why the french fighter plane "rafale" is better than F16 ?

Answer 1

War planes are stupid. No jet can win a war, they can help armies get position. but they cannot beat an ideal.

Answer 2

Well, it's a newer aircraft design - Though it's had NO foreign sales and no combat testing. The F-16 is a highly reliable, inexpensive fighter aircraft with a long combat history.

In most cases you're going to find that pilot quality makes the biggest difference.

But...You're looking for specifics. Here are some:
The Rafale has a larger combat radius.
The Rafale is a little larger - generally a disadvantage though.
The Rafale is a LOT more expensive.
The Rafale has a higher ceiling.
The Falcon is slightly faster at ceiling.
The Rafale climbs faster.
The Rafale is considered a 'Generation 4.5' fighter to the Falcon's '4th generation'...Again, it's newer.
The Rafale has a greater thrust to weight ratio and a lighter wing-loading (measures of maneuverability - This should mean that the Rafale maneuvers better than a Falcon)

Hope this helps!

Orion

PS: Interesting that someone who's nickname is the same as a Soviet Interceptor would claim that the Panavia Tornado is 'better' than the F-16. At what? The Tornado was originally designed as a ground-attack aircraft. There are some things it's quite a bit better than the Falcon at, some things it's worse at. They're for different jobs, usually. But that has nothing to do with the asker's question.

Answer 3

It's far more technologically advanced. The F16 is an old plane, it went into service in the late 70's. The Rafale didn't go into service until 2000.

Go and read the wikipedia articles on them if you want to know all the little details as to why it is superior. But the simple fact is that a plane that entered service over 20 years later then the one it is being compared is going to be superior to the other in a number of ways.

Answer 4

I dont think of it can be a brilliant number of a combat pondering the sixteen is often as much as date and ruskies dont have the money. There power to weight ratios are in want of the sixteen via a honest margin. additionally the MiG became into designed as a air superiority plane and the sixteen is a multi place plane. If it became right into a BVR combat, it may get kinda thrilling. I flew a F-sixteen pilot awhile lower back and he suggested that he ought to pass right into a turn at 200knots and strengthen as much as 450 in 2 turns. This guy additionally flew F-4's and he suggested that interior the F-4 that if he did 2 no longer elementary turns commencing at 450knots and on the top of the two turns he could be doing 2 hundred. The F-sixteen is especially effective and turns especially no longer elementary. My money is on the sixteen.

Answer 5

Oddly enough, it doesn't matter like it used to. Look at the super hornet, it is actually inferior to the original hornet in many dogfighting categories. The real deciding factor is the AWACS that provides the support to aircraft.

I don't care how spiffy your plane is if I can engage you from beyond visual range and hit you with my AMRAAM before you know where I am. It's all in the force multipliers.

Answer 6

Because it's newer. Plus that's not a fair comparison. A much better question to ask would be how does the rafael stack up to the F-22 Raptor.

P.S.- It doesn't

Answer 7

The best plane has always been determined by the clown sitting in the seat, and it always will be.

Answer 8

The Americans are falling behind with technology because they aren't as strong and as powerful as they once were.


The British Tornado is better than both.

Answer 9

It isn't, F-16 would kick it's butt.

Answer 10

because it costs less money because they never shoot any of their missiles or fly it in combat.