Re: F-35 Lightning II vs Dassault Rafale

loke wrote:Corsair1963 wrote:loke wrote:
The future Greek Rafales maybe better than the Turkish F-16's. Yet, not markedly so....
Incorrect; the future Greek Rafale will be significantly better than the Turkish F-16. Just look at how much better the Rafale scored compared to the Swiss Hornets, back in 2008; The Rafale has evolved quite significantly since then.
Another reference point is the Indian MMRCA; only Rafale and Typhoon made the cut, but of those two the IAF ranked Rafale higher than the Typhoon. The F-16 block 70 offered to India was much stronger than the Turkish F-16 but wasn't even shortlisted.
The Rafale has much better situational awareness, much better radar, and with Meteor, a missile with much larger NEZ. The EW capabilities is also much better. The Greek pilots are also very good. The Turkish F-16s will struggle. The major weak point of the Greek Rafale will be that they will be way too few.
Correction: F-16 block70 was not shortlisted because India required the F16 to carry CFTs to perform flight test.