And the proof behind this claim is….

The very fact that MiG 29 and Su 27/30 users still buys the R 27 :diablo: In fact, even in the latest Su 35 brochure issued by Sukhoi, the medium-range missile advertized is the R 27 😀

…Arent you forgetting something?

What ??????????The MiG 31 is, in your opinion equal with the F 22 ????????????

Your silly commentary is mindboggling. What is more amusing is the manner in which you put it whilst calling others “kids”.

The “kid” is for saying that the R 33 is active 😉

…The first active radar homing air to air missiles were also big and heavy, yeah i am talking about the AIM-54 and R-33, however with the arrival of the AIM-120 and new radars, multi target engagement technology has been increasing the number of targets that can be engaged simultaneously…

Kid, do your homework first; the R 33 is semi-active…

If the Russian AA-10s were really all that crap, neither the PLAAF or the IAF would have purchased thousands of those rounds. They obviously did live fire trials, checked them out, liked what they saw and purchased them.

The PLAAF and the IAF purchased thousands of the semi-active R 27 for a very simple reason: the much praised active R 77 is a little piece of crap…

I understand your admiration for the F-16, as it had a great past. However it has no future, as all developments on the platform has stopped long ago.

Could you name a fighter equivalent to the F 16 blk. 60?

Under the best of conditions the F-15 will jam the MiG-29 radar, will launch the AIM-120 and the semi active radar missile will do the rest, leaving the F-15 plenty of time to leave from the battlefield.

The AIM 120 is active not semi active…

In the NG broschure (http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/ASD/brochures/airborne/AWACS.pdf) the range of original AWACs is “over 400km” (page 3 of 12), while thanks to the upgrade (page 5 of 12) the range is “twice the range of the original AWACS”, so over 800 km (probably limmited to high altitude targets by earth curvature)

Anyway, it is obvious that people like Dranio only think in narrow perspective. What is the best in short-term for Poland and the rest of the Europe be screwed. And if it means spending the assets in USA while shamelessly harvesting the funds from EU programmes, then so be it.

At least two countries that received piles of EU money also operate F 16s: Greece and Portugal. Yet no one accused them to “shamelessly harvesting the funds from EU programmes” while “spending the assets in USA”.

At the end of the day, why to buy expensive European equipment when you can buy cheaper from US?

Poor F-15 Pilots………….one day your flying one of the premier Air Superiority Fighters and the next day your just fodder!;)

The F 15 flying along the raptor is an E model … so the F15 pilots where still flying the best fighter-bomber around…