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And don't count the Rafale out yet. The DEDIRA program demonstrated the French could reduce the Rafale's frontal RCS to the region of the F-22's RCS via electronic means. That would actually mean Rafale is more stealthy than the F-22 since DEDIRA is meant for wideband stealth. If they could do that on an early prototype, what about later into the program when they build a dedicated prototype for active cancellation?
According to the VP of Dassault, the Rafale's frontal RCS is the size of a sparrow. That's similar to what's been announced for the F-22.
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Bar this is nonsense, it simply is untrue, to make these claims is to throw reason to the wind, the F-22 continues to have the lowest RCS recorded, and will have, no electronic "masking" is going to cut it in the real world. Shaping is still the only sure bet, to profess otherwise is to throw your credibility to the wind like a dandelion shoot??? and let it float off?
That shaping is most surely enhance by "coatings of a very high caliber", but in no way can or will electronic signature reduction or coatings replace shaping as the primary means of RCS reduction.
let not have you going back to the dark side??? time to see the light??
and lets not pretend, the Russians are not going to pay for half the 11 billion dollars to design and develop Indias FGFA, it wont happen, but they will keep jacking the price up?
I did not say FGFA is shelved, but once they begin to buy the PAK-FA, they will at least roll back the design/development/purchase of FGFA.
