The combat radius of 600 Nmiles was for an F 35 with 2×2000 lbs JDAMs and it involves 15 minutes of combat, incl. AB usage. BTW, LM din not “strugle” with the combat radius. It is true that the range was only 584 Nmiles, but LM kept a safety margin of 5 %, so the actual radius is 613 Nmiles.
As Djcross alreday mentioned, mission profile should be considered. Check this:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=88277
(i) Old LM commercial statement
(ii) which external tanks? (3 is a number, doesnt precise which size)
(iii) CFT to be inducted on Typhoon tranche 3, and are said available on Rafale for export customers (at least we know aerodynamics were tested)
(iv) Rafale fuel consumption lowered by about 5% due to pack GCP induction
(v) LM recently lowered specs for F35, specially acceleration
Conclusion : not anymore relevant
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