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National Interest: The One Fighter Plane America's Military Doesn't Want to Fight
The maneuverability of the Su-35 makes it an unsurpassed dogfighter. However, future aerial clashes using the latest missiles (R-77s, Meteors, AIM-120s) could potentially take place over enormous ranges, while even short-range combat may involve all-aspect missiles like the AIM-9X and R-74 that don’t require pointing the aircraft at the target. Nonetheless, the Su-35’s speed (which contributes to a missile’s velocity) and large load-carrying abilities mean it can hold its own in beyond-visual-range combat. Meanwhile, the Flanker-E’s agility and electronic countermeasures may help it evade opposing missiles.
The more serious issue, though, is that we don’t know how effective stealth technology will be against a high-tech opponent. An F-35 stealth fighter that gets in a short-range duel with a Flanker-E will be in big trouble—but how good a chance does the faster, more-maneuverable Russian fighter have of detecting that F-35 and getting close to it in the first place?
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5 comments:
No it doesn't, its another version of the SU-27, F-22 would smoke it.
Ha ha, always hating the Russians. I have noticed you never comment on any other posts here. I think you secretly envy them
@Anonymous
He cries about WNE being pro-Russian all the time, and then he goes and does the exact same thing that he's accusing the WNE of being.
Do not hate the Russians, I am a huge fan of their space program and I like their people. Feel sorry for them because they have never had a government that has given a damn for them.
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