r/europe • u/Interesting-Cat7307 Egypt • 19h ago

News France Launches Development of Its Own 6th-Generation Fighter and ‘Super Rafale’

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/france-launches-development-of-its-own-6th-generation-fighter-and-super-rafale/
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u/let_me_atom 19h ago edited 38m ago

Does France have access to sufficiently advanced stealth technology for a true 6th gen fighter?

Edit: The downvotes are funny. The French are so tetchy, it was a genuine question 😂.

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u/NoName-Cheval03 18h ago

Stealth fighter are not the definition of the 6th gen, they are just a type of fighters, good for some missions and unfit for other because stealth comes with massive compromises and limitations.

You can totally build a 6th gen fighter without advanced stealth abilities because you want, for exemple, maximise the payload.

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u/PallasCavour 18h ago

Yeah and you won't be able to complete with any other 6th Gen Fighting Jet from the US or China but you can call anything 6th Gen if you want.

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u/NoName-Cheval03 17h ago

You can't compete only if you can't update your radar + dogfight is only one of the use case of a fighter jet.