Paul J. Adam ha scritto:
while Typhoon at that point was "half as good" (the
JOUST modelling put its exchange rate against a 'son of Flanker' at 4.5
to 1, compared to 9:1 for F-22 in the same conditions - a gross
oversimplification of some careful work, but a handy headline number)

Whose imply that the # of the Raptor should be at least half that of #
of Typhoon of the major foreign (to US) airforce (or coalized airforce) ?

Anyway. even assuming that the major typhoon-equipped foreign airforces
clash with USAF, there are not few logistic problems to resolve prior of
starting the dogfighting

The key issue is that all these things, embargo, classified thingies,
lack of an export version, etc. has given the monopoly of the 5th
generation fighter a/c market to the... 4th generation and half Typhoon !

Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.