DrSomnath999
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Well 1st of all sorry for the late reply & i am quite busy now adays
But still Su 35 has bigger RCS despite having no fuel tanks not to forget external weapon s load
& rafale with lesser rcs & also thanks to it's SPECTRA EWS can still survive with or without fuel tanks & not to forget Rafale still has CFT configuration also
see IRBIS E radar has a range of 350-400km aganist a 3m2 target with capabilty of tracking 30 target at a time
meanwhile RBE 2 aesa radar has twice the detection range of previous pesa radar that it 130-140 km against 3 m2 target so RBE 2 aesa radar has a range of 260-280km range
which makes it lesser range than IRBIS e radar but no way double than RBE 2 aesa radar
& not to forget it can track 40 targets at a single time & having AESA array
Rafale can detect SU 35 actively as it is not a stealth plane but yes like u said in ur post it can also detect it passively through SPECTRA provided it has turned on it's pesa radar
OOPs sorry for that siily mistake
though it can compensate that by aerial refuelling or buddy to buddy rfuelling but yes Su 35 has the advantage
well one should understand that payload depends upon mission profile though i understand & appreciate your POV
But i want to state something
what would a RECO ng pod do in a strategic bombing mission & 3 drop tanks do in aerial interception mission
though it is correct SU 35 has an advantage over Rafale having a greater internal fuel capacity than rafale & rafale
on the other hand has to have 2 drop tanks installed on it's hard point & su 35 on the other hand has 2 extra pods
in comparion to rafale due to this advantage
i hope they install CFT in future to compensate this thing
KH 59Mk which is comparitively less in dimension & weight in comparision to SCALp , i think KLUB cruise missile would be more appropiate & su 35 can carry maximum 3 klub missiles
RAFALe can also carry 5 scalp if they install CFT or else 3 looks more realistic for the time being
see Su 35 with full fuel capacity which if includes only internal fuel no external fuel tanks then it makes some sense .That means if we talk about a Su 35 with full fuel capacity, we have to talk about a Rafale with 3 x 2000l external fuel tanks. Do you think it still would have the lower RCS? I have my doubts and since I can't confirm it, I chose to leave it out and say nothing on that point.
But still Su 35 has bigger RCS despite having no fuel tanks not to forget external weapon s load
& rafale with lesser rcs & also thanks to it's SPECTRA EWS can still survive with or without fuel tanks & not to forget Rafale still has CFT configuration also
well it 's true it has more detection range than RBE 2 aesa radarThere are several reliable sources that confirmed this, basically you can say that the IRBIS PESA has twice the range of the RBE 2 AESA in Rafale, which have a lot to do with the size and power of the Russian radar. So Rafale might not be able to detect the Su 35 actively, but possibly passively with it's advanced RWRs.
see IRBIS E radar has a range of 350-400km aganist a 3m2 target with capabilty of tracking 30 target at a time
meanwhile RBE 2 aesa radar has twice the detection range of previous pesa radar that it 130-140 km against 3 m2 target so RBE 2 aesa radar has a range of 260-280km range
which makes it lesser range than IRBIS e radar but no way double than RBE 2 aesa radar
& not to forget it can track 40 targets at a single time & having AESA array
Rafale can detect SU 35 actively as it is not a stealth plane but yes like u said in ur post it can also detect it passively through SPECTRA provided it has turned on it's pesa radar
That's not correct, that's the ferry range of Rafale including 3 x tanks:
OOPs sorry for that siily mistake
though it can compensate that by aerial refuelling or buddy to buddy rfuelling but yes Su 35 has the advantage
That's what I said in one of the earlier posts, don't look at the paperspecs only, look deeper to see the differences!
Of the 14 hardpoints 2 are meant for LDP or reece pods, with maxim fuel capacity to equal even the internal fuel capacity of the SU 35, 2 wingstations and 2 centerline stations will be occupied, which leaves only 8 hardpoints and 4.7t payload for weapons.
The Su35 instead with full internal fuel will remain with 10 to 12 hardpoints (depending on ECM pods) and 8t payload, that's why Rafale has superior payload on paper, but the Flanker has superior weapon load in reality.
well one should understand that payload depends upon mission profile though i understand & appreciate your POV
But i want to state something
what would a RECO ng pod do in a strategic bombing mission & 3 drop tanks do in aerial interception mission
though it is correct SU 35 has an advantage over Rafale having a greater internal fuel capacity than rafale & rafale
on the other hand has to have 2 drop tanks installed on it's hard point & su 35 on the other hand has 2 extra pods
in comparion to rafale due to this advantage
i hope they install CFT in future to compensate this thing
well u mentionedUp to 5 x Kh 59MK (930Kg)
Up to 3 x KAB 1500 (1500Kg)
Rafale with 2 fuel tanks only:
Up to 3 x Scalp (1100Kg)
Up to 3 x GBU 24 (907Kg)
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KH 59Mk which is comparitively less in dimension & weight in comparision to SCALp , i think KLUB cruise missile would be more appropiate & su 35 can carry maximum 3 klub missiles
RAFALe can also carry 5 scalp if they install CFT or else 3 looks more realistic for the time being