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Originally Posted by hello
AFAIK, the Typhoon should win this. It supposedly has a much lower RCS, supercruise( with air-to-air loadout ), equal radars, and longer-ranged missiles( Meteor+AMRAAM combo ). The delta-canard should provide good maneuverability, but not as good as the Su 30's TVC.
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Hold on to your hat pal, you are thinking way out in the future, do the current RAF EF2000T1/f2s carry the Aim120 C5, last i read it was still with the Amraam B. The MKI as of now is equipped with the R77 and r27ER both of which have much better ranges than the amraam b.
As far as supercruise goes I don't know how its going to help against an aircraft with phenomenal fuel stores (and therefore amazing endurance).
As far as equal radars go, I seriously doubt a slotted array of about 700mm is going to equate with a PESA thats a meter wide with tremendous power outputs. Hell the most optimistic detection ranges quoted for an f4 sized target (8sqm?) for the Captor are ~ 180km; the Bars mk1 OTOH is supposed to get a 3sqm @ 200 km+ and the current MKI uses Bars mk3.
As far as the future goes, by the time the Ef2000 carries an AESA (~ 2012), the MKI will carry either a 2000 module AESA or the IRBIS (detection for 3sqm = 350-400 km), ultra long ranged KS172, and probly the new R77 (ver.180) with a range of ~ 200 km.
Overall, I doubt the Typhoon's going to get the better of the MKI, BVR or WVR either today or tomorrow.
USS.