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Originally Posted by Bowman
The Rafale carries many more AAMs, is faster, has a higher power/weight ratio and is more maneuverable..
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According to the references I've seen the Raf M can carry AMMRAM on 5 hardpoints.
SuperHornets can carry them on 8. 4 of those will handle pairs.
To me thats a possible 5 AMRAAMs for Rafale and a possible 12 for SH. Not that that would happen in real life.
Raf can carry 10 Micas if they tandem the center pylon. Still less that the 12 for SH.
Short range missiles.
Raf can carry 6 short range missiles.
SH can carry Sidewinders on 8 hardpoints. The 4 inboard hardpoints can handle pairs. For a possible 12.
What info do you have that is different?
Rafs are so good that they couldn't even get the Libyans' to buy them.
We can do paper comps all day long, but in the real world SH has won out. People with way more experence and knowledge than us have spoken. And their countries fly Super Hornets.
Even the French Navy wanted to fly F-18s. If Dassault were not a government operated manufacturer, (the French government owned 45% of its shares until 1998) I'll bet the French Navy would be operating SHs right now instead of waiting for all but the 12-15 Rafs they have now.