Thanks, BEags! RG, understood.
In truth, it's an academic question. Visual combat against a Typhoon can only happen if you can get close to it in the first place (or set it up). The whole point is for the fighter to make the Hawks into scrap metal way before they even know he's there.
Of course, it's still important for Typhoon pilots to practice this sort of thing; it's a good handling/capacity exercise, but (more important) enormous fun.
the Typhoon needs to stop picking on the little kids
A kill's a kill.
Courtney