Scooter, your whole premisse is F35 will be FAR more capable, which is disputable (see Dutch study). Lets not go into flame war F35 vs Rafale ok? Especially as we dont know exactly what will be in indian Rafalesas compared to french ones. Anw these different capabilities must be considered within their environment. So called “vastly ” more capable aircraft in USN r USAF may simply not fit indian requirements. Eg, is F35 nuclear capable?

You just can’t imagine how much this 20 years old technology wish to compete openly vs F35 in Canada…

i know, and i do not deny them, i simply would like to have raw datas, how they have been collected, computed etc. Professional deformation i guess 😉

Obligatory, the study has since been deleted from Jane’s… If anyone can find me the whole study, i take it!!!

But thode two (+ French) would rule with a aesa/meteor combo…

Agree, btw such a display was proposed by engineers (P. Nurra) forT3. Not everyone agreed, including pilots becase it disturbs their “eye lane” they worked for years. (apart from cost issues)

why cant i help thinking about former socialist countriesmodel when i hear some arguments here “compatibility vs uniformization?”