you’re a giggle, so a direct quote from dassault is my invention

“the upgrade to the active antenna simply involves replacing the tube
transmitter and passive electronic scanning antenna with active modules”

Your Strategypage “education” shows. Pushing a 2005 article against 2010 interviews and papers just because it suits your point better. :diablo:
What’s next ? Linking to 10 year old SP forum threads to prove that Rafale doesn’t have an AESA and a laser designator ? Hint : time passes and things get done during that time.

This is getting ridiculous. Everyone and their mother want an assembly line.

Nic

Well, as long as they pay for it and Dassault makes money on it… and it doesn’t kill jobs in France… why not.

i read that the air flow of the current inlets will sustain 8.3 ton, so thats half of the increase and perhaps is a good compromise if that can be achieved within the dimensions and weight of the current m88

Do you have a source for that ? It’s interesting.

That’s a big “tail” between the reactor exhausts. I suppose the Russians are going to install a rear-facing radar inside, if so, it should have interesting characteristics.

more knowledgeable fanboys perhaps ?
phoon and gripen fanboys dont make such wild and nonsensical claims as the rafale fanboys do

Or they don’t have anything to back them up. Oh, but I remember the days when JOUST was touted all over similar threads to “prove” that Typhoon was the second-best after F-22… with the poor Rafale relegated as a pedestrian bombtruck built by monkeys.
Other than that, I’ll happily admit that I’m an aviation fanboy :rolleyes:

In a thread I posted earlier someone said the Rafale pit was convoluted and took 100 + hours to learn.

And who was that someone ? An “unknown source” again ?
And yesterday while walking the dog near the airport, I heard someone say that the F-22 is made of cardboard. Surely it must be true, too !