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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
When you consider that over the last fifty years or so, many of the worlds conflicts haven't really involved East vs West technology (Iraq being one exception to the general rule), and with many of the worlds more unstable and warlike nations/regions fielding essentially the same equipment as each other....
It seems unreasonable to assume Russian built planes will need to go up against Western airframes. A more reasonable approach may be to compare the sale price - a $2 million plane is much more likely to see combat against a similar value, unless the poorer force does something REALLY STUPID and pisses off a wealthier country (or one with a higher amount of it's GDP spent on the military).
Even if similar technology is pitted against each other, the quality of the pilot will have a LOT to do with the outcome. A novice in the seat of the most advanced machine conceived by man is almost guaranteed to loose against a highly trained pilot in a machine 30 years old.
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Vietnam War
Six Day War
Indo-Pakistani War
Yom Kippur War
Iran-Iraq War
Bekaa Valley
All proxy wars perphaps regarding US/Western vs Soviet technology, but still a lot of combat between East and Western technology.