no, we already have the Eurofighter already which fills the same role as the Rafale
plus Franco-German defence cooperation has a bad track record, unfortunately
>>211927455 (OP) >Gets beat by Chinese bootleg planes
French engineering is notoriously garbage. Common engineering: The French copy no one and no one copies the French
>>211927810
that may be true >>211927834
modern Chinese planes aren't bad
also afaik Pakistan gad AEW&C support which India lacked. If that was reversed the Rafale may just as well have downed the Paki J-10C
>>211927930
the defence sector of Airbus is primarily German with hq near Munich. It also has Spanish and French branches, but there are still national subdivisions so that defence projects can be pursued unilaterally if desired. For the civilian airliner department of the corporation, the French part is largest.
>>211927455 (OP)
Aren't these the fighters that got shot down recently by reverse engineered Chinese missiles reverse engineered from Russian missiles, fired from essentially mig 21s?