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[JG53Frankyboy]

one can wonder if such super 'fighters' are still needed in the conflicts nowadays.
These high manouverable superpower monsters are mostly flying straight and releasing smart weapons.......

A much cheaper plane, even with a turboprop (like the Pilatus or Tucano planes), could be equipted with such a weapon avionic.

This super dogfight ability.....well, cost a lot. If it will ever bee needed, questionable. So every penny put in such hardware might be a waste of money !
But sure, its easier to make a Groundattacker out of a Fighter than otherwise round

The German Luftwaffe wants now all (~140) of its Eurofighters equipted as dual role. in a few years it will be its only combat jet aircraft.

And the future might most propably be even more than today in UAVs. Imagine a modern combatflightsim in 100 years


and btw, im wondering who will make it in India, the Rafale or the Typhoon !
Not that India could do something better with that money............