orca,
My own opinion is that to be classed as swing role in today's environment (the warfighting one, not the 'I love/ hate aeroplane X unconditionally' one)you need a fox three (well...four or so..)
Four x AMRAAM
Litening III
and a GPS guided weapon.
Six x Enhanced Paveway 2. Picture follows, minus the AAMs...
Typhoon must be a swing role aeroplane (I disagree)
Errmm, you specified your "swing role" shopping list, and Typhoon has all the elements already... so why do you disagree?!
for the ability to swing into the COIN role that one needs the gun as well.
Got that too.
Very soon this will need to be augmented by either an LO platform or a SEAD/DEAD weapon as well
Well, it's got neither of those (yet) but as the bold bit indicates, you don't think they matter at the moment! I'd say your argument was well and truly unpicked there.
Seeb, Bastion and KAF as Typhoon shapes in roundel colours...(Off topic but that annoys the hell out of me, and I can't think it overwhelms our heroic SH and hard working AT fleets either)
Probably annoys the GR4 guys too - but we're both assuming anyone out there can be bothered to read the rag in the first place!