The Kashmir conflict 2025.
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All he has to say is that they weren’t shot down. What’s with all the weasel words.
I like that he uses the word "versatile". Who in world buys a plane just because it's versatile? Usually you're trying to perform a particular function well so a plane that's good at things you don't care about don't really matter. But Trappier has to protect his sales, and as long as he uses enough pretty sounding words, maybe buyers won't notice that they don't mean much.
If he was a tech-bro he would be using ai-buzzwords everywhere
Bonnie Blue is very versatile too. Doesn’t mean you want to marry her. Since fighter acquisition is such a politically and militarily important business I’d suggest practicality over versatility.
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
It's extremely versatile. No Chinese or American fighter intercepts enemy missiles with their fuselage like Rafales.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
What makes you think China doesn’t actually prefer India to be on America’s side? One India on America’s side in a war will be such a massive liability they will be worth like 2 additional NKs for China.
Rafale is not very versatile. It lacks any meaningful SEAD capability and can't even fire HARM. Its anti-ship weapon (Exocet) is obsolete. Its selection of PGM (HAMMER) is unimpressive by modern standards. There are no SDB equivalent that allows for magazine depth.
Its a thoroughly mediocre aircraft those only selling point is the relative lack of political strings and a willingness to grease palms.