On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:40:37 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" wrote:

You've been telling me about all of this stuff that the Eurofighter
supposedly does as well or better than the Raptor, and you obviously
haven't even done the basic background work.

Before you try and debate the differences between these planes, you need
to go out, read up on the Raptor, find out how stealth works, and get
back to us. Look at photographs of the plane, find out some of the
specs, and stop expecting me to dig it all out and quote it for you.

Seems you've been missing the point throughout this whole debate. No
one, including Paul, has claimed that Typhoon is equal to or better
than F-22 on a plane to plane basis.

The claim is that on a fleet wide basis the same amount of money's
worth of Typhoons will make a greater contribution against expected
threats than Raptors. Obviously this will not be equal numbers as the
Raptor (as a weapon system) is significantly more expensive than
Typhoon.

Your obsession with stealth is ignoring many other operational
aspects.

Alex Walton
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