The Register: Raptor and Eurofighter go head to head - by Lewis Page

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Raptor and Eurofighter go head to head - by Lewis Page

The two planes are the last of the Cold War superfighters, built to fight the sky-blackening late-80s fleet of the Soviet Voyska PVO*. Both the Raptor and Eurofighter were designed to win control of the skies from planes like the Su-27 and Mig-29, the last generation of Commie planes.But to people outside the aviation biz, both planes seem fairly irrelevant to the modern world. Not to mention expensive: each operational Raptor will have cost US taxpayers perhaps euro 200m once the planned production run finishes. The price per Eurofighter which actually flies operationally in the RAF will probably be about the same, if current rumours of cost increases on the final batch are true.But the Raptor and the Eurofighter are here anyway.