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janak19771977 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
that too but the main thing was that it is a eu project where each country wants to make as much money out of it as posibble ....besides when did the eu do anything cheap and logical
otester (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Development/Production is far more expensive in Europe.
janak19771977 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
well i think we can bouth agree on the fact that eurofighter is overpriced
otester (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Actually I just had a look at the Su-35 price and I though it was around the same as the Su-30MK, guess I was wrong, turns out it isn't as good value, probably a Su-30MKX then is better.
janak19771977 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
and i think that the french rafaelle is pretty hot too
janak19771977 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
sory i thought you mean something else...my badbesides if you do not like the su 35 you couls always invest a bit in to the mig 1.44 project not to mention that the mig 35 is not that bad either.
otester (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Su-27 family has an RCS well over 10m2.Eurofighter was specially designed to have ~0.1m2.With use of RAM the RuAF reduced the RCS of a MiG-21 by 50%, so technically (with additional cost) this could be done for any plane in the RuAF inventory.
janak19771977 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
iam sure the rcs will be lover that those of eurofighter. not tu mention that i bet su-35 is more agile and like all rusian planes it can land on a dirt srip(often overlooked fact)and does not need tarmac like all western planes
otester (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Agreed, the Su-35 is a cheap alternative, good radar, R-77's with up coming R-77M1, although quite high RCS, still good for cheapness.
janak19771977 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what about rafaele? grippen? su 35? i agree f22 is the best at the moment but eurofighter is just like anny other eu project overblown and ovepriced. for the money it cost there are other efective planes available | 
