ORAC -After having a quick scan through that blog article my spidey senses are screaming Top Trumps, a copy of Jane's 'All The World's Aircraft' and a combat flight sim game of some sort are his primary reference material.
Some selected gems include,
"Wikipedia puts flyaway cost at 90 million....."
An in-line reference to Wikipedia. Sweet Jesus, how to destroy any academic credibility in one simple swipe.
"Typhoon has larger radar, but that doesn’t matter because noone sane is going to use radar in air-to-air combat anyway...."
Yeah I'm sure he is right, they're just more convenient to install than a big lump of concrete.
