"John Cook" wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:21:14 -0600, Scott Ferrin
wrote:

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The mistake you and many others keep making is that you keep trying to
compare apples to oranges. The F-22 is in a league of it's own. It's
a Ferrari in a world of Mustangs and Cameros. Sure, a Camero *might*
equal a Ferrari on one specific point (though admittedly I can't think
of one except maybe weight) but the whole package together is an
entirely different deal. Your Eurofighter isn't a stealth aircraft.
Your Eurofighter doesn't compare in the sensor department.

The Eurofighters IRST is much better than the Raptors, its has a wider
range of missile countermeasures, just a couple of areas where the
Raptor 'Comes up short'.

It other words the Eurofighter was located before the opposition launched a
missile to destroy it. That means the Eurofighter pilot is left with nothing
but the faint hope that the weapon about to destroy his plane will succumb
to the limited number of countermeasures his plane is equipped with due to
budget constraints at the MoD.