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Old 4th Aug 2010, 22:49
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Easy Street
 
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A couple of points of order regarding Rafale's multi-role status:

1) It's not currently deployed in Afghanistan
2) It cannot use a laser designation pod, so cannot do any ISR, and has to fly with an M2000D to spike its bombs in.

It was a short-term deployment to make a sales pitch. Its capability is not worthy of comparison with other multi-role aircraft as things stand.
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