French Rafale Aircraft Spotted Over Cypriot Skies Amidst Turkish-Greek Dispute

[maverick1977]

F-16C is no match for Rafale. F-16C can counter Mirage 2000 same generation but Rafale is a whole generation above.

Not so fast.. C Block 40 or Block 52 ? Blk52 can hang on its own against Rafale.

 

[Engima Chaudhry]

Turkish Armed Forces have 400 HARPOON , 50 SLAM-ER anti ship Missiles and 95 HARM anti radiation Missiles to turn French Aircraft Carrier into crap of metal in the Eastern Mediterranean

also of course Turkish SOM and ATMACA anti ship missiles
and Turkish Navy 12 Type-209 class hunter killer Submarines .............. also 192 F-16 Fighter Jets with 120km AIM-120C7 air to air missiles + 4 Boeing E-7T AEWCs and S400 Air Defense Systems

also Turkish Navy 16 Frigates armed with 608 of SM-1MR and ESSM also 64 SEA SPARROW air defense missiles ....( Turkish Navy has more air defense missiles than French+Greek Navies combined )


only the US Navy can match with the Turkish Armed Forces in the Eastern Mediterranean

it looks france is winning the game in lybia .

how can France do it ? ........ its our territory







never ................. Turkey bough S400 Air Defense System

so S400 with 120 air defense missiles + 192 F-16 with 4 Boeing E-7T AEWCs + 135 AIM-120C7 + 16 Turkish Frigates with 608 SM-1MR ;ESSM and 64 SEA SPARROW air defense missiles





192 Turkish F-16s have link-16 data link to use Boeing E-7T AEWC's 600km MESA Radar to detect Rafale 380km away and to guide 120km AIM-120C7 on Rafale for network centric warfare

also Turkish F-16s have jamming System too

and Turkish KORAL- REDET mobile Radar Electronic Warfare System can jam Rafale's airborne Radar from 150-200 km away


Turkish Armed Forces = one of the best in NATO and in the world

When was the last time French forces went to war with near peer forces , and won?. (Was it Vietnam ? Sorry , they surrendered in dien bien po?
Algiers,? Nope , that was a civil war. ).
I would not advise france to flex muscles where cramps would handicap them.
Anyways, posturing is allowed.

 

[cabatli_53]

E. Med is the Turkey's own play zone. No nation (excluding a few big boys) can make much sense against a country like Turkiye having hundreds of km coastline to this sea. France is not among these states and a few Rafales stationed on Cyprus won't change anhything in this region. Cyprus is the fixed AC of Turkey and We can create many different nightmare scenarios to enemy in this sea.

In fact, Turkey is preparing to open pandora's box for enemy in near future but At present, Officials want to keep them secret. When they were revealed, Nothing will remain same because Turks don't misdoubt to use striking assets to any nation who apply their sneaky plans against our sovereignity. Today, It is Greece using EU membership as a card is trying to steal Turkish seas by showing a tiny island as an excuse and they are doing everything to isolate Turkey from this seas by signing some deals with anybody excluding Turkey and they are now receiving the answer they deserve. If France wants to be next, Turks won't step back.

From the silhouette under the cover, The missile geometry seems to fit SM-2/3. We don’t know yet how long the back of missile (booster+back fins) is reaching but The visible part of missile may have a length around ~6m (by judging the length of Gokdoğan missile ~3,5-3,8m). Tf-2000 destroyers equipped with these long range surface to air missiles will be the game changer in E.Med!

Another long range missile (belived to be Gezgin missile) hidden under the cover, the silhouette seems perfectly fit on TomaHawk class 1000+km land attack cruise missile. The length of Gezgin cruise missile will be around 6,5m and I personally expect a range not less than 1000/1500km for this beast. Milden submarines, Tf-2000 destroyers equipped with Gezgin will be the nightmare of any nation on these seas. Whoever posing a threat to our national interests will have to face with destructive results in this region.

You will either respect the rights of this nation who is shouting out to protect own sovereign rights in own region, or you will have to face with destructive results. Arrogant behaviors of some states or cheap threatenings won't make any difference.

 

[Oublious]

We are ready....

 

[cabatli_53]

Turkish Republic is not anybody's satellite state like Gulfies that is controlled by Europe or US. When It was needed, 82 million Turkish nation don't hesitate to protect the rights of own country against the hostile states. If you really want to understand the feelings of Turks in this matter, Open the map drawn by Greeks and judge the fairness of shares in your minds. Greece is abusing the rights of Turkish nation by using EU membership card and crying to Europe when Turkey reacted and you suppose European pressure will make us accept such a BS ? Impossible !

Let me tell you what will happen in next phase. The more you play dangerous games against sovereignity of Turkey in these seas, the more strategic programs will be revealed one by one. If you proceed this policy in Turkish seas, You will see pinpoint long range ballistic missile called Bora-2 (500-800km), Supersonic A2A (Akdoğan), supersonic SSM missiles, anti-ship ballistic missiles (Bora-N), very long range kamikaze drones...etc Later, You will try your best to save Greece from the hands of Turks so Instead of motivating them to abuse our rights in E. Med, Keep the scope of the cable of your spoiled child ! Otherwise, you will have to allocate gigantic resource to re-construct Greece from scratch !

 

[triangle]

Supersonic A2A (Akdoğan)

During IDEF-19 there were reports that the TF-X would be using the meteor missile. But after the name giving of Akdoğan couple months ago, it seems the meteor is off the table.

 

[cabatli_53]

That is the situation in E. Med !

 

[Dalit]

LOL the French think their Rafale fighters will settle disputes around the world. These French frogs are living in a different dimension. Irrelevant in Europe. Irrelevant in world affairs. Always in the shadow of greater powers.

As the Americans put it long ago, France is the old Europe.

Not in a million years can France do anything to Turkey. India will also be mincemeated by China and Pakistan. The French can fly as many Rafale fighters as they like.

 

[Dalit]

it looks france is winning the game in lybia .

Just like Abhinandan won the war on the 27th?

 

[Trango Towers]

i really hope this rafale go on against block 52s and french are shown their place once and for all............

Nit a chance will france risk it. Its turkey not a banana republic chucking speaks. Turks will hit back

 

[truthseeker2010]

Nit a chance will france risk it. Its turkey not a banana republic chucking speaks. Turks will hit back

I think they will be compelled to.

 

[Vergennes]

Just a nice video to counterbalance with all the mental masturbation present on this thread....

 

[MMM-E]

Just a nice video to counterbalance with all the mental masturbation by pathetic French Guy

Nobody can stop ORUCREIS for drilling in so-called Greek EEZ

and Nobody including ENI and TOTAL can drilling in Turkish Continental Shelf

and the EU including France is nothing to do with the Eastern Mediterranean by international law

and according to Nice agreement , the EU can not sanction on a NATO Country ... the EU can not do anything against Turkiye



so France lost in Syria,Libya and in the Eastern Mediterranean .... Your Rafale Pilots can enjoy with touristic visit in Southern Cyprus

 

[Constantin84]

Rafales with Meteors would cut the 90s era Turkish Air force to pieces.

 

[MMM-E]

Rafales with Meteors would cut the 90s era Turkish Air force to pieces.

Turkiye spent $3,9 billion to upgrade 163 F-16 Fighter Jets with most modern systems in 2015 ... ( $24 million for per F-16 ) ....... also 29 F-16 block50+ entered service between 2011 and 2012


so 192 Turkish F-16s have link-16 data link to use Boeing E-7T AEWC's 600km MESA Radar to detect Rafales from 380km away and to guide 120km AIM-120C7 networked air to air missiles on Rafale for network centric warfare


btw if needed , Turkiye can activate S400 Air Defensse Systems in 48 hours to turn Rafale Fighter Jets into pieces