How Close did Tu95s get during/after Cold War?

[eagl]

A German instructor here at Sheppard AFB told me that a full-up eurofighter costs more than an F-22.  It's like $150 mil each, or something silly like that.  Crazy.  A new-build F-15E with an AESA radar and the big engines will do everything a eurofighter can do at half the cost, except of course the close-in dogfight.  Not sure turning up it's own butt is worth $70 mil a copy though.  For that price, you could get both an F-15E and an F-16 to fly close-in BFM escort

[Nilsen]

That can not be correct Eagl. They cost an arm and a leg, but the offer been given to Norway is for 48 fighters of the next "version" with all the support, parts and whatever is the same as the JSF. As far as i know, the JSF is alot cheaper than the F22. The Gripen is by far the cheapest, and the N version beeing offered to us (next version with better radar, engines, range and whatnot will get us more than 48 fighters for the same cost.

[Boroda]

Originally posted by WilldCrd
Its been said that in any engagement of conventional forces that tactical nukes would be used. Both sides consider this still a viable option as the yeild is less than a strategic thermonuclear party favor.

Unfortunately, Russian military doctrine doesn't mean using conventional forces in case of massive aggression. Since 1992 it's a full-scale thermonuclear strike against the aggressor. We simply can't maintain our conventional forces at the necessary level, mostly because of the treaties we signed and the West doesn't follow.

It's sad. So it goes. It's what the West wanted.