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Originally Posted by Jimmy
Iraq is the best example of it, yeah. But export models of pretty much all Russian/Soviet equipment was often neutered, for the same reason we do it. The Russian equipment wasnt so far from par for most countries using FSU gear. In fact prior to the Gulf War, Iraq's military was held in fairly high regard, despite getting trounced by Iran.
Libya, Egypt, SE Asia...none of these guys were getting Russia's top equipment.
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Viet Nam did get the latest MiG-21's and a few other pieces of equipment. Remember, Viet Nam was a 'combat laboratory' for the FSU, this was a great place to test their equipment against the latest equipment America was producing.
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Originally Posted by Deltacamelately
Why the debate? The Raptor is the world's sole 5th Gen Machine...technologically no fighter as of now is closeby.
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The Typhoon is definitely a 5th generation aircraft.
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Originally Posted by Deltacamelately
Just wait and watch for some remote action between Raptors and other legacy fighters to unfold.
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The Raptor chews up everything that flies. In exercises a single Raptor went against five F-15C's, in another exercise went up against four F-16's and defeated them all and none of the opposing pilots ever saw the F-22! Another exercise three F-16C's with simulated HOB missiles and HMDS went against one F-22A in a WVR engagement. The third F-16 and the F-22A fired their missiles simultaneously, thus all four aircraft died. A reason many advocates want the F-22A to have HMDS. If the F-22 had a HMDS it would have killed all three with no problem.
Adrian