Rafale Vs F-35 : Which One Wins

Have you ever heard anything about the Dassault Rafale fighter jet? It is a highly regarded military aircraft from France and is considered one of the best options for the French Air Force. Although it was initially designed for the European Union, it has proven to be capable of surpassing other fighter jets worldwide and should not be underestimated in aerial battles. Its strength lies in its ability to perform well in various roles. Nonetheless, when compared to the F-35 Lightning II, an American powerful multirole fighter jet, can the successful French aircraft outperform and become the best in its class? In this video, you’ll see the comparison between the two agile fighter aircraft: the Rafale and F-35 Lightning. Stay tuned.
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[@petter5721]

Operational cost per flight hour: - Gripen E, 9.000$/h - Rafale, 17.000$/h - F16 block 50, 18.000$/h - Eurofighter Typhoon, 20.000$/h - F/A-18 Super Hornet, 24.000$/h - F35A, 31.000$/h

[@Arleq1]

Lol The gripen and the F-35A are the only two 1engine jets and yet they are like day and night when talking of operational cost per flight. I think it's more around 41 000$/h for the f35 btw

[@Stavroguine826]

F35 : « I believe I can fly... » Countries who bought it : « whatever, we bought USA military protection, we don’t need to reach the sky... »

[@Dark-Horse-666]

"Which One Wins" ?🤔 Easy. The Rafale flies... the other not!😉

[@artiefakt4402]

Easy... but incorrect. Nice try though

[@yully1967]

@@artiefakt4402 lol

[@tototata4474]

Rooooo, that's soooo mean 🤣

[@neutralprofit7699]

@@artiefakt4402 You're right, the other is the most capable stealth submarine.

[@Jerem-dd3ym]

Dassault fr👌avec le budget américain on serait sur mars nous....

[@neutralprofit7699]

Non mec, on aurait déjà un ptn de star destroyer ou un faucon millenium

[@javier8341]

Rafale has super cruiser engines, F35 hasn't, in short combat Rafale is higher superior to the F35.

[@kf91274]

Lmfao, you have 0 idea what your talking about

[@user-ls5zb2dx5j]

Rafale can do Mach 1.8 and super cruse, f35 can only do Mach 1.6 barely and can't super cruse.

[@kf91274]

@@user-ls5zb2dx5j That's great and all lol, but 1 f35 will shoot down 10 rafales before a rafale pilot even knew it was there. Stop

[@potatosuc4950]

@@user-ls5zb2dx5jplease shut the fuck up, what is going faster going to do against something you can’t see

[@kinka16]

​​@@kf91274its a bit more difficult. the spectra EW systems of the rafale is one of the best if not the best EW systems. so it can dodge missiles with ease. it also have a great irst system and powerful aesa radar. if the f-35 is detected, the rafale can lunch the deadly metor. if it comes to a dogfight, the rafale would eat the f-35 alive. the rafale has superior trust to weight ratio, higher turn rate and roll rate...it can handle 11gs without problems

[@user-xj3ve7wt8k]

Rafale ordnance capacity is monster.

[@TellenJones]

As Ali once put it: "He can't hit what his eyes can't see." Before Rafale could detect the stealth F35 on the radar, it'd be under attack by F35 already.

[@fabs8498]

@@TellenJonesDid you sell the best of the best aircraft to some ennemies ?

[@pascalschark7875]

F35 would be the best fighter if it could fly. But now it's the more expensive truck in the world. Rafale has been test on war situation F 35 is only pub proven

[@ImBigFloppa]

The F-35 can fly. It can fly exceptionally well, being about on par with the F-16 in maneuverability. It’s also ran hundreds of combat missions. It works very well, which is why so many countries are trying to buy as many units as they can get.

[@pascalschark7875]

@@ImBigFloppa you're right F35 is the Bernard Madoff of fighters jets.

[@c.san.8751]

@@pascalschark7875 Your info is obsolete.

[@pascalschark7875]

@@c.san.8751 You're right. F35 is the WaMu of the air...

[@CaptainDangeax]

@@ImBigFloppa Went to "le Bourget Paris air show" last friday. That's not what I saw. You really must get out a attend some air shows where Rafale (and not Rafael) is present. Really

[@tomsmith2587]

This debate is totally ridiculous to anyone that knows what actually happened. The F-35 had to disable it's stealth ability by adding projections that are reflective to RADAR in order for this contest to even take place. Otherwise the Rafale could have even detected the F-35. Look it up!!!

[@majormoolah5056]

F-35 is basically a flying computer that generates tremendous amounts of heat. So it can be detected like that.

[@ImBigFloppa]

@@majormoolah5056 The electronics on an F-35 produce about 80kW of power normally, with a peak output of 240kW. A large chunk of which goes into nonheat producing devices like radars and IRSTs. The engine itself is producing about 240MW, or about 1000x more power than all of the electronics on board.

[@st_parabellum]

So the conclusion I want to ask is, Can dassault win the battle against f-35 which is a Generation 5 stealth aircraft and rafale is a generation 4.5 aircraft. I am still very unfamiliar with this🙏

[@majormoolah5056]

@@ImBigFloppa Without context numbers are meaningless.

[@diegoc.8518]

@@st_parabellum depends on a lot of things there's basically no classic 1v1 in war : maintenance, pilots, tactics, luck, fuel, weapons left, sam sites, etc.

[@KrypteiaXi]

Greece will become the first country to house both the F-35 and the Rafale. Greece will tell us objectively.

[@chrisparker9886]

Greece will say whatever the person with the most money tells them to say! 😂

[@user-zc2kw3fo1d]

They bought the F35 to have the american protection. And they bought the Rafale to have fighting jets. Just in case the americans don't come to help them.

[@jadhiantojadhianto6000]

Indonesia will have 42 units of Dassault Rafalle soon! 😉😁😎

[@thomascatty379]

🇮🇩🤝🇫🇷

[@spintesse]

Indian make a great choice

[@nobunaga2563]

​@@thomascatty379 🇲🇨🤝🇫🇷

[@AllForManKind77]

❤❤

[@lilianrobert219]

The French RAFALE fighter is the most versatile in the world and has won every competition for over ten years against the F35, F-15, F-16, Mig-35, Gripen, Eurofighter and SU-35.

[@juniordiallo8396]

😂😂😂

[@j_dlrm1461]

and the f22 to 😏

[@thibaultx730]

​@@juniordiallo8396instead of laughing get educated she is right

[@kinka16]

and the f22 ;)

[@huguesjouffrai9618]

That's french propaganda sorry. When we're the only one saying something that's so blatantly in our interest, then it might just be propaganda

[@rajeev4243]

I feel that the cost of Operating the F35 @42,000 usd/hour is much higher than that of Rafale which is between $18-21k/hour

[@mapintil]

When was the last time a wining Air Force worried about operating cost?

[@rajeev4243]

@Mitch A you are right Mitch but long term sustainabiloty and sense, dictates that Op costs should be an important consideration of the matrix..the balance between features and operating costs is to my mind extremely important, especially to an Emerging economy like India

[@swisscheese3275]

@@rajeev4243 42,000 usd/hour... GAO report, that's the price of the operating and support coast. In reality you can't compare this two values. You also need to consider that U.S. buy aircraft without ¨pièces de rechanges¨. The result is a 20 to 30 percent increase. Sorry for my bad english. You can read this information on avianews, air2030. A Swiss media.

[@Fabio-om4kb]

​@@swisscheese3275 et sans moteurs aussi 😂

[@swisscheese3275]

@@Fabio-om4kb Please be intelligent and educated.

[@gdjaybee742]

It is totally believable that the Rafale is more manuerable than the F35. Last time I read, a pilot tester experiencee with the F35 was that is was not as agile or as reponsive as the F16. If the Rafale was built ot be more manuerable than the F16, then it is definitely more manuerable than the F35.

[@artiefakt4402]

Seriously ? The same old story that happened around 2016 with a F-35 that had "one of its wings tied behind its back" ? C'mon now... Since then, there have been many exercises such as Red Flag... where fully capable F-35's slaughtered other 4.5 Gen fighter jets with a 20:1 kill ratio.

[@steevoy9966]

Rafale are no more invited in red flag’s exercices

[@antoniomiljanovic9317]

​@@artiefakt4402lol

[@stuartwiner7920]

True, but irrelevant. There have been almost no dogfights in the last 3+ decades. Everything fight is BVR. The US sacrificed it because it was less important. The F35 doesn't even have to point the nose at the other plane to shoot the missile. Dogfights are (supposedly) going the way of battleships. They're in the history books.

[@gdjaybee742]

@@stuartwiner7920 That's not the subject though. Ever saw Top gun Maverick? Guns only? Dog fight is a weakness for the F35. This is a fact. And I do agree that it is a weakness that doesn't matter. What if the F35 goes against another 5th gen fighter where stealth is key? What happens when both jet fighter some how dodge every missile from the opponent? And dog fight is the last resort? This same mentality cause the death of F4 Phantom fighters from Migs.

[@hyrikul602]

I just wonder what kind of aircraft Dassaut could build if they have financial support like the F-35 program. We are talking about an aircraft produced by a single country (not like the Eurofighter (3country on it), and I came across Swiss or Swedish (I don't remember) tests that rank it above the EF and Gripen by pilots) versus one produced by the leading military power. I'm still glad that my country can still make such capable (and pretty !) jets despite its size and money.

[@raphaelhonore308]

Interesting comment, and it is a little strange ... because we are comparing two planes which seems to mean that they are comparable ... even if one has been done by a single land with relatively low financial support and the other one, by the largest economy on earth supporting the longest and most expensive military project of the history ... It is not a good point for the US ...

[@raskzak3313]

there are a few things about the rafale that needs to be taken into consideration, it's not made to be stealthy the Spectra protection system does not hide the airplane, but instead shatters and twists its print on the radar, which makes it that locking on the rafale is almost impossible, you would be locking on a deformed radar position nearby. Also, the Rafale contains systems able to detect and lock the F35, although it probably works mostly on closer range The rafale is certainly able to compete against the F35, but there is no denial the long range and stealth capacity of the American machine is superior. However, because it relies so much on its stealth technologie, it's likely that the airplane will become outdated as soon as a counter to its technology is found and developed.

[@alexfournier9956]

FRENCH RAFALE F4 AND SOON F5 IS WAY BETTER THAN F35 AS A WHOLE

[@potatosuc4950]

no stealth?

[@raskzak3313]

@@potatosuc4950 doesn't need it, and no plane is 100% stealthy, American stealth fighters can all be detected by public radars frequencies (the one used for transport airplanes), but the frequency of those one can't allow to lock on a target

[@subroy7123]

The regrettable thing probably is that all conversations about air combat systems concern what places like Skunkworks would consider obsolete technology. We don't even know what current generation systems look like or are capable of.

[@EuroScannisSchlager]

I am an Engineer myself, I know the Dasseault Rafale is a very capable aircraft in engineering design, the French engineers have done a great job in building the Rafale, and many countries around the world have realized despite all the lies the US media has propagated against European made aircrafts, that the Rafale is indeed far above in quality than the F-35

[@collegemail1664]

lol no

[@kurvaonwheels]

1:05 what does it mean considered stealthier compared to the F-35? Maybe you meant to say compared to non-stealth aircrafts?

[@priyamagrawal4859]

Look beyond the boundaries of usa kiddo

[@tbuxt3992]

Seems like we conveniently got all of earth's experts in this comment section. If you have the security clearance to know the true stats and capabilities of either of these aircraft, you sure as hell wouldn't be arguing about it in a youtube comment section. Admit you are all speculating with heavy biases towards national pride and have no idea what you're talking about.

[@user-ls5zb2dx5j]

Less maintenance and costs? are you kidding me? out of just over 600 f35 that are all upgraded only about 135 are capable of combat because of maintenance and reliability problems.

[@potatosuc4950]

and do you have proof?

[@neutralprofit7699]

@@potatosuc4950 Its an official info, just search

[@thathvamsaswatham8243]

As the experiences of various AirForces Allover the world, THE COST OF PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE AND USAGE RESTRICTIONS, RAFALE IS THE WINNER.

[@Foxtrot_India]

You know Rafale is not a joke when you realise that even at the end, the 4.5th gen Rafale have more good things on its side than '5th gen' F-35🎉😂

[@paulbedichek5177]

The French,are prone to raise the Macron when faced with an enemy. No French aircraft would survive pitted against the F-35.

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

The guy who made the video did not know that if your jet --- a 4th/4.5th jet --- had an RCS (radar cross section) of around the Superhornet, Typhoon/Eurofighter, etc (normally taken to be between 1 - 10 square meter).... that THAT RCS made your jet being between 2 and 3 ORDERS of magnitude BIGGER than the F-35 (which comes with an RCS of 0.005 sq.m). The coating, fabrication, and radar absorbing materials used on the Rafale is at least 25 years OLDER than the coating, fabrication, and radar absorbing materials used on the 2023 F-35. And that is NOT an exaggeration. Back when the Rafale first flown, the FIRST FOUR CRAY SUPER COMPUTERS were made available to 4 research universities, in the entirety of the USA... As one of the those first 4 sites initially chosen to operate one of those crude, giant super computers, my alma mater had to build a GIANT, MULTI-STOREY BUILDING to help cool it. Its chip sophistication was nowhere near today's high end iPhone computer chips.

[@galvinstanley3235]

Look up Block 4 upgrades for F-35.

[@diegoc.8518]

@@kiabtoomlauj6249 it's RCS is 0.1m and can be reduced with SPECTRA

[@Fabio-om4kb]

Super croisière entre autres.

[@olivierfouassier6495]

Great comparison format, thanks. Data on price tag and total cost of ownership would be good 😉. Rather than competing with each other, I would be interested in hearing about tactical complementarity and synergies, of these two great systems.

[@statickk14]

Both the fighters are amazing and very close. The grit and technique of the pilot will win the fight

[@uvg319]

B.S 😊

[@zyberg9158]

No grit no technique. Best support and situation awarness provided by a AWACS if you have a relevant ordinance.

[@stormbringer1876]

The DAS and some of the track features of the F35 were actually part of Rafale BEFORE F35 introduction... So get your facts straight, Even Sandboxx knows this. All that said The F35 is a brilliant Achievement that is still not mature. And The Major thing a Rafale would have, making it suitable for a high low mix with any stealth fleet is load, durability and AVAILABILITY. The Full Mission Readiness of the plane is exceeded only by Gripen aided by the platform does not get as hot and it does not need repainted if it flies too fast for too long. The readiness rate is key.

[@Galmiza]

The best way to compare them is to send them to Ukraine. The one that gets more kills wins.

[@acharat6]

The Rafale will win easily since the F-35 will be on maintenance 95% of the time.

[@SuperScarab]

Rafale are already there however russian fighters are still dominating

[@acharat6]

What are you talking about? Rafales are not there and if they were, they would crush Russian fighters like they did in every past real life competitions/tests. But don't feel bad, they also crush U.S, British, Chinese and Swedish fighters. Russian fighters only ever win on paper.@@SuperScarab

[@SuperScarab]

@@acharat6 they are already there buddy as part of EU aid package, search it up, along with other expensive military equipments but still they are deadlocked with Russians, not to forget russia still possess air dominance

[@acharat6]

I did search it up and you're wrong. France and Ukraine have just begun discussion (around September 2023) about training Ukrainian pilots for Rafales. They're not even close to have Rafales taking part in actual combat. @@SuperScarab

[@dimitriskouris7949]

Rafale all the way abd every day! The F35 has been characterised as a "flying bucket" lol

[@potatosuc4950]

i cannot believe the amount of idiots in these comments, the f35 spanks the rafale in red flag, and i have proof if you want of the f35 being a pilots preferred plane IN DOGFIGHTS, 90% of f16 pilots preferred it in every situation in dogfights, and f16s and f18s were able to beat rafales, the f35 can also just send a missile backwards if it wanted

[@dimitriskouris7949]

@@potatosuc4950 thats the opinion of a potato or what? :))) Nonsense dude! Everybody knows, which apparently is a hidden secret, that the F35 is a dead duck lol On paper is fantastically good, in practice sucks like a vacuum cleaner lol

[@jeremyjackson8196]

F-35 agile? They call it fat Amy ffs

[@marcelodt9291]

Since when the F-35 is a highly maneuverable fighter?

[@ImBigFloppa]

The F-16 is highly maneuverable. The F-35 is on about par with the F-16 in terms of maneuverability. By extension, the F-35 is highly maneuverable.

[@marcelodt9291]

@@ImBigFloppa that is not what an USAF report says...

[@ImBigFloppa]

@@marcelodt9291 The one using a preproduction F-35 with severe software limitations that was also limited to 4.5G maneuvers? The one missing much of its targeting systems? Go to airshows. Read statements from pilots. Look at training and red flag events. The F-35 routinely holds its own in maneuverability dogfights from F-22s, F-15s and F-16s.

[@VetoPowers]

Are you referring to the early tests where the flight control computers were limited

[@animepussy8356]

@@ImBigFloppa The F-35 is capable of defending itself but it wasn't designed to dogfight like the F-22 was. Just look at the planes, you can tell which one is more maneuverable

[@alexiszafer5494]

Only Greek air force have both type of fighters rafale and f35

[@airbornegr4815]

UN-FUCKING-FORTUNATELLY

[@wanair]

Rafale M is the pride of the country🇲🇫🇲🇫🇲🇫

[@potatosuc4950]

still not as good as the f35 though

[@richardpeachey1103]

Personally think compering the Dassault Rafale to the Eurofighter Typhoon would be better as the F35 has a internal weapons bay.

[@hervelesage5286]

Le résultat donne 16 á 2 pour le rafale.

[@potatosuc4950]

@@hervelesage5286give me proof. you are so idiotic

[@RogerBrenon]

The one who always wins is the one that doesn't have to fight.

[@jessylambertus4120]

Depends how smart the pilot is

[@cosmanx1258]

Good video, but it could be even better if the comparisons are all presented at the end in a table format. Easy to compare quickly.

[@manankelawala4840]

Radar signals may be managed by active cancellation (or jamming) but i am more inclined to understand capabilities and range of passive sensors deployed by Rafale and F35.

[@user-ys2jr4eb4p]

Active cancellation is French propaganda, it is basically just jamming, which isn't stealth. To be stealthy it would have to exactly cancel out the radar returns from the aircraft. Even with a radar tuned to a signal frequency, such a feat would be difficult. Modern radars frequency hop, making such a technique impossible. Sure you can jam radar but that gives your position away.

[@xxdarkphoenixxx1]

@@user-ys2jr4eb4p the USAF has say the spectra french jamming system was "amazing"... i'm not sure that it was propaganda. But in fact, nobody know exactly about the capacity of it.

[@user-ys2jr4eb4p]

@@xxdarkphoenixxx1 So? It is may well be an amazing jamming system but that doesn't mean it offers the same capability as a 5th gen stealth aircraft. If it does, why are the French bothering to develop a stealth fighter? Rafale is a good 4th gen platform but that is all it is.

[@raskzak3313]

@@user-ys2jr4eb4p yes, and the US airplanes aren't perfectly stealthy either, which is not at all the objective for the Rafale here's an example, public frequencies, such as one used in the transportation department (airbus, boeing, etc), can detect an F22 just as well as any other plane, that doesn't allow to lock radar, but it's certainly enough to give its location away

[@didierlemoine6771]

working both together and the sky is safe averywhere in the world :)

[@neutralprofit7699]

Out of all this wiener competition, you are the best comment 😁

[@imamsuprantiyo9794]

Rafale is better than F35...for sure

[@EuroScannisSchlager]

The French Rafale aircraft is way far superior and way above in maneuvrability and tactical military endurance than the junk US F-35, any country buying the F-35 would make their airforce very weak strategically and may lose their national integrity against either Russian or Chinese made aircraft, Pierre Sprey the person who designed the F-16 is a great American specialists, and he said the F-35 is a complete Lemon, meaning you end up way too much on faulty maintenance and parts that need to be replaced every day, it's a total nightmare to own the F-35.

[@spencergayan2426]

It's not the plane, it's the pilot

[@vasilispaokara]

The future of the Hellenic airforce 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 F35A Rafalef3r F16 Viper 👑👑👑

[@airbornegr4815]

yes, two ecxelent aircraft and a flying money-sucking flying machine bought by the US puppets that govern our county...

[@dliu115]

But which production block of the f-35? That makes a huge difference

[@kaymio6547]

The Rafale has 12 square feet? That landing I'd like to see!

[@Hk_vp9L]

Rafale > F35

[@Sunopeek]

Who wins in a fight? A world champion knife fighter who won every fair fight? Or a trained sniper able to attack from miles away undetected? Doesn't matter how superior the Rafale is to the F35. Stealth is a game changer. Man vs horse. Horse vs car Car vs plane Plane vs missile Rafale vs F35 Once the Rafale has true stealth capability it can be compared to the F35

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

Rafale is by far more better ! there is not even competition.

[@raphaelhonore308]

Today, clearly ! If you want to buy a plane today rafale is by far the best. In ten years we will see...when the f35 will do its first real mission ...

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

@@raphaelhonore308 ....according to me, in 10 years the Rafale radar will have further evolved, not to mention its integration electronics... what makes the particularity of the F35, its stealth, will have completely disappeared! because the French have always had a policy of improving their aircraft by developing better equipment, we're already talking about much more powerful engines but as far as the development of the F35 is concerned, it's really slow going!

[@juniordiallo8396]

​@@gandigooglegandigoogle7202pathetics

[@niweshlekhak9646]

@@gandigooglegandigoogle7202 France plans to retire it's Rafale in 2030s, and replace it with it's 6th gen plane. There will be barely any upgrades to Rafale made.

[@potatosuc4950]

@@gandigooglegandigoogle7202jesus christ you are stupid, the f35 is getting upgrades too, you know that? also, the f35s radar is MUCH more powerful than the rafales, and the soon aim260 will have a range larger than meteor, in red flag f35s beat rafales asses

[@rohmanstudios]

Indonesia changed 11 su35 to be 42 Rafale. In your opinion, is Rafale better than su35? or should Indonesia buys 42 SU35?

[@CaptainDangeax]

Lots of evaluations have been made around the world. Have a look at which one always wins

[@GoetheMr]

SU35 is one of the worst fighterjet , and raphale one of the best if not the best.

[@DerekJones1081962]

I admit both a great and necessary aircraft. America needs to work more with our NATO allies on the data links necessary for joint operations. As the world's nation's fight over dwindling resources, teamwork is necessary as WWIII heats up.

[@PeteyMcSavage]

RAF vs typhoon

[@diegomontilla5901]

Cunbamcha F35!!!!! . Turtle with wings🐢

[@JoeSerpa]

BVR Rafale will shut down F35 with Meteor without problem, because no other missile is near Meteor. Dog fight Rafale easy. Stealth: Rafale is electronically stealth too. Radar: Radar AESA 360 of Rafale is better than anything else. Info: Technically F35 or F22 is not better than Rafale. French update Rafale regularly with top newest high tech, so no, Rafale is not behind American jet fighters in anything!

[@user-dd6zg1pi1z]

Can the F35 actually fly? 🤔

[@artiefakt4402]

Can you actually think by yourself ?

[@LOLOVAL-os3pq]

no need to say that it is false, it is the truth, the F35 in the USA was incapable of beating a simple F16 in combat, the pilot of the F35 was disappointed because he was unable to regain the energy lost during maneuvers, the F16 was able to place itself within 6 hours of the F35 each time (i.e. behind the F35) the F35 is either too heavy, or the 18 tons (1.8 tons exactly) of its engine are not enough to support the significant weight ! but hey, French pilots have wanted to meet the F35 for years, it's a refusal from the American army!! the Rafale flies faster than the F35, the Rafale takes more positive G (11G compared to 9G for the F35) the Rafale has a super cruise at mach 1.4, the F35 which already flies at only mach 1.4 with great reinforcement of kerosene and does not have super cruise, eh oh, don't dream, besides the F35 cannot sustain speeds above mach 1 for long because it risks damaging the coating at the rear! the Rafale carries 9500 kg of armament, the F35 C weighs empty 14550 kg, with armament, it is 19,000 kg maximum or 4450 kg of maximum armament, not even half of what the Rafale carries! the F35 C has the best autonomy with - 2300 km, the burst has a flight autonomy of 3700 km, the Rafale F4 is the first plane to have artificial intelligence, to manage its maintenance, predictive maintenance, the Rafale sends alone a report to the mechanics before even returning to base! The Rafale F5 will be the first aircraft to have 2 artificial intelligences, the second will be used to manage the new generation radar! to detect F35s from more than 200 km away, and also very small drones! you don't like it, I don't care, the figures are on wikimerdia, you can't dispute these figures, otherwise, go and correct them on wikimerdia! and if you moan, if you complain, I will go into information which will ridicule this pile of scrap metal of dubious quality, full of more than 1000 failures! figure on an American site, LOL, go challenge on this site!! LOL

[@petar.banovac]

Save yourselves 12 minutes of life. Dogfight - Rafale. BVR - F-35. Except that dogfight scenario means that something has gone terribly wrong with F-35's BVR game.

[@dliu115]

Absolute click bait. The f-35 has been in production since 2000 and isn't the primary aircraft of the US. An the video doesn't cover the latest f-35 block because it isn't declassified yet

[@saiprateek5779]

I feel Rafale is the best fighter than F35, because it is an Omni-Role fighter.. it's sensor suite and countermeasures are beyond comparision, it has an EW system which makes it nearly invisible to any multifunction AESA radars.. Also Indian Air Force uses it with Indian Specific enhancements.. my country🇮🇳❤

[@JerichoMahesa]

_"I feel Rafale is the best fighter than F-35... Also Indian Air Force use (procured) it with Indian Specific ehancements..."_ 😂 Until you see your Indian-special-made Dssault Rafale F3R shoot down by uknown air to air missile from 100 km away by undetected flying object named F-35 JSF Lightning II.

[@ImBigFloppa]

The F-35 is by far the most advanced jet on the planet. If France was able to afford these great electronic warfare systems (they aren’t special), then the F-35 has them. France can’t design as much quality stuff as American jets when they’re producing 15x less jets. That’s just how economies of scale work

[@diegoc.8518]

@@JerichoMahesa stealth fighters can be detected, not necessarily locked on

[@ihl0700677525]

Even if India could buy F-35, Rafale is still better for India simply because *India could not leverage F-35's sensor fusion due to India's other jets/systems are mostly non-Western.* However, for those with fully/mostly Western system (therefore can take full advantage of F-35 sensor fusion and other features), F-35 is definitely the better option.

[@brianlindsey3620]

The f35 will get inside the rafales M.A.R, before it’s detected, especially when it starts carrying aim 260s. Splash Rafales, without them even knowing the 35 was there.

[@KrishnaNandYadavVestige]

Rafale ☠️😎🔥

[@BadAss_Lapinou]

🇫🇷

[@nimaiiikun]

Rafale is beautiful but that fixed refueling probe

[@barrywhitney1881]

Oh yeah, and look at how many people have bought the F35.And it's also hashort landing or short.Take off vertical landing so they can operate on a much smaller Carrier.That's why the marine salmon

[@barrywhitney1881]

Sometimes wrong with my speech recognition. It's just all messed up so I'm gonna have to read this week before. I posted the F35 wicked. How many people have bought it? It also has a short take off. And vertical landing capability capability, so the Marines can use it on a much smaller aircraft Carrier. And I think just hands down and once again. I gotta say the F35 has a return radar. Return with about a golf ball and the Raphael. Noh, no, how's a 10 square 10 × 10 square feet? That's huge the f thirty five would be launching on the roof balls before they even knew they were there

[@bafattvahetere]

The answer is, as always, the one with the sharpest pilot.Always today, I'd say.

[@ricardosmythe2548]

One would be falling from the sky before it detected the presence of the other

[@Hk_vp9L]

Le F35 l'avion tellement furtif que personne l'a jamais vu voler !

[@Chomper750]

@@Hk_vp9LIran didn’t see it when Israel flew F-35s into Iran. Iranian and Russian air defense systems didn’t detect them while Israel mapped out future target.

[@sethikablip8607]

It doesn't work like that with the meteor missile now

[@ricardosmythe2548]

@@sethikablip8607 it's an awesome missle but the platform firing it still needs to detect its adversary before it ca be fired. MBDA gained a contract to complete Meteor integration on British F35s in 2021. The stealth aspect of the F35 will give it an advantage over the Rafael in any bvr engagement. 4th gen jets just don't cut it against true 5th gen platforms like the F35 and F22

[@sethikablip8607]

@@ricardosmythe2548 well it would depend on what range does the Rafale manages to detect a f-35

[@waleedali9393]

@militarytv thank you for that video the both are best of the best but my heart goes to the French Rafa's🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷😍🔥💪💪💪 P.s The French Rafa's 🇫🇷 is much better Because simply the French weapons systems and arms came with less conditional especially political conditions otherwise of f35 and American weapons systems and arms in general which not everyone could approaching it

[@Villain1874]

What a pile of nonsense 😂

[@diegoc.8518]

@@Villain1874 cry

[@Villain1874]

@@diegoc.8518 I am with laughter little one - absolutely hilarious and I love the fact I have triggered you to reply 😂😂😂

[@diegoc.8518]

@@Villain1874 I am with laughter little one - absolutely hilarious and I love the fact I have triggered you to reply 😂😂😂

[@waleedali9393]

@@Villain1874 where's the nonsense in that i mean let take the mirage f1 as an example as you know iran have some mirages and iran🇮🇷 still capable to getting some spare parts of it and even developing it and modernizing it while it couldn't do that with it f-14 fleet Another example turkey 🇹🇷 turkey got kicking out from the f35 program which it supposed to be an partner in this program because of political disagreements and reasons while turkey could have some French Rafa's in direct or undirect way see the American weapons systems and arms not for everyone and it came with heavy conditions and terms otherwise of the French You won't sell for iran weapons wouldn't you?!

[@viswanath4473]

I feel like this video is quite conveniently released like 1. USA sent F35 to AERO INDIA 2023 2. USA sold TP77 radar to Pakistan isn't this some kind of cornering India to buy F35? some time ago IAF chief said 5th gen aircrafts for 114 MRCA but i know well that GOI will never allow a American fighter jet as they come with a lot of strings attached.

[@Foxtrot_India]

For India, it would be costly mistake to buy a white elephant like F-35 only to be grounded later (thanks to the strings attached😂). Indian decision makers know this well so they won't jump into such deals hastly.

[@finarfin]

What I think it’s that you have no idea what you’re talking about. You can’t just lock on to an F-35 or any stealth aircraft for that matter no matter how close you are to it. Rafale’s a formidable aircraft but it can’t take down an F-35.

[@joshuapowell2675]

You could achieve it with an IRST at close range. But we're talking like 20km-30km for that to happen. And to even get there, the Rafale would need blind luck or the F-35 giving it enough radar signature to point it in the right direction

[@Fabio-om4kb]

C'est très mal connaître les capacités du Rafale mais c'est pas plus mal.

[@marccouasnon6973]

Ce qui est super dans cette vidéo c'est un peu le parti pris, de l'auteur. Les Rafale sont de très bons avions polyvalents, fiables, avec des coûts d'exploitation raisonnables (environ deux fois moins élevés que ceux F35 ; Rafale 25 000 $ l'heure de vol contre 50 000 pour le F35).

[@christianblake88]

This is the equivalent to making a video about Subway vs Jersey Mikes.. We all know the right answer

[@diegoc.8518]

subway

[@johndoe-cd9vt]

of course, the Rafale win, no discussion, F35 is for Hollywood, rafale is a proven combat aircraft for war

[@carlosnuckols8470]

At a closer range it will depend on the pilots skills as well so I’m going with the F-35.

[@johndoe-cd9vt]

so you have chosen to die... that your choice : )

[@carlosnuckols8470]

@@johndoe-cd9vt you’re are just a civilian and you can choose to hit someone else up. Thank you.

[@johndoe-cd9vt]

@@carlosnuckols8470 you don't even know what crapy jet the F35 "fat amy" is, even some former US pilots on youtube are mocking it and the US gov said it was a failure, it doesn't stand a chance against a plane like the rafale, specialy the F4 standard version who can detect it even at long range

[@carlosnuckols8470]

@@johndoe-cd9vt go somewhere, you don’t know what you’re talking about

[@carlosnuckols8470]

@@johndoe-cd9vt Just admit you don’t know anything because you don’t.

[@thathvamsaswatham8243]

Certainly THE ENGINE OF F35 IS MORE VERSATILE THAN M88 VENILA IN RAFALE.

[@okazerk]

rafale combat radius is 3 times longer than the f35

[@user-sv6me8ut2s]

rafale will come out the latest f5 stealth hear in that direction

[@netero1682]

In nature, a great hunter is only as good as he is stealthy, and that gives them a great advantage when hunting. In that sense, the F-35 is far superior to the Rafale and will give it victory.

[@stefanaleksic4113]

Rafale have radar crossection of 0.1m2 that is more less then F18 and eurofighter

[@JoeSerpa]

This guy on video clip is biased and talk BS fairytales about failed F35. Rafale have SPECTRA, IR, AESA radar, it is able to launch nukes, METEOR air to air have longest range with +200 km, SPECTRA give Rafale stealth capabilities, either F22 or F35 or Chinese and Russian copies are able to match Rafale.

[@chrismair8161]

Whom sees first Wins. Enough said.

[@potatosuc4950]

so the f35 wins every time

[@olivierbesson8559]

Surprisingly there is no precise comparison of specs between the 2 planes, only F35 is best on… This video is really biased.

[@zyberg9158]

less than 20 seconds for the first blunder: - 00:20 Rafale is not designed for the European Union. the EU consortium fighter is known as eurofighter typhoon (UK/Germany/Italy/Spain). Dassault part away from this program. - 1:45 F35 can be a nuclear attack vector... so does the rafale with ASMPA-R missile (300 ktons @ 350 mi.)... btw both are multi-role fighters. - 2:04 Funny to illustrate stealth capabilities with fully loaded wings... zero. With exposed ordinance it does not work as weapons do have a radar signature.. - 3:40 Try to compare armament on NATO jets is like try to figure out who is the cutest between you and your mirror image. interoperability is key and weapons are similar. - 5:37 useless comparision between engine thrust. Rafale is dual engines versus F-35 single engine. Use the Thrust/weight ratio which will determine the acceleration capability: Rafale 0.988 (100% fuel, 4 AAM) F-35 : 0.87 at gross weight. So both have same speed, acceleration and max payload with around 20,000 pounds. - 5:59 high manoeuvrability on F-35... what a joke! F-35 has been designed to be stealth while Rafale has been designed to be agile... you have to choose. - 7:59 F-35 has a cool AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar. F-35 uses a Northrop Grumman AESA radar, Rafale use a Thales AESA radar. guess what ? Both are AESA. - 8:16... wow Link 16 allows to communicate data between aircrafts. Like any NATO fighter. I know it is mindblowing, but a Rafale can exchange data with a F-35 and a E-2C Hawkeye. Finally 11:00 is a good conclusion. Both are good fighters, with design choices made. Similar pyload, similar multi-role, similar NATO capabilities. So which one will win? The one fitted with relevant ordinance and supported by the closest AWACS. Don't forgrt to add the airplane cost & flight hour cost which are far from been equal. F-35 has been a painstaking investment for EU countries to renew their nuclear striking force. Quite sure that EU will not jump again into a joint funded program to replace F-35 fighter. SCAF design is on design.

[@Sunopeek]

Main disadvantages of f35 Your f35 fleet is at the mercy of the us governments whims F35 needs a code from the US to activate it every day F35 is more prone to system glitches F35 has higher operational costs and expensive spare parts

[@douglasang3527]

F-35 & Rafale are completely different type of Fighter ! 😂

[@LSmoney215]

But they are competitors when country buying a new fighter tho

[@noriko-nm8vc]

私の国はＦ―35Ａを買いました、幸運です。

[@antoalghozi311]

RAFALE 🇨🇵

[@georgeszurbach444]

We all.know who wins .tip : it starts with à R

[@patriced3364]

F35 is still with lots of flaws and bad reliability. Moreover, its so called advanced datalink is not really able to put as many aircrafts in "network" due to its design. It may become a good aircraft when all its design flaws and reliability are solved... But not yet!

[@stevebourne9387]

French engineers are the best in the world, only their brilliance combined with the British engineers of that era could create a successful supersonic airliner. Don’t forget too the brilliant Saab company of Sweden. USA have the best salesmen in the world!!

[@Rehunauris]

F-35 is better than the competition that's why it sells so well.

[@user-lj4be9cu9c]

@@Rehunauris a causse du chantage politique

[@Arleq1]

@@Rehunauris F-35 is an impressive airplane with some impressives features but it is nowhere near to be a matured airplane. Hundred and hundred of electronical and mechanical issues, some are even dangerous for the pilot; an operational cost per hour more than double the operational cost of the Rafale, and a stealthiness that can be disputed because of it's mono-engine, who is the most powerful engine yes, but it can be easily detected with infrared radars when it supercruise, because it can't supercruise without postcombustion contrary to the Rafale. There many other factors that makes the F-35 an immature airplane

[@arjayhome916]

f-35 is overrated

[@Axel-gh6vj]

The F-35 less maintenance and lower operationnal cost than the Rafale ?!!!! 🧢

[@hervelesage5286]

😂 Vous savez que c'est pas vrai pour la simple et bonne raison que la france n'aurais pas les moyens de faire voler une flotte de f35,le rafale á été conçus avec le minimun d'argent. Le f35 á un record mondiale celui de l'heure de vol.

[@jeffparis2419]

L Organigramme Rafale 👍🙏

[@airbornegr4815]

40k lbs of thrust MY ASS 😂

[@robinguerin4511]

rafale: 1988, f35: 2008

[@bijoylaha7245]

Rafael f5 manufacturing in india

[@xxdarkphoenixxx1]

wtf ?

[@shubhamnalawade1612]

India bought 36 rafale i think it was good choice for india ❤

[@bryansmulez4672]

Rafale F4 is 4.5 Gen

[@neutralprofit7699]

5

[@raskzak3313]

@@neutralprofit7699 nah F4 is 4.5, I'd say 4.7 even but the F5, who knows

[@neutralprofit7699]

@@raskzak3313 Tbh gen 5 five is kind of american propaganda

[@raskzak3313]

@neutralprofit7699 yes and no, it's just a classification after all. And it makes everyone go nuts because it's a higher number, but it doesn't actually means much, it just means that it reaches specifics to be able to be considered a 5th gen And we're going multiple 5th gen fighters to find the right formula The first ever jet powered airplanes were worse than prop planes after all

[@neutralprofit7699]

@@raskzak3313 I get your point but... tbh, besides stealth there's nothing much, the rafale has to be jealous of about gen 5. I mean the f35 is neat, but even today it still has a lot of issues, like the painting melting, non supercruise stealth, software bugs, cost per hour, terrible maintenance... And yet USA still find ways to convince other countries to buy it. Some politicians and militaries even think about stoping its production and renovate gen 4 jets. The F-22 is the best in its domain wich is killing every flying thing in the area, but gosh its expensive and it's not multirole. And the su57 is still in development, wich is getting more and more delayed because of the conflict in ukraine but somehow they still manage to talk about some new project like the su75. And this idea of talking big about shitty products is litteraly the definition of marketing, and at the level of a country, its called *propaganda*

[@aarondoyle4717]

Yeah but actually no this is crap, the Rafael is an excellent gen4+ fighter that could go tow to tow with the upgraded f15’s and f16’s but it loses every time against the f35, f22 and su57.

[@diegoc.8518]

su-57 never engaged in any training with NATO

[@CoryMp3]

@@diegoc.8518 only 11 flying SU-57s have been confirmed as of December of 2022. The plane doesn't even really exist. You cant do shit with 11 planes.

[@swisscheese3275]

F35

[@lordteapot9740]

considering all tests involving f-35 vs rafale have involved the f-35 using radar reflectors so as to be visible to the rafale, i think this one's open and shut.

[@uvg319]

Silly comparison. Completely diff philosophies and generations. Overall 5th gen is the next gen for a reason.

[@clementferriere173]

Generation where invented to promote F-22, it’s only a commercial artifice. F-35 and rafale are very similar in termes of systems the external shape make one more agile and one more steahl that’s all

[@xxdarkphoenixxx1]

"the next gen" that everybody in the USAF say it sucks for 10 years now... amazing generation hu ?

[@uvg319]

Stealth vs less/no/wannabe stealth

[@max2008abhi]

Why the hell are we comparing the two Rafale is the best fourth gen fighter F-35 is the best fifth gen fighter

[@raphaelhonore308]

I have an answer Because, even if the f35 is the longest and most expensive military project of the US history, 1) the f35 still lost dogfights against f16 a few years ago 2) the f35 is not available right now, the are (A LOT OF) problems that make it impossible to use today 3) Even if the f35 was available today (which is not the case) it is not totally sure that it would be much better than the rafale ...Simulations have been done and the victory of the f35 was not always clear (if it was a victory ...) So, even if the f35 is called a "5th generation plane", it is not just better than rafale, the question is much more complicated. The only question which have a clear answer is the following : which plane should you choose if you want extremely efficient fighter jet available right now ? And the answer is the rafale...

[@ImBigFloppa]

@@raphaelhonore308 1. 'However even though during exercises the air-to-air combat is typically left up to the Raptor, Las Vegas Review Journal reported that at Red Flag 17-01 the F-35As have been able to achieve an air-to-air kill ratio of 15 to 1 against aggressors jets'. This is with handicapped F-35's too 2. The F-35 is available in bountiful numbers. 146 units built per year with a thousand already ordered by export customers. It's run hundreds of combat operations by Israel, UK, America with zero issues. Only problems it does have relate to some maintenance and costs, which for the most advanced and powerful fighter jet in the world still in the early days of production, that is to be expected. It ain't easy being the best. 3. What simulations are you talking about? The F-35 has a superior radar, superior IRST, and is actually stealthy. Only advantage the Rafale has is the Meteor missile and lower maintenance cost.

[@xxdarkphoenixxx1]

@@ImBigFloppa Lhe last rafale generation (f4) has active antenna radar system that have quite the same performance as the F35 one. The IRST is made by spectra system on the rafale that nobody know exactly his efficency, even if you are lockeed or dassault engi you cant say that. But I agree, the native stealht of the F35 is ten time better but... without add the spectra jamming system so... we cant tell tho. The lower maintenance cost of a rafale is true but french produce less of them and even the meteor is an amazing missile, if you want to target someone, you have to see him, and I'm not sure rafale could see an F35 at the max range of a meteor. The reverse's true ; with the spectra system no one know if a F35 could track a rafale at max range for a AIM120. As far as I know, the USAF dont want the F35 (at the early) stage being red team for rafale anymore because he loose every direct confrontation at the beginning of the F35 active duty. I think it's the more important information over here.

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

I have never heard of any person, KZbin channel, or aviation analyst asserted, erronously, the Rafale was designed to "be stealthier than the F-35" (starting at 1:10) and then go on to say it (the Rafael) has a RCS of 10 square feet like the Super Hornet, Typhoon, etc. Either the editing of the video was terrible, lacking in attention to detail, or the person doing it who read the carefully written telepromted words was exceptionally uninformed or stupid. Or he didn't care any thing about any topic he babbled about... Anyway, if your RCS is around 10 square feet (he probably meant 10 m^2) like the Super Hornet, the Typhoon, etc. --- of the 4th and 4.5th generation fighter jets --- then you are between 2.5 to 3 ORDERS of magnitude bigger than the F-35 on RCS metrics.

[@user-ls5zb2dx5j]

This video is riddled with misinformation about both aircraft, it's just another fluff piece for the f-35. the Rafale is a lot better than this video says and the F-35 is good but not as good as the video says, how come the video say nothing about all the problems the f-35 still has? the greatest strength the f-35 has is its stealth. because the f-35 was built for stealth first over performance where the Rafale was built for performance first and stealth second, so there's a lot of things wrong in this video about both aircraft.

[@xxdarkphoenixxx1]

And nobody spoke about the pectra system of the rafale (quite everything is classified) but as far as I know it did a very good job for create a stealht buble around the rafale and even the USAF "complain" about it in real exercises

[@fsr870]

Fails-35 is a piece if junk...

[@SpaceCon1]

The F-35 would obviously win. I know that really gets the French riled up but its true. Against an F15EX, possibly

[@SP95]

When it comes to BVR this is an odd situation as the Rafale has longer range missiles but the F35 has a longer range radar; the worst of both worlds for both.

[@joshuapowell2675]

@@SP95 That's not totally true. Both aircraft are certified to carry the Meteor missile. And the easy choice is being able to detect your enemy first because you can develop the battlefield to your favor

[@SP95]

That future combination of the best of both worlds will only come to the Brits and Italians. The no escape zone for an AIM-120 missile being three times lesser of a Meteor makes an F35 pilot rely on luck against a " blind " Meteor equipped fighter if he ever decides to take the risk of firing a long range attempt. A furious Rafale could carry up to 10 Meteor missiles while I've read an F-35 will soon be able to carry up to 6 AIM-120s without compromising its stealth abilities. One relies on its cutting edge missiles while the other has to take a leap of faith on stealth along with his opponent's skills in missile jamming and escape manoeuvres, is there really such thing as an easy choice ?

[@joshuapowell2675]

@@SP95 You obviously don't work with radar or electronic warfare systems. So I'll break down how a radar intercept works. First, you need your early warning radar to give you a general area and direction. That's something the Rafale could achieve, but it just narrows the search to thousands of square km to search. Then you need to use actual search-and-track radar to get closer. This is where stealth becomes an advantage because that radar uses high-band frequencies that stealth defeats. So a further targeting-grade lock is unlikely until the F-35 fires first and hase its weapon bays open. The Rafale could also try to use its IRST, but that requires a 20km-30km range from the target. Meanwhile the F-35 would be able to employ the new AN/APG-85 which better against low-observable aircraft and ECM. It would also further out-range the Rafale's own radar systems. The F-35 has a programmable towed decoyed which it could use to mimic other aircraft. Or it could stay hidden and move well within the Rafale's range without being targetable. The new AIM-260 can be fired and acquire a lock after launch. So the F-35 could fire at the Rafale without giving itself away until the missile gets too close to dodge or counter and then start targeting. Not only is the Rafale inferior in terms of its airframe, it's also inferior in its avionics. Weapons are similarly capable, but the F-35 has plenty of ability to upgrade those with help from over a dozen partner nations.

[@pascalschark7875]

The F35 would obviously win if... It was ready to fly with all commercials bullshit that U S are selling. Unfortunately for the countries which have bought this overcosting stone, they will pay 10 times the price of a Rafale to have an object which can only roll over the tarmac.