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  • And the rafale is better. It sells better, too, exports better, has better dogfighting capabilities, etc…

    And once again, not only does Europe need to have aircraft carriers – it’s probably cheaper than to build airstrips on every single rock out there and station maintenance facilities on them all, but it’s needed to export the planes. India has aircraft carriers and bought rafales, and with rising tensions in the pacific and Indian oceans, there is a lot of money to be made here.

    Even the US need to export planes to pay for their jet costs, why should we hamstrung ourselves ?

    And also, why should we rely on the US to free up the bab el-mandeb strait ? Have you seen how the US reacted to that ? I’m done licking facist balls, let’s build 10 European aircraft carriers, and I don’t give a flying fuck who rides them.





  • The rafale has a navalisable variant and is quite affordable and capable, compared to many offerings, including american ones.

    Even if you ignore both the operating and the in-construction French airplane carriers, it’s an interesting export selling point. Lots of people in the pacific and the Indian oceans have airplane carriers or might end up wanting one.

    What’s even the point of a common next-gen fighter jet if you compromise on such a core feature on development costs grounds alone ?