The question was about the best equipment, and in it’s class F-35 is (so far) the best, considering the price. I’m sure everyone and their grandma would want 100M worth of cheap anti-drone tech too but a contract’s a contract, and they get cool planes out of it. Planes that will get a shitload of upgrades in the near future, wingman uavs for example.

I can forget about stealth capabilities for a sec, but Migs, really? Enjoy your 6 mig29++++ ever built and wooden mockups of fifth gen planes.

edit: also why would they want rafales if they don’t have carriers and they’d never carry nukes?

With F-35’s costs, is it really the best equipment?

Name another stealth jet that you can buy right now in significant numbers.

Oh I know where this is from…