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Is the Rafale NG/Super Rafale actually a real thing or just the fantasy of a Meta-Defense reporter?
From my reading of the articles it feels like the latter.
It seems like a very artificial dividing line. What actual difference would there be between SCAF and a Rafale NG? A redesigned Rafale would effectively be a completely new design structurally and would look more or less like SCAF does but with a higher proportion off-the-shelf gubbins inside it.
You can call it SCAF, Rafale NG, Super Rafale or Étendard X but its the same beast. It's still a new design with a lot of expensive R&D to be done. Sounds more like semantics over a name and who foots the bill to me.
From my reading of the articles it feels like the latter.
It seems like a very artificial dividing line. What actual difference would there be between SCAF and a Rafale NG? A redesigned Rafale would effectively be a completely new design structurally and would look more or less like SCAF does but with a higher proportion off-the-shelf gubbins inside it.
You can call it SCAF, Rafale NG, Super Rafale or Étendard X but its the same beast. It's still a new design with a lot of expensive R&D to be done. Sounds more like semantics over a name and who foots the bill to me.