News And Analysis On The Russian Sukhoi PAK-FA/T-50 Fighter

Assessing The Sukhoi PAK-FA -- Air Power Australia

The emergence of the Russian Sukhoi PAK-FA marks the end of the United States' quarter century long monopoly on the design of Very Low Observable (VLO) or stealth aircraft1.

The capabilities of the PAK-FA make a clear statement defining the Russian view of Within-Visual-Range (WVR) and Beyond-Visual-Range (BVR) air combat, which diverges fundamentally from contemporary Western thinking. The Russian paradigm is clearly centred on the idea that BVR and WVR combat are much alike, insofar as during the engagement endgame the fighter under attack is within tracking range of the weapon fire control system and where possible the weapon or fire control element should be defeated kinematically. The principal observed difference between WVR and BVR combat in the Russian model, is that the latter relies more heavily on long range sensors and their ability to defeat low observability measures, or active countermeasures.

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More News On The Russian Sukhoi PAK-FA/T-50

Russian Raptor Killer is a "Game Changer" -- Weekly Standard
Sukhoi PAK FA: Technical Analysis -- Defpro
PAK-FA analysis and high level advice point to JSF crisis -- Plane Talking
Russian jet adds to Joint Strike Fighter already-on-the-nose dilemma -- Crickey
Sukhoi's T-50 Ready To Fight with USA's F-22 Raptor -- Pravda
Russia's T-50 Shows New Face and Human Intelligence -- Pravda
F-22 Outmatched??? -- F-16.net
Overstatement of PAK-FA capabilities? -- F-16.net
Russian 5th-Gen fighter makes second flight -- domain-b
Russian 5th-generation fighter makes 2nd flight -- Defpro
T-50 Paint Job -- Ares/Aviation Week
Russia, India to sign 5th-generation fighter deal in March -- RIA Novosti
Russia’s New T-50 Super-fighter Wannabe -- Human Events