A link from Defence Industry Daily. I donīt suppose one of our Francophone ppruners could translate and provide a precis of what they think the gaps/shortcomings are?
DID:.....the May 2006 issue of French publication Defense et Securite Internationale carried an article entitled
"Rafale et Typhoon: Les Europeens auraient-ils tort d'avoir... raison" [PDF format]. It looks at the Rafale and Eurofighter in particular, and notes some of the issues that have stalled their export success. The article argues that the planes were well adapted to European needs, but had critical gaps when placed on the global export market. While these shortcomings and others are all being addressed in time, many of these improvements are arriving just as the aircraft's market window is narrowing. Were the Europeans really wrong to be right? The article is completely in French, but we're putting the link up for DID's international and multi-lingual readers because it was interesting.