that the missiles can turn 8 g , missiles like Mica or Aim-120 can even turn 40-50 g but that doesnot mean missiles can intercept target that turn equal g as themselves , and one more thing rafale can turn 9g
btw missiles that can turn 8 g at 15 m no way can turn the same at 25 km their performance will be reduced because air become thinner at high altitude ( ofcourse it apply to fighter as well )
and normal missiles turning ability reduced alot at max range while missiles with ramjet engine like Meteor are much less affected by that

Before you start shooting the Su-35 flew 1,055 km. I chose a level playing field for the Rafale and Su-35, the range of 3300 km with a radius of 3,300 km * .35 = 1155 km. 😉

you choose range that benefit su-35 the most 😉 caused rafale need fuel tank to reach that range while su-35 dont 😉 not very far i think , how about a shorter range that rafale only carry missiles

RVV-SD – 110 km.
http://www.ktrv.ru/production/68/649/902/

Then there are the “izd. 180” and “izd. 180PD” with a range of 150 km. and 250 km. from the arsenal of the PAK FA 😉
“izd. 810” – 400 km.

if you was talking about the ramjet r-77 then it has been canceled a long time ago ( it was supposed to go to production in 2010 but not even go beyond planning stage )

Spectra and the system “Khibiny” find each other, as soon as the start to run radars

i dont think it be that easy for both system to detect LPI signal , otherwise compare RCS and radar power will be quite pointless