Ist der Eurofighter Typhoon wirklich besser als die F-35?

Video from the channel APT Militär TV about Eurofighter Typhoon, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 8:30. Language: German. Video type: Documentary.

A comparison between the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, presented as two approaches to the modern fighter jet: performance and agility versus stealth and sensor fusion.

According to the video, the Typhoon, developed by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo, is a twin-engine multirole fighter with a delta wing and canards that entered service in 2003. It was born for air superiority and later gained a ground-attack capability. The Tranche 4 version features the Captor-E radar and is powered by two EJ200 engines. The F-35 comes from the Joint Strike Fighter programme, has three variants (A, B and C) and relies on fusing data from its own sensors and those of other platforms. The narrator mentions the Typhoon's combat experience over Libya and Syria.

The video credits the Typhoon with Mach 2 against the F-35's Mach 1.6, an operational range of about 1,850 km against 2,200, and a weapons load of 16,500 pounds against 18,000. The Typhoon would make up for this with the Storm Shadow cruise missile, with a range of over 500 km, the Meteor air-to-air missile and the Praetorian electronic-warfare system, while the F-35 relies on its low radar signature and internal weapons bays. It puts the Typhoon's price at around $110 million and the F-35A's at from around $100 million, with higher maintenance costs. It counts over 1,000 F-35s delivered and more than 500 Typhoons in service, and concludes that the choice depends on the mission and the budget.