Why is every one buying the French fighter aircraft 'Rafale'?

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The Rafale fighter aircraft, developed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation, is a state-of-the-art multirole platform that combines cutting-edge technology, advanced avionics, and formidable firepower. It is designed to excel in a wide range of missions, including air superiority, ground attack, reconnaissance, and nuclear deterrence. As nations evaluate their defense requirements, the Rafale has emerged as a compelling choice due to its exceptional capabilities and impressive track record in combat.
Some countries may prefer to purchase the Rafale because it is a French aircraft, and they may want to strengthen their political ties with France. Others may choose to purchase the Rafale because it is not a product of a rival country, and they may want to avoid purchasing a product from a rival country. The Dassault Rafale itself is a French multi-role fighter aircraft that has been in service since 2000. It is considered to be one of the most advanced fighters in the world, and it has been purchased by several countries, including France, Egypt, India, Greece, and Qatar. Future operators, including Croatia, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates. Potential operators: Bangladesh, Colombia, Iraq, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Serbia.
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[@RA109E]

It’s a geopolitically neutral aircraft. There are really only a few options to buy fighter jets, mainly the US, or Russia (I know there are others, but those are the two main players in the industry) the Rafale is a very capable aircraft, sure there are more stealthy and more capable aircraft, but it is a good way to remain out of the way of the USA V Russia air war while still having a good jet. Also with buying jets from France there are way less strings attached, than other countries would have.

[@ljm9359]

Stealth ? 😂No use against a Rafale today. The Rafale features the new RBE2 active antenna radar, which is capable of tracking multiple targets simultaneously, as well as the Forward Infrared Detection System (IRST), which can detect infrared emissions from aircraft. These combined capabilities improve the Rafale's ability to detect various types of aircraft and including detecting stealth aircraft. And if we add to that part of its weaponry such as missiles Meteor: Long-range air-to-air missile, designed for air superiority and known to be undoubtedly the most effective and devastating. Close air combat, distant air combat, ground attack including with nuclear weapons, electronic warfare, intelligence ....capable of accomplishing different missions simultaneously on the same flight plan with exemplary reliability, this makes the Rafale one of the best aircraft if not the best all categories today.

[@boeufalexandre631]

Rafale cost 74M€ for the biplace version, 68,8M€ for the monoplace version and 79M€ for the Marine version. For gode sake check your sources before saying false information !

[@cocoblizzard]

Those price doesn't really mean nothing. Check the amount of the Indian first contract. If you divide it by the number of aircrafts, it's more than 100 millions/piece. Because it's include pilots training, maintenance deal, ammunitions, even factories deal on indian soil. Those deals are too complex to affirm that this aircraft cost this much. Every deal is different.

[@ThomasAndy-qu8dp]

very true, i was baffled by the price showns. If it was really this price, it would be a fucking scam. Rafale isn't cheap but it's not stupidly expensive like this.

[@sayfolman7752]

Why You Make It Hard, Dual Sitter 75m€ Single Sitter 68.8m€ Carrier Version 79m€

[@haltux]

@@cocoblizzard True but "more than 100M" is not 236M. 236M is a silly number coming out of nowhere.

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

Rafale is simply the best aircratf ever......it is a jewel like few others in the history of aviation, and I would like to remind you that your figures are wrong, the Rafale is much cheaper than its competitors, you should make sure that your figures are correct. And what's more, France does not practice economic blackmail like the Americans do...if we do not agree with them on political or economic issues we no longer receive any spare parts, this is not the case with France, the French respect their contracts whatever happens.

[@MsTitounet]

What you say about the respect of their contracts by the French is wrong.Ask the Israelis and the Russians....

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

@@MsTitounet .......well give us the reasons for dissatisfaction instead of simply stating.....but it will be complicated because the Russians have never bought a French plane.

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

@@MsTitounet .....OK then?....these points of dissatisfaction? we are still waiting! you're going under a tunnel, right? loool

[@Hava_Hadi]

The stabilizers had me at “Hello”! Landing on the Aircraft Carrier was beautiful.

[@christianrose5566]

The document is interesting but the prices concerning the Rafale and the F 35 are absolutely wrong... The Rafale, despite a number produced much lower than its American competitor, has an average price (average of the three versions B, C, or M) of 74 million euros, or 81 million dollars. Several serious sources give these figures. The F35 was since the beginning more expensive than the Rafale, but soon, thanks to its mass production, it should fall at a price equivalent to the Dassault model.

[@NicksStuff]

Came here to say that, it seems to be about 100 million for both

[@NicksStuff]

@@Hypersonic-es6vh The Rafale is around 100 million as well.

[@NicksStuff]

@@Hypersonic-es6vh So both are *around* 100 million, as opposed to the 200 million quoted in the video

[@NicksStuff]

@@Hypersonic-es6vh We agree, both are about 100 million

[@RichardMuchaile-rc5bc]

Best jet in the world.

[@badgerattoadhall]

Not stealth.

[@7up-dp1kk]

In 4 years, stealth will be a feature from the past for all Rafale, with the next radar. It is scheduled on the F5 variant. We postponned it a few time, for budgetary reason and for the sake of not having US loose face, but now, since the stealth trap is not bought by Russia and China fell for it, no need to postpone this evolution anymore.

[@greekveteran2715]

@@badgerattoadhall No knowledge. It is the BEST in it's category.

[@LOLOVAL-os3pq]

euuuuuuuuuuuhhhhh where do you get this price of more than $230 million???? The Rafale C costs 68 million euros, about the same in US dollars! and the Eurofighter costs twice its price! This comment is absurd! unless you have divided the purchase price of a country by the number of planes, but it doesn't work like that, in a sale price, there is the training of pilots, mechanics, integration as for example in India, this country asked Dassault to integrate Indian weapons!! the Dassault warranty, and very often spare parts, and often weapons such as the MICA IR or EM, which is perfectly integrated into the Rafale, the MICA serving as an advanced sensor by sending information about what is in front of the MICA !! in this case, why minimize the price of the F35, since 1996, LM has built around 1000 F35s for a total cost of $1600 billion, if we divide this sum by the number of aircraft, because research and development is not are not making a loss, the manufacturer recovers these billions by integrating them into the selling price, and if we divide 1,600,000,000,000 / 1000 F35 = each F35 will have cost $1.6 billion!! if LM manufactures 2000, that will still be 800 million per F35, 4000 = 400 million per F35 etc, etc. ..............for 8000 F35, that will be $200 million per F35, but provided that 7000 F35 does not cost one $, let's admit 7000 x 100 million $ per F35 = 700,000,000,000 $ + 1,600,000,000,000 = 2,300,000,000,000 $ for 8000 F35 if the USA sells at a loss, it’s to crush the competition!! but hey, an F35 is a pile of scrap metal and the SU35 or SU 57 are no better because they are obsolete!! you have to compare what is comparable, the Rafale is a Formula 1, the F35 is a flying cauldron whose only advantage is its stealth, the worst, it only works against high frequency radars, but there are many other radars that don't care about the passive stealth of the F35!!

[@sambothebold]

Yea I’m probs gonna drop 68 MIL on one of these next week

[@LOLOVAL-os3pq]

@@sambothebold look at wikipedia, instead of repeating your bullshit!!

[@bojanstojanovic4459]

Serbia order new Rafal 4.1,for 12 Rafal 3.2 bilion euro,with spear parts,misils,bombs...Rafal is mutch expensive...

[@7up-dp1kk]

Yes, but what is Serbia purchasing exacly for this amount? Only « naked » plane? Or more? What defense package Serbia is buying for the stated amount, you will not know that easyli. Nor would I

[@marcbrehaut9510]

I question your purchase cost assertion - it’s much more like 115 million per unit for export. Croatia bought 12 for $960 million, unit cost of $80 million. Not as cheap as an F16, way cheaper than a Lightning 2. Much lower sortie costs as well.

[@Fantaisyman]

It's not only the aircraft they bought with the contract of 960 millions of$. On this contract, they bought also the munitions, some detached pieces, training time, simulator, the maintenance for 10 years probably

[@Centraleuropebusiness]

Croatia Paid 1.1 billion euros.

[@Centraleuropebusiness]

@@FantaisymanCroatia is paying 1.1 billion euros.

[@LOLOVAL-os3pq]

12 Rafale F3R used, but refurbished, but at this price, it is necessary to train the pilots, the mechanics!! bring a warranty of x year!! and frequently, with the price of new devices, there is technology transfer! but certainly not in this case! but indeed, there are also ammunition, weapons, specific tools!! but hey, the F16 is a good device, but we can't compare it to the Rafale, it's comparing a Ferrari with a Fiat 500!! the technologies in the Rafale currently are at the top, and if the customer wants to upgrade these Rafales into the future F5 version, Croatia or Greece will just have to pay extra and their Rafale will be retrofitted from F3R to F5!! and there, they would have Rafales with a revolutionary radar, the RBE2 XG or TARAMMAA! capable of detecting stealth aircraft like the F35 or B21!

[@galihadam96]

Best multirole fighter jet with few geopolitical problem.

[@izil1fe]

Because it's simply put the technologically best multirole 4th ++ generation fighter on the market. It's literally better then all other 4th generation jet fighters.

[@toddbrackett4277]

What does 4++ mean? Russia uses this term to describe aircraft lacking many capabilities of Gen 4.5 aircraft.

[@7up-dp1kk]

You know that in 2027, stealth will be a relic of the past and by 2030, it will be generalized on all french fighter jets? So generation.. you know…

[@toddbrackett4277]

@@7up-dp1kk, what will cause stealth to be a relic in 2030?

[@7up-dp1kk]

Several trend coming to fighter fleet. Gallium nitrites radars, passive airborne radar, multistatic detection, quantum airborne and ground based radar are the biggest challenges to stealth, at least in it’s current form. Combine this with IRST and TV, the increase of computing power and the pace at which thèse technologies go from prototype to deployment and you have the framework that lead to stealth obsolescence in 2030. Will see is active stealth holds it’s promises. But the technological path seem to lead to a dead end. By the way, this is fully taken into account by USA, with the mitridatiaation of the US Air Force, going full speed ahead to millions of flying assets instead of hundreds. Same thing for Iran, China, France, Turkey, UK, Saudi Arabia, EAU, India and China. The goal is to reach security in numbers. I think this trend is the real one. Armenia, Ukraine, Israel battlefield all show it correct. Stealth is used almost nowhere. What seem to be important is the control of the electro magnetic spectrum. The pace at which technology evolve i this areas is by far more impactful on the battlefield than stealth.

[@toddbrackett4277]

@@7up-dp1kk, you have included quite a few topics in your response which will probably need to be discussed separately. I had previously asked for someone to explain what “generation 4++” means. The Russians us 4++ to describe their Flankers but these lack some of the traits of generation 4.5 aircraft. The latest variants of the Rafale are in fact 4.5 generation aircraft. Why did you choose to inject a red herring argument about stealth vein negated by 2030 rather than addressing the question about what a 4++ is or why it would be used to describe the Rafale?

[@bergkampdennis5673]

france engineering best in the world😮

[@Hava_Hadi]

💯

[@millmoormichael6630]

cars are shit though 😂

[@bergkampdennis5673]

@@millmoormichael6630 renault peugeot citroen? better than japanese cars less than german and italian cars.

[@philbd3275]

@@millmoormichael6630 which country are you from so we can compare?

[@encelade3310]

​@@millmoormichael6630Le TGV qui roule à 300 km/h depuis 40 ans, un des meilleurs tank,sous marin, hélicoptères de combat,ariane ,Rafale,centrale nucléaire.... what else !😎

[@ASpyNamedJames]

The Rafale is not 2x the price of an F35 that's an oversight on your part. The problem is that many fighter contracts contain all the additional parts, equipment and weapons which can easily multiply overall cost to 2 or 2.5 times. The shown cost of an F35 also does not take into account that the F35 needs its own completely integrate fighter support complex which adds to the cost over other designs. Also the fighter is very logistically expensive as it has complex components and stealth material which needs extensive maintenance. The Rafale is roughly the same price for a single airframe at 100 to 120 million (usually 115) USD per aircraft but concurrent cost is lower and availability of the airframe is higher so you need fewer planes to retain the same level of readiness.

[@gerardmenou3851]

"War! This is too serious a matter to entrust to the military. » Georges CLEMENCEAU (1841-1929)

[@gregorypilau3530]

France Engineers are some of the best in the world ❤.

[@tomitom3422]

You forgot to mention that the cost per hour of flight is very competitive for the rafale. Much cheaper than the F35 for instance

[@user-wx4po2by8h]

🇬🇷🇬🇷👍

[@clem_blt]

rafale is not multirol but omnirol, and it is cheaper than the two other fighters

[@jeremymonin8343]

One of the most successful plane in the world and no one bought it in Europe unlike Croatia and Greece. European Union talk about defence, this is a joke! Time for France to leave that shit

[@hankjones3527]

I dont know much but I know your price guide is way out.

[@greekveteran2715]

They are not buying it for political reasons but because Rafale, is THE best of the best,in it's category!!!!! You also did a huge mistake (maybe on purpose?) on how these cost....

[@nirwanreza3154]

What do you say everyone,what the hell!!!

[@ludovic7439]

Rafale combat proven , F 35 breackdown proven...Simple , basic !

[@goodputin4324]

Why is there a Malaysian flag? Malaysia not buying Rafale 😂

[@user-to8os4yt7t]

Potency..bangladrsh malaysia,😂😂😂😂

[@goodputin4324]

@@user-to8os4yt7t potency?

[@sayfolman7752]

Rafale Was Malaysia Final Candidate For Next MRCA But Have To Postpone Because Of Budget Restraint Need To Spend On Other Issue First(Subsidy) Politician In Government Block Fear Losing Voter Vote If They Withdraw Subsidy USD 15 Billion Per Year With That Amount How Many Rafale Can Malaysia Purchase Let Say Usd 100m Per Aircraft With 15 Billion Malaysia Can Purchase 150 Rafale I Miss 1980 When Malaysia Still Have War Monger Mindset

[@goodputin4324]

@@sayfolman7752 150 billion Malaysian?

[@ExperienceWithAman]

Na it’s a stupid decision. Still inferior to F-35 for the same price segment

[@Posljednjavremena]

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[@koomky]

My Fiat car aged 20 is 0.0002 million of american dollars ! One plane = 500 000 fiat panda aged 20 old !

[@whatever8282828]

This video is plain nonsense with poorly pronounced naration

[@voxdeus]

its an AI tts narrator.its dogshit

[@bojanstojanovic4459]

Rafal is to much expesive.Serbia order 12 new Rafal 4.1 ,for 3.2 bilions...

[@metchoumetch3176]

It depends on what type of add-on you take. At this price, you are not just buying the plane. It comes with spare parts, weapons, sensors, pilots and mechanic formation...

[@ivanl437]

Serbia will never get the rafale aircrafts 😂

[@hdemuizon9034]

Half the price is for weapons though

[@damez90]

236 million dollars for a non stealth fighter. 😂

[@Fantaisyman]

This price is wrong. It's allmost 90 millions of $ with all the equipments

[@johndoe-cd9vt]

non stealth ? are you sure you watched the same video ? because it clearly says it is.. and It is... also the F4 version of the rafale can detect and track any 5th gen fighter, it was one of the features included in that version

[@Fabio-om4kb]

Tu sais ce qui est vraiment drôle ? Les abrutis qui y croient, sûrement les mêmes qui pensent que la furtivité et plus important que tout le reste.

[@TheSnyting]

Like French cars are a guarantee for rust? 😊

[@philipwittamore]

My Peugot is 13 years old and has always been parked outdoors. It doesnt have a speck of rust.

[@millmoormichael6630]

Ra-fail 😂

[@marcelchagnon4960]

French say oui oui

[@GoetheMr]

oui oui

[@zvonkoprosen4096]

serbia? hahahahah

[@Arleq1]

The price is completely wrong. Rafale are around 90m$. Peoples like to take the price of the deal and divide it by the number of Rafale purchased but what they don't take into consideration is that Dassault also include lot of spared parts in thoose deals so that the customer can achieve the 90% combat readiness proper to the Rafale. And it also include all the facilities to store the airplane and to maintain them, and also the formations for the pilots and technicians and various operators. ANd it's not impossible that it include some technological transfer and some weaponery aswell.