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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
China, Russia, and India are all coming out with 5th generation fighters but it remains to be seen how good they actually are. China and Russia already have flying prototypes. The key is their LO technology and avionics will probably be behind even the F-35.
The interesting part is that the reason Russia and China are getting into the game because they want to get into the market for selling jets to non-western and developing countries that want to get on the stealth bandwagon. Chinese 5th gen fighters for example, could be 50% to 80% cheaper than American fighters. Then again, if they suck, even if you have two for every F-22, it might take 10 of them to be a match for it.
The USAF has conducted wargames between squadrons of F-22s against F-15s and F-16s and the F-22 kill ratio was 30:1.
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So that one pilot who got the kill is now being trained by viper and jester and being given his own f-22, right?