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Originally Posted by Raellus
That's pretty much exactly what I wrote. Not sure where the disagreement is.
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I disagree the Raptor has the edge. My interpretation of the available data is that only in the event of the raptor achieving an early, surprise kill does the raptor have an advantage.
In a situation where the SU-50 has warning of the kill shot advanced countermeasures combined with the, superior, Russian thrust vectoring will give the SU-50 an above average to good cance of avoiding a kill. After that it goes to an old fashioned dogfight and I think the SU-50 will have the edge.
Allot of Western advantage is in long range, kill shots from surprise and the east is rapidly developing the technologies to reduce this element of surprise. I think it's a dangerous weakness that the west has in relying too much on stealth and a surprise kill.