Recent content by Corsair

Kinda ridiculous if you ask me.

Nonsense ; an aircraft performing terrain following attacks will be way harder to track and intercept than an aircraft flying at high altitude. SHORAD have little chances to have a shot on such an aircraft (Rafale is capable of automatic terrain following at 600 knots and 200 feet maximum)...

Projet de loi de finances pour 2013 : Défense : équipement des forces "Le coût total du programme pour l'Etat est de 44,2 Mds €2011. Le coût unitaire (hors coût de développement) est de 71,2 M €2011 pour le Rafale B (pour 110 avions) de 66,2 M € 2011 pour le Rafale C (pour 118 avions) et de...

Again, the data you quote are completely irrelevant. What does these prices include ? I can quote you a French Senate report indicating that a Rafale Air unitary cost is around $70Mn.

Egypt also bought a FREMM-class frigate with the package, you know that, right ?

Unless you have precise data on what is included or not in the contract, I'd suggest you not to make such unrelevant comments..

@#hydra# Rafale is capable of pulling 11 G in clean configuration. The Rafale side stick controller has two limits : one "elastic stop" and one "mechanical stop". If the pilot pulls to the elastic stop, the computer will limit the load factor to 9 G. But in case of emergency, it can pull the...

Regarder France 24 en direct - France 24 I have no english link..

Don't mind me, sarcasm translates bad over the internet. And I already read a few totally non-sense serious post here, so.. you know.. :D

I highly doubt that India will accept to have a fighter jet under foreign control. You don't really think that US will sell you AMRAAM and let you have full control of your F-35 do you ?

In no way it is.

All built in France. Excellent !

Hm, some heavy bias there. NATO =/= Airbus. Airbus failed but this is in no way related to NATO. Malaysia ordered A400M.. are they in NATO ? Rafale project is a success. Indians are just being.. difficult. European didn't start any 5th gen fighter project. Maybe because it's not on European...

^ A commercial video =/= a full battery of tests in conditions close to real operations. The guys from the DGA are extremely experienced, either military engineers, former airforce pilots, and so on. If they declared that helicopter refueling on A400M might cause non-negligible problems, it...

I just found the English translation, it's a "strake".