sammuel
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Well s-400 threaten f-35 so hence turkey get sanctioned.
It seams Su-35 also threaten patriot so Egypt also get sanctioned if proceed with the deal.
I wonder why US seems so threatened with these old Russian designs .
There is also an the issue you get a lot of intelligence if you do air to air combat with different planes.
In the 60th , Israel managed to get a Mig21 , that was than considered the top Soviet fighter. The information from real air training duels with this Mig21 changed the whole air combat tactics.
It was discovered that the Mig21 was excellent at maneuvers at low speed but was slow to turn in high speed. Israeli pilots where instructed to engage them at high speed.
you can read about it here :
Munir Redfa's MiG-21, the subject of Operation Diamond, at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Diamond