Vitesse,
Thank you for your link; I really enjoyed reading the article. There was a lot of scuttlebutt after Cope India 04 and, I think, a lot of misunderstanding. It very much suited the press and the IAF to highlight the stats such as 9:1 kill ratio in their favour and a 90% "success" rate. What they didn't tell you was the nature of the set up for the exercise.
It was nothing much to do with the lack of AESA radar in the F-15, it was a lot more to do with the fact that 15s were given no BVR weapons capability and the engagements were largely in the order of 6v18. That's what they signed up to.
Now, I have to say that they also underestimated the IAF capability (it wasn't only MiG21) and the IAF's tactics were both good and adaptive. But the outcomes have to be viewed with the criteria in mind.
Courtney