"phil hunt" wrote in message
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:37:30 +0100, Keith Willshaw
wrote:

Given that air superiority is obviously a good idea, which aircraft
supplies the most air superiority capability per money spent? The
F-22 (assuming the USA would sell it)? The F-35? The Typhoon?
Something else?

That depends on the mission, for Australia today an F-15 variant
would probably be the best alternative, Typhoon is a little short
on range though that could be an option with a decent tanker
force.

According to _The Illustrated Directory of Fighters_ by Mike Spick,
Typhoon has a range of 1852 km and F-15 1191 km.


As I said it depends on the mission

The figures for Typhoon I have are

a.. ground attack, lo-lo-lo : 601 km
a.. ground attack, hi-lo-hi : 1389 km
a.. air defence with 3hr CAP : 185 km
a.. air defence with 10-min loiter : 1389 km

Boieng claim the F-15K has an unrefuelled combat radius
in excess of 1800 km on a deep strike mission

In the air defence with 3 hr CAP they claim a range of 500 km

Keith