However, in the mid-1980s France decided to divide the program and create a separate fighter for its own needs.
The Dassault Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon are quite similar, not least because they began development as one aircraft. Its signature characteristic is the thrust-vectoring engine nozzles, which can turn in any direction, making the aircraft extremely maneuverable, so much so that it does not even require canards, a feature that became a staple on earlier Su-30 and Su-35 variants. It features the latest electronics systems to be produced by Russia, as well as numerous improvements to the fuselage. But the Su-35S could be considered the ultimate version of them all.
