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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: AddinallAddinall Date: Sep 18, 2008 04:02
On Sep 18, 4:34Â pm, "Keith Willshaw" demon.co.uk> wrote:>>> 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.
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>>> Yet, they've racked up a A-A kill ratio of something like 150-1.
>>You have two choices:
>> - 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.
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> Lots of luck trying a STOVL landing on a baby flattop with an Su-35
That would be the HMAS Invisible? The same carrier our FA-18E fly
from?
Good luck getting an F-35 down onto a baby flat-top with one
or more Su-35s in the area. Scratch one baby plane and one
big grey ship.
Plenty of Su-27 derivatives can get on and off ships.
Mark Addinall.
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> Keith
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