11-08-2009, 23:07
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סביר להניח שמטוסי הקרב בעשור הבא יהיו עדיפים על הסופה. הטייפון למשל עדיף עליו כבר עכשייו להלן צוטוט המויקיפדיה המצטטת בתורה גנרל אמריקאי:
The Typhoon's combat performance, compared to the new F-22 Raptor and the upcoming F-35 Lightning II[96] fighters being developed in the United States and the Dassault Rafale developed in France, has been the subject of much discussion.
In 2004, United States Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. Jumper said after flying the Eurofighter:
“I have flown all the air force jets. None was as good as the Eurofighter.[97]”
In March 2005, Jumper, then the only person to have flown both the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Raptor, talked to Air Force Print News about these two aircraft . He said,
“The Eurofighter is both agile and sophisticated, but is still difficult to compare to the F/A-22 Raptor. They are different kinds of airplanes to start with; it's like asking us to compare a NASCAR car with a Formula One car. They are both exciting in different ways, but they are designed for different levels of performance.[98]”
Further, "The Eurofighter is certainly, as far as smoothness of controls and the ability to pull (and sustain high g forces), very impressive," he said. "That is what it was designed to do, especially the version I flew, with the avionics, the color moving map displays, etc. — all absolutely top notch. The maneuverability of the airplane in close-in combat was also very impressive."[98][99]
The Typhoon is capable of supersonic cruise without using afterburners. This is referred to as "supercruise". According to the official German Luftwaffe and Austrian Eurofighter website, the maximum speed possible without reheat is between Mach 1.2 and Mach 1.5.[100][101][102] Air Forces Monthly gives a maximum supercruise speed of Mach 1.1 for the RAF FGR4 multirole version.[103
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