Meriv9 wrote: ↑19 Dec 2022, 18:29 Please state whom are your possible UK regional Aggressors vs Italian possible aggressors
EDIT: You realize that the distance between London and Saint Petersburg is shorter than the distance between Rome and Suez channel just to choose a strategic point of interest...
And how can you be sure of Algeria/Egypt (with F-15, Rafales, etc.. etc..) /Turkey (Mass of F-16 and local produced future crafts) airforces performances be inferior of the stellar track record of the VKS in Ukraine?
Just to name some.
Hi Mirev9,
Hmm, well with putting too fine a point on it, Russia and China, the UK has responsibility for policing a 'huge' area of national and NATO Airspace, Italy does not....
Russian aircraft are encountered almost daily and should ( god forbid) the new cold war turn hot, the UK would be at the very tip of the spear alongside Norway fighting over the North East Atlantic.
The UK has defence responsibilities in the Pacific area too, possibly engaging the Chinese in the future,as part of a coalition, technological superiority will be pivotal in facing down a far larger Chinese force.
Let's narrow down likely conflict areas that Italy might be part of, it won't be Turkey....
Let's say a Cold War gone hot, then it would be Russian aircraft, possibly based in the middle East.
The most capable of which is the Su35. The F35 should win every time with a long range missile shot..
The Su35 looks like an apartment block coming over the horizon on radar, while the F35 won't even be picked up until it's far too late to react by the Su35.
In reality the Su35 probably wouldn't even pick up the F35, only the warning as an AMRAAM is already on route.....
By all accounts Su35 avionics examined in the West ( thanks to helpful and grateful Ukrainians) have apparently proven to be no where near as capable as originally feared.
The Su35 is simply outclassed, it's only hope would be surviving to close the fight to within visual range, and the incredible situational awareness the F35 has, thanks to his extensive suite of avionics, would simply not allow this to happen.
He's not going to able to sneak up without the F35 tracking him every step of the way and presenting him with a missile for his trouble.
The flanker driver will be hanging from his parachute harness and wondering what the hell hit him every time.