On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 23:49:25 GMT, "Bjørnar Bolsøy" wrote:

Alan Minyard wrote in
:
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 04:04:47 -0000, "Matt"
wrote:

Just the standard 'blah blah America superior to the rest of the
world in absolutely every respect blah blah" Al post.

The Rafale is a nice aircraft, and excellent value when you take
it's weapon systems - MICA, SCALP-EG, etc - into account. The
Republic of Korea's Air Force wanted the Rafale with uprated
engines, but since the US offered the F-15K with economic
offsets that actually outweigh the price of the contract (i..e.
they essentially payed the Koreans to take it), they went for
that instead. Suprise!

The F-15K is a very nice aircraft, but the base airframe is
getting on in years.

Matt

The Rafale has ZERO export sales, despite offsets equal to any
offered by the US. The F-35 has thousands. Do try to keep up.

I don't understand your POV. The F35 is 5 years, if all
goes well, from even entering service with the US -- the Rafale
has already been in service for two years.



Regards...

The Rafale has been a commercial failure. No export sales at
all. "In service" and an effective weapons system are not the
same thing. How many Rafales are currently contracted for?
The F-35 has 3000+ orders in hand.

Al Minyard