Belesarius Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 http://defense-update.com/20150430_rafale_for_qatar.html#.VUO4QZMufpo 3rd major order for Dassault in a very short time. Egypt, India and now Qatar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I think it's probably the best multi-role fighter on the market right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Rafale is selected by Switzerland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.T Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 The big change seems to be willingness of French to finance the deal terms acceptable to financially weak customers. Its embarrassing for Euro-fighter , which is behind the development loop of Rafale ,has no sales outside KSA and no naval variant for much more money invested in development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 Indonesia seems to be interested as well. The letter of intent was recently signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADC411 Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 Egypt is happy with their Rafales and will likely be expanding their order. In particular they were impressed with its ability to jam recently imported Russian jets: https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2021/07/19/su-35-fails-to-withstand-rafales-spectra-electronic-attacks/amp/?__twitter_impression=true "A Middle East based magazine Breaking Defense reported quoting Egyptian Air Force sources that Russian Su-35s radar failed repeatedly when Su-35 played a role of aggressor against Rafale F3R. Rafale’s powerful Spectra Electronic attack jammed Su-35 BAR phased array radar." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggs benedict Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 5 hours ago, ADC411 said: Egypt is happy with their Rafales and will likely be expanding their order. In particular they were impressed with its ability to jam recently imported Russian jets: https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2021/07/19/su-35-fails-to-withstand-rafales-spectra-electronic-attacks/amp/?__twitter_impression=true "A Middle East based magazine Breaking Defense reported quoting Egyptian Air Force sources that Russian Su-35s radar failed repeatedly when Su-35 played a role of aggressor against Rafale F3R. Rafale’s powerful Spectra Electronic attack jammed Su-35 BAR phased array radar." It's called BARS, and it is not mounted on the Su-35. Except they really downgraded the daylights out of it and really installed BARS instead of Irbis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADC411 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 11 hours ago, eggs benedict said: It's called BARS, and it is not mounted on the Su-35. Except they really downgraded the daylights out of it and really installed BARS instead of Irbis. Not AFAIK. Doesn't matter anyways, the article is apparently bunk. The news about additional Rafale acquisition is true, the stuff with Su-35S was creative license from the author. There's no word of such thing in the original news it's citing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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