"Alan Minyard" a écrit dans le message de news:
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I'd agree on the two latter, but on the paper I'd say the Rafael
easily matches those three for it's intended roles. And it
does that years ahead of both the F22 and F35.

Is it flying, or still grounded? And you would not want to try
ACM with an F-15, F-14, or F-16. Their avionics, weapons,
and airframes are all superior.



Grounded? The Rafale?? Errr, you're confusing the Rafale with the
Eurofighter. The Rafale never crashed, and wasn't grounded unlike the
Eurofighter.
As for ACM, the Rafale M flew against the Carl Vinson air wing last year:
humiliated the F-14 (I'm sorry to say this as I love the Turkey) and rapidly
disposed of the F-18 that put up a better fight than the F-14, but
eventually gave in. This is for dogfights; BVR simulations were done too but
I don't have reports of them.
If anyone has info on Eagle or Viper vs Rafale mock fights I'd be glad to
hear from them!

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