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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

So? What do you want, a new multi-role jet every 5 years? It was designed with longevity in mind. The F-18 is 25 years old, yet you don't hear a lot of people complaining about it (and let's not even look at the F-15 or F-16..).

We have F18. It's save to assume they are the best maintained F18 on the planet.
Yet, we still have only 50% availability.

has less stealth capabilities than an F-22 maybe, but it has a good stealth level.

For the this price and 2011?

is it? Compared to what exactly? Last time I checked an F-22 price tag it didn't come cheaper than an EF.

The F22 is not available for Export, the way it looks right now they end production next year.
Given the fact they don't sell it, there's no need to discuss it.

Yeah, too bad that thrust vectoring doesn't really serve much of a purpose, other than doing fancy manouvres at an airshow..

But outturnig a spit is an achievement?
I guess future Typhoon upgrades include the ability to outrun Mig 21s.

your conclusion is somehow despicable. And for the record, the US lost several "stealth" jets, most notably an F-117 over Serbia..

I only know of the F117 lost in combat.
Then again, it was shot down by an elite AAA unit.
It actually only proves the existence of the golden shot, nothing more, nothing less.

for once Switzerland could be good and give back some of the money they robbed over the last 100 years, so let's hope they buy them yes.

Actually I hope we buy the Grippen.
You get 2 of them for each eurofighter, double availability.
They are cheap to operate and idiotproof
Not EU
Not USA

In case we have to wait a few years maybe we should evaluate the Pak-Fa too, although they could be a bit oversized for this tiny country.

BTT:
What money? Stole from whom? Since 1911?