Could someone just explain why Rafale is a generation behind Typhoon? Equally can someone explain why selling a great aircraft such as the Mirage 2000 is 'spoilling an export market'?
It's easy (and traditional) to knock the French but the truth is simple. They make good planes, quicker than a bureaucratic nonsense of a consortium could ever hope to, in all probability at a fraction of the cost.
Mirage 2000 vs Tornado F3, no brainer. Rafale vs Euro-still not in service-fighter, i suggest would be a closer call than fans of the fantasy would like to admit.