On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:28:04 +0200, "Nele_VII"
wrote:




-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Minyard
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military
Date: 14. September 2003. 17:51
Subject: Impact of Eurofighters in the Middle East


On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 22:31:02 +0100, "Paul J. Adam"
wrote:

In message , Passerby
writes
I hope that every country surrounding Israel will purchase full
complements
of
those EF2000. It will deplete their budgets and will render their
airforces
useless
without Israelis haveing to shoot a single antiaircraft missile.
According
to all reports
EF2000 is the most expensive heap of non-airworthy trash ever built.

No, it's cheaper and easier to maintain than the F/A-22. (Notice the
hasty redesignation? This aircraft can carry two 1000lb bombs, it's a
mighty attack platform! Never mind that the P-47 was doing the same in
1943... that's progress for you). If you _really_ want to cripple the
Arabs, sell them Raptors.

Whether either is 'trash' will be a matter for squadron service to
prove.

Well, it has the RCS of a steel barn door, with or without outboard
stores. And "cheaper" is generally not "better" when it comes to
weapon systems. The Raptor could eat the Eurobird for breakfast.

Al Minyard

I beg to differ. MiG-31 has a RCS of a two 18-wheelers but it doesn't stop
it to splash a
low level cruise missile from 150+ Km distance.

Nele

NULLA ROSA SINE SPINA


In a fight with a Raptor the Mig would be dead meat. It would never
even see the Raptor.

Al Minyard