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tphuang said:
i actually don't check this thread normally, because I couldn't care less about the French.

So next time, please do not call me out from here.
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I figured you wouldn't come to this thread, that's why I linked it in a different thread.

And no, the French are going to say things to sell their aircraft. And Looking at Rafale, it is not a stealth aircraft by any reasonable analysis of it. The french don't have so miraculous technology that other people don't have. If the USN super hornets are coming at you with growlers, you won't get a read on it at all. Does that make super hornets stealth aircraft? No. That just means it has strong EW suite that can overpower the radar signals of another fighter jet. Neither is Rafale, it's just simply isn't built like that. No amount of French sales pitch can change the fact.
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It may be a sales pitch, but technically it would work with Spectra.

And Growler is the exact opposite of stealth. It doesn't follow the rules of stealth. The purpose of stealth is none of your sensors should be able to pick up the target. When it comes to the Growler, there is a chance a legacy radar is completely jammed by it, but other sensors will definitely pick up the aircraft. It is simply too noisy.

Active cancellation isn't ECM. Unlike the Growler, you need only a few watts of power to cancel radar waves.

If I had to rate, I would put its RCS comparable to the other eurocanards and J-10, since they have somewhat similar configurations. I would probably but Rafale ahead of the other delta-canard configuration at least in frontal RCS based on photos. It is probably even better than super hornet, but that's probably close.
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In terms of passive RCS controls, the Rafale is as good as any other 4.5th gen aircraft. It is possible the sparrow level RCS is achieved using active measures.
 
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The French aircraft carrier,
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aircraft carrier, R91, will deploy to the Persian Gulf to strengthen the French contingent already fighting ISIS in the region,
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The news that the
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widely spread through social media on Jan. 7, after the Paris shooting, but the decision to deploy the battle group was taken well before the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo.

According to the AFP, the aircraft carrier would operate in the Gulf on its way to India, where the French Navy’s flagship is scheduled to take part in drills in mid-April and the deployment is set to be announced by President Francois Hollande on Jan. 14, during the annual New Year’s speech to the armed forces.

French Navy Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard,
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, and E‑2C Hawkeye aircraft operating from the Charles De Gaulle would reinforce the current French contingent made up of 9 Rafale, 6 Mirage 2000 jets, 1 C-135FR tanker, 1 E-3F Airborne Early Warning aircraft and an
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and Jordan.
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The Jumbo Jubilee, loaded with MS Eagle and Andromeda, sailed from Brest naval base today January 9 at 15:00 for a journey of about three weeks to the French naval base in Abu Dhabi, where their crews, and a detachment of clearance divers find them.

This new deployment in the Indian Ocean follows the one in 2013 that inaugurated this innovative deployment mode to preserve the human and material potential of the mine warfare force.

These crews controlled by the elements of the General Staff of the mine warfare group of Brest, first realize the fundraisers update in the Persian Gulf. They will also ensure monitoring missions and will conduct cooperation activities with the local marine while deepening interoperability with our allies operating in the area.
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