The rafale is a meme aircraft. Our brass didn't want to go near it (just like the f35) but our cuckservatives (like a significant part of the greek ruling class) are completely obsessed with the sewer pretending to be a European country, France, so we got saddled with a few.
Same thing happened here in the 80s with the mirage 2000 we bought as haute couture that turned out to not be able to use its radar at night.

RT: https://poa.st/objects/04359488-dcb8-4898-989d-9582039235e1