gregg wrote:

That 8 to one ratio was not against planes of equal capability. You cannot
count on the bad guys having planes only as capable as the F-15/F-16.

Well, at the present time, you can count on them flying something inferior to
the F-15/F-16. Given the economic situation in Russia, it doesn't look like
Sukhoi or MiG is going to be changing that anytime soon.

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