On Sep 17, 7:25Â pm, true.blue.bl...@
gmail.com wrote:
> Airyx wrote:
>> On Sep 17, 9:01 am, true.blue.bl...@
gmail.com wrote:
>
>>> Is that a serious question?
>
>> Well, over the years, F-14s, F-15s, F-16s, and F-18's have all been
>> criticized for being over-priced and under effective relative to their
>> Russian counterparts.
>
>> Yet, they've racked up a A-A kill ratio of something like 150-1.
>
> You have two choices:
>
> Â - assess the aircraft based on its inherent capabilities and cost:
> the F35 is a dog, and the Su35 eats it for breakfast. We could buy 3
> Su35s for the price of 1 F35.
> OR
> Â - assess the aircraft based on some anecdotes about the uses that
> F14s, F15ss, F16s, and F18s were put to and the substandard airforces
> they came up against.
Welll you have to consider training and such too.
The Germans were considered the best trained Mig-29 pilots for
instance, because they had the training time and the western model as
well as the Mig fighter.
That said, what do you think the Russians will sell, and will it be in
their interest if they have other clients in the region? Will it have
an effect on their relations with them? One has to consider those
things. If Russia thinks selling their best jets would honk off China,
for instance, it hurts the chances there that they'll give you top of
the line stuff.
Weren't the Aussies considering Eurofighters? Also, if you have F/A-18
already, that's a decent plane.
> Please tell me which of the above should be part of our procurement
> process.
The stuff that would best help bring success in the event of the
unthinkable.
