It's probably because it's almost two in the morning and I've had a few beers, but I was looking at my model of the Super Et and I got a crazy idea: it's already a strike fighter...I wonder if it would be possible to put a more powerful engine and some BVR missiles on it and have it fill the same niche for the French that the Tomcat filled for the USN: fleet defense and interception.
I know the French have an equivalent to the AMRAAM, and obviously the Super Etendard must be able to carry it. If it can carry two Exocets, the math of the weight says it could probably carry three or four.