Went over some of the points in this post on Rafale thread:
Pakistan is a special case. which is what allow you to do not to enter its airspace to strike it. But look at a map, most of your targets were very close to the border and even the Rafale with its medium-range armament could have dealt with them without any problem, and I think that was the...
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Another thing that we need to note is the fact that PAF has had considerable exposure to the Rafale & it's technologies, vulnerabilities & shortcomings, through Qatar. Hands-on exposure.
Goes to what I've been saying since a very long time, further investment in the platform (beyond the +36 that we're probably gonna buy anyway to justify the economics of the 2016 deal) would be quite foolish.