just like we can blame the US for having mid 4.5 gen jets and will just have to wait until 5th gen to have a chance at reclaiming the title of air meta
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ok, but then comparing the F-15C to the Typhoon is more egregious than F-22 to Typhoon econmically, since F-15C unit cost as of 1998 is a little under $30 million, adjusted to 2025 that is $58-59 million. so Typhoon costs 64-67% more, using your $97 million unit cost
I still want the Boxer CTA40 I think that will be the end of the line light tank for the UK
F-15 advanced eagle series could compete decently against eurocanards
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and it makes sense Typhoon should have ASRAAM as it was already in service before the EFT was finish was was designed as the main IIR missile for the british EFT oh wait
it wasnt the IIR a2a missile update though was it?
Well… F-15EX’s entered service in 2024. So that means its contemporary is the Tranche 4 Typhoon with ASRAAM/IRIS-T, CAPTOR-E, METEOR and AMK.
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F-15SA exists and was what i was getting at, thats from 2013. i mean F-15EX is literally the absolute newest one too.
Then Tranche 3 Typhoons still with Meteors
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thats still a sweep for the EFT lol
could compete wont be great like how the tornado could compete vs F-16Cs
well assuming they arent adding new ARH theyll do just fine, even if they do itll be 120C on 120C
oh no if its meant to be 2013 we should have the weapons of that era ASRAAM and Meteors vs AIM-9X blk2 (worse) and AIM-120D (worse)
i said 2013 bc Morvran though advanced eagle series started with the F-15EX in 2024. and Meteor only flew on Typhoons in 2018.
afaik the F-15SA never tested 120D’s and idk if it used 9x blk2
I would put the advanced eagles as direct Eurofighter and Rafale contemporaries.
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So. F-15E performs well against the Typhoon arleady, but you need an even more powerful platform, with 12x AMRAAM?
The balance would be F-15SA with Aim-120Bs vs Typhoon with Aim-120C5s given the Typhoon carries half the number of AMRAAMs.
I mean if broachers can get certain russian things added then trenche 4 EFT should have the ability to carry 14 Meteors
This is true
F-15 CFT AMBER racks and quad AMRAAM racks are about as real as the dual R-77 racks lol. and since they gave dual R-77 to planes that never used them, i dont see why the extra racks could come to EFT and F-15
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oh how interesting and the AIM-120D wasnt finished until 2014 meaning both would have AIM-120C5s