In message , Alan Minyard
writes
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:30:53 +0100, "Paul J. Adam"
wrote:
You mean before or after the redesign to eliminate just that hotspot?

What "redesign"? (not being sarky here, I would really like to know
:-))

Early 1990s. Some say it was a panic reaction to Desert Storm and "we
gotta be stealthier", others that it was a wise move taking advantage of
German delay to significantly reduce the RCS, truth probably in the
middle.

Why? Are we expecting to fight F-22s?

No, that would be suicidal. But you will need at least five Typhoons
to equal one F-22.

On what measure?

Trouble is, both seriously outclass current and projected threats - but
for a given budget, you're a lot more likely to have Typhoons available
to throw at the threat: means more Red raids intercepted, and more
offensive sorties generated.


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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

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