Ali_Baba
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First of all SCALP is not undetectable. It is a cruise misile and is similar in category than Raad 2 but shorter in range.
Secondly, meteor might be or might not be most advanced missile but the best part of meteor is its 2 way data link means it will keep on getting target update after launch but Rafael do not have two way data link with meteor hence the best feature of meteor is not available to IAF.
Whereas PL15 is comparable to Meteor and might have better performance than meteor atleast in some arena such as 100 km range active seeker.
The 2 way link WAS MOST LIKELY one of the custom India requirements. ie IAF suprise for PAF. I cannot see IAF living with this issue. They would have paid to have it enhanced.
PAF should assume the Meteor/Rafale combination has a 2 way data link now ....
PS, could we see Mirage-2000-5 also operate the Meteor through a data link as an integrate pairings with the Rafales ?