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Old November 10th 03, 10:22 PM
Ian Craig
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Paul J. Adam" wrote in message
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In message , Chad Irby
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"Paul J. Adam" wrote:
No, because it would be significantly less capable for not much less
money. The F-16 is a provably superb aircraft but its design is

thirty
years old and it's running out of growth room.

You should remember, though, that the Eurofighter's design is over
twenty years old.


As is the F-22 - is *that* obsolete?


The difference being that the F-22's hopes rest on BAE Systems ability to
**fix** the F-22's software post code creation, wheras the Eurofighter was
there's to write from day one.


Sorry - are you talking FCS software here?