Estimated frontal Radar Cross Section (really just estimates, actual figures tend to be classified as you can imagine): 1.2m² for the F-16, 0.8m² for Mirage 200

Estimated frontal Radar Cross Section (really just estimates, actual figures tend to be classified as you can imagine): 1.2m² for the F-16, 0.8m² for Mirage 2000 and Gripen C, 0.04m² for Rafale and Eurofighter (0.05m² with anti-air missiles), 0.002m² for the F-35, 0.0002m² for the F-22. [1] Using F-16 the baseline, Rafale is 30x smaller, F-35 is 600x smaller and F-22 is 6000x smaller. So there's a factor 10 in favor of the F-22 when compared to the F-35. On top of that F-22 is said to be more optimized in all directions, while for the F-35 the focus was more on the frontal RCS, so the F-22 overall average RCS is probably even better. Europeans will note that in terms of RCS, the 4.5 Gen moniker of Rafale/EF is well deserved: halfway between an F-16 and an F-35... [1] Figures gathered from this thread: http://www.air-defense.net/forum/topic/20630-rafale/page/2023/ http://www.air-defense.net/forum/topic/20630-rafale/page/202...