Okay so if they had the choice, more specifically, they had the technical ability to produce VLO for the programs of Typhoon and Rafale (you allege at least), they did not have the funding. Therefore they would have preferred to go down that path provided they had the funding, demonstrating the superiority of going down that path. So my point in asking you to forget about J-10, Rafale etc is still valid. No one with the ability and choice to go with stealth decided against it unless it was for consideration of funds. This btw is all conjecture. Also Rafale's SPECTRA marketing nonsense is nothing special. It is just the marketing name they gave to the Rafale's sensor suite. Active cancellation may be theoretically useful to mask Rafale's radar returns but it is untested in actual combat (dropping bombs on Libya with little air threat and resistance can be done with Mig-21) and it most likely does not work as they advertise it otherwise all military nations will either copy it, buy it, or produce aircraft with similar systems. Therefore the "most gains can be achieved through" other means is 100% nonsense. If it were true, no nation would even bother with stealth shaping and materials. Yet all the evidence is against the claim and Rafale has yet to find itself fielded in another airforce 20 years later.
Are they talking about LPI mode?