"World's first uav gravity measurement system debuts in Airshow China"
2024 Zhuhai Airshow main thread, Air Systems
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It's a complex story without easy answers. If designers ignore national weaknesses, the typical result usually is a failed project.
When they accept them and do smart workarounds - results can be very good.
Russian electronics aren't exactly world beaters, but as a rule of thumb they're solidly within the pack. Wealthier nations will do better, not so wealthy ones won't (Even when they hide behind the common west monicker).
But it isn't just technology - system design matters a lot. Good concept outweighs tech level.
When Soviet concept design was behind - it was a disaster (mig-23m v f-15a). When concept was advanced and bold enough - flanker happened.
Su-57 is a controversial, but a very bold and standalone concept. We'll see.
You can hardly compare both aircraft. The F-15 was designed as a counter to the MiG-25. While the Flanker was designed as a counter to the F-15.
The MiG-23M was a much cheaper single engine aircraft. It got a poor reputation due to doing bad in the Middle East with Syria using it against Israel where it proved not to be much better than the MiG-21. But the thing is those were export models which did not initially have the latest radar or Apex missiles.
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The same bunch of idiots that thought 红色基因 commonly seen on slogans means China is genecrafting Astartes...
Best manueverability assumes combat speeds, which Chinese and American aircraft are optimized for. Hence the exclusion of TVC on the latest productions.
Looking at how dominant Mig-31 has been among non 5th gens, even Russia should have to reluctantly agree with this assessment.
Based on what the public knows at least, I would not doubt that the J-20 is the most dominant in 1vs1 air combat, owing to its acceleration, high AoA and leading avionics. It may not be the most produced aircraft or the best at ground attack however.
The bolded part is really the most important, and I'm not sure how that actually supports what you've written.
The idea that non-Russian competitors and rivals do not show the full extent of their maneuverability, stability, and controllability (your usual air show performance features), is very reasonable, and "in terms of what has been demonstrated" at air shows, it is indeed true that Russian aircraft are "ahead" in the sense that a greater extent tend to be shown.
It is not necessarily a remark about the actual performance of the aircraft, but rather about what is shown at air shows, and that seems a highly reasonable remark.
I think this is more of an "official tone". His identity and status require him to stand with his country.