Jacko dear boy,
Your analysis based on the evidence you present and state is flawless. I salute you, Sir.
Your point about the EF development requirement is well made. I wonder who was responsible for fielding Tornado F-3, when it's known and expected opponent, at the time, was the MiG-29? Presumably we have learn't from that mistake.
I am of course sorry to discover that General Yeager and Eric Brown were wrong in their belief that the 109G was a more agile aircraft than the P-51D. I will now treat all my sources and interviewees with increased suspicion.
Finding my case disproven, I will, proceed on the basis, that it is agile fighters that define air superiority.
Of course if any one else has an opinion......
edited to produce a more agreeable/less confrontational tone. Nothing more unsightly than two rivet counters swinging handbags.
[ 18 August 2001: Message edited by: Low and Slow ]