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Originally Posted by nthfinity
the Eurofighter is inferior to the SU 27, and misc. us fighters... especially the F22  |
Based on many Canadian and Austalian Defense reports, thus objective on the question: The Eurofighter Typhoon is superior to the Sukhoi family Su-27 (Su-30MK,Su-33), F-16, F-18 and even the F-15 in BVR combat. This is for this reason the USA focus their effort now by acquiring 5th generation fighter like F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II and future stealth fighter UCAV.
About dogfighting, the Typhoon is better to (F-16 block 50,F/A-18 and SuperHornet ,F-15 E/F and Strike Eagle) and the Su-27 (Su-30MK and Su-33).
No jet fighter specialists know actually if the Eurofighter is better in dogfighting and BVR than the Su-35 and the new Mig-35 aka (Mig 29K/M). When India wil buy these kind of planes and put them in 1:1 combat situation vs UK Eurofighter Typhoon inside a "Indradhanush operation" we will probably know.
No question about it, the F-22 is superior than all 4 and 4.5 generation Jet fighters in all air-combat situations.