Je suis français et honnêtement je pensais pas que les Américains aimaient le rafales tant que ça , ça me fait plaisir de voir que mes frères américains reconnaissent nos capacités à produire un des meilleurs avion au mode
The ability of British, French, Dutch, Italian, Belgian, Australian, German, Japanese, American, and other Western nations to operate together is priceless. Like the rest of France's military, the Marine Nationale is a top notch organization. La Royale can learn from the US Navy and vice versa. It is a win-win situation for all Western navies to focus on interoperability.
it's especially the technology that we don't see that is impressive, and especially the records that it still holds since its release!! it is still the only aircraft in the world to reach 11G positive in combat! the Rafale C, for an aircraft weighing less than 10 tonnes (9850 kg) it carries almost 100% of its empty weight in armament (9500 kg), it carries almost 150% of its empty weight in armament and fuel (14650 kg), it makes slow passages at 80 knots or 152 km/h, it can land in a smooth configuration at 100 knots (180 km/h) and it lands on an aircraft carrier at 120 knots! its SPECTRA computer system behaves like a sponge, it receives all the information, makes a summary which it transmits to the pilot, this allows the pilot not to receive too much information and he can concentrate only on piloting and control. success of the mission, and it has two types of stealth, a passive one, certainly much lower than that of an F22 or F35 but it exists, SER of 0.06 m2, and an active stealth, it receives the enemy radar wave on antennas in its wings, SPECTRA analyzes it and sends back the phase-shifted radar wave, this allows the Rafale to erase its radar signature! so far, he has used it very little! for the moment in 2023, it remains undefeated in confrontations with other planes, it is especially the Eurofighter which took dearly, in 2009, 18 fights, 16 to 2 for the Rafale!! the very great qualities of the Rafale are: the solidity of these wings, the reliability of the M88, its SPECTRA system and its incredible maneuverability!! when France and the USA work together, we do wonders, example: the creation of CFM international, between SAFRAN (France) and General Electric (USA) we built the most incredible engine of all time, the CFM 56, the the best-selling airliner engine in the world and the one with the reputation of being the most reliable!! and now we are doing LEAP, another success!!