December 14, 2003 at 7:08 pm
I am not trying to compare the EF2000 and the F-35 but a lot of people seem to think here that the F-35 will be twice as cheaper than the Typhoon and be superior.
But people here forget a few things.
-Typhoon and F-35 are in a different class. First Typhoon is a primarily Air superiority plane with secondary A2G role, more on the multirole side while the F-35 is more of a strike aircraft with secondary A2A role.
-If you think the F-35 will be twice as cheaper then you really are stupid because it’s costs are rising and a 5th generation advanced airplane like the F-35 cannot cost less than 60mil, but the price is still unclear, I mean the conventional version costing 28mil is really laughable because it would cost less than the damn generaiton behind F-15. I just dont believe it, but to estimate the cost of the F-35 which is still a decade away is laughable. Cost is very debatable but we still dont know the real cost of the F-35