A320 is basically a Dassault design?
Oh Mer.....
...cure
And why, pray, did the French conspire to kill off Concorde?
And while we're at it, can someone explain exactly how and why the Rafale is a generation older than Typhoon? Now, granted it's not finished (neither is Typhoon) and it isn't as fast, but that goes to original requirements - which include the ability to operate off carriers. And if there is one design rule that has never had an exception, it is that it is extremely difficult to turn a CTOL aircraft into a cat-arrest CV aircraft.