I scored a simulated kill of a Rafale this morning when I took my wet constitutional.
Wasn’t the F35 not really designed for a dogfight, supposed to engage beyond visual range?
Not an aircraft guy, so just curious.
features of Rafale make it more than a match for these US aircraft within the visual range part of the engagement envelope
The Rafale would be dead before it even got within visual range.
“...within the visual range part of the engagement envelope.”............................
Your blog is trash.
You are pimping trash.
USAF often allows this stuff to happen when they need funding for a new aircraft. That’s how we got the F35. They were faking like some other aircraft took out the F22.
No enemy fighter should get close enough to an F35 to ‘see’ it visually or with radar. The F35 shoots missiles beyond visual range and vacates the area. This article says as much.
When you're reduced to talking about how it was the "first" to have something, it means you're relying on past glory days when the technology gap has closed even for that radar.
Dassault had to hide the “Se Rendre” button in the cockpit for the simulation.
The F-35 had everything enabled to let it be seen via radar. There’s specific flaps that can be added/opened, etc.
This was a “F-35 at its WORST” vs “Rafale at its best” test.
Cripple Fat Amy until the Frenchie can get a hit on her...
Ok... Now let’s go full force-on-force and see if the Rafale can even SEE the F-35 before a missile takes it apart.
I guess they got the hands-free upgrade, since you couldn’t fly one with your hands up in the surrender position...
I guess they got the hands-free upgrade, since you couldn’t fly one with your hands up in the surrender position...
This qualifier says it all: “within the visual range part of the engagement envelope”