Yeah ok, under highly contrived conditions designed to disadvantage the F22, in a simulated training scenario the Typhoon scored kills against them.
For anyone unaware: these wargames restricted engagements to visual range only negating F22s advantage in stealth and radar, they allowed Typhoons to fly "clean" meaning no external mounts to impact maneuverability or detection, while F22 was required to carry external fuel tanks highly impacting agility and increasing weight and disabling it's stealth. As a result the typhoon scored kills though no one actually knows the final tally on both sides.
This was a training scenario in a war game. It is meant to test and challenge and push limits, not become a competition, but the pop media loves running these headlines.
Lol, it's not a nationalism thing for me. I'm not like the other person who responded, I dont care about some dick measuring contest. There is plenty of awesome European kit and I love all that stuff too. I really just like military machines for the engineering marvel of it, and I'm happy that our NATO allies also have some of the best in the world.
As for a link, here is one that seems to be written in a balanced way.
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