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india has a contract to supply Meteor missiles. This justification is not technically viable.

This is the world's worst kept secret by now, if you seen the previous page. Rafale employs vastly superior weapons already. Why would you need to employ 1980's tech on them?

This is huge news. The potential for PVP setups online is going to be epic with the F-15C and EF coming online. Cant wait.

Soon now... soon

just today, PoAF off Lisbon Airport. FYI this fleet is to be retired in coming years. A tender for replacement is underway.

BVR down to WVR. Cannot be treated in isolation when inserted in a context of a mission.

Hi gents, I have started to learn the F-16C this month of August, and play mainly A-A PvP multiplayer. From this perspective (and not from solo mission and campaigns) I have made the following threat ranking assessment based on how many times I have won and/or lost against each type of jet. 1 is best, higher numbers are worse: 1) F-16C 2) JF-17 3) FC F-15C 4) DCS F-15E 5) J-11A 6) F-14B 7) F/A-18C 8 ) FC Su-27 9) Mirage 2000 10) FC Mig-29S The viper out accelerates and out runs the hornet any day. Because of this it can climb higher and faster for longer range AIM-120 shots over the hornet in a big way. By the time merge is reached I feel that I have the initiative and more options how to end the fight in the viper. Many times I find F/A-18's flying high the PK for my shots is much higher than against other vipers and eagles. Also, the Viper can maintain cruise speeds @ angels 30K+ altitude without engaging the afterburner with 6 AIM120's and 2 bags unlike the with F-15c 8 MRAAMs and 2 bags. However the eagle still has a larger fuel fraction so it can travel or loiter longer in those conditions. In same conditions the hornet has more difficulty defending against BVR attacks. Most hornet drivers like to do low and slow ambush cap from behind terrain features but only a minority are consistently performing at that regime. More often than not the hornet hardly find chances to explore its superior turning ability (not sure if this is 100% realistic as I have ever known of both trading blows). The JF-17 is extremely menacing due to lethal PL-12's and the jammer pod which can operate at same time as the radar unlike the ALQ-184 on the viper (unless you reduce op mode to 1 which is weaker). The jeff is generally a slower jet than the F-16C and its dogfighting ability is similar to the hornet's. That's why is not nº1. However not many people are flying this jet. The other jets below just suffer from not being dominating in BVR enough, and because of that they cannot dictate the merge conditions preventing them from getting that many chances of exploring their stronger attributes. Summing up. The F-16C with that GE F110 engine is a BEAST. Rocket ship really. Loads of fun to fly and the unobstructed view from the cockpit is fantastic. In DCS, when datalink is available the F-16C comes out on top over the hornet as speed and acceleration matters more in PvP. However for some carrier ops might be the deciding factor. I personally prefer the flight experience in PvP, for this reason F16C it is my fav.

I don't think you will see the F-35 alot (I assume your speaking of multiplayer) unless both sides are using this same jet. Nobody likes to be deleted in midair with no warning and that would not attract many people. EF coming to DCS is not equipped with an AESA radar and therefore will most likely compare with DCS F-15C FF. It's not going to be invincible. That being said, yes redfor needs a more modern jet. Otherwise I only see Eurocanards VS teen F-X's servers in the future.

The meteor missiles are not yet delivered to India (as part of the Rafale deal with France). So they were not really prepared to face off F-16's and J-10C's. India is facing a problem of reliable BVR missiles not just for the Rafale but for the entire India AF jets (they have old unreliable R-77's which made scandals in India in the past). They have alot in the pipeline coming for years but not yet materialized (astra MKI & II, R-37, Meteor and others). Providing that each jet is decently equipped with proper missiles, then the JF-17 does not compare with Rafale but may be more comparable with Tejas.

neither, wait for the NVIDIA refresh (5070 super) or like mentioned above the 9060XT. VRAM is life.

lobies and backstage political drama was the criteria for selection of the aircraft:

this GPU is certainly capable of 4K, the only thing that could hold it back is the ammount of VRAM. Maybe when super variant comes around. NVIDIA realy likes to overcharging AND sandbag their products.