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Old 4th Aug 2010, 12:29
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Lonewolf_50
 
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No !
No to what?
The rafale M is flying over A-stan,
The AV-8B and A-10 also flew over A-stan, so what? That doesn't make them suitable future strike aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm.
it is a omni-role airplane, not a expensive piece of junk, who will never fly operationally as the F-35 !
Your logic fails. Both Rafale and F-35 are multi role aircraft. Rafale is currently operational. So too is the F-18F. Funnily enough, the RAA seems to prefer the Super Hornet to the Rafale. Why do you think that is?
About the Typhoon, it is a good air to air aircraft, but only on that role !
Just to keep you current with the history of Military Aviation, the F-16 Falcon started as an air-to-air fighter, and ended up through various blocks and mods as a decent air-to-ground platform. Typhoon may go through a similar evolution, but that depends on requirements and budget, as well as parallel tech advancement.

EDIT: sorry, looks like Typhoon is already air-to-ground certified, back in 2008. Oops, wasn't keeping up.

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