Re: J-xx
Mig 1.44 is a technology demostrator. Russians has always been behind the US in avionics and that was when there was a massive military spending to fund R&D. What makes you think they can catch up with little funding. The tech gap between the US and Russia is widening every day.
China can't even build a plane comparable to the F-15, which the US put into service in the early 70's (30 years ago).
All this "my plane is better than your plane" talk is just silly and moot. The US never fights fair. Thanks to US force multipliers such as jamming (both radar and communications), stealth, AEW, and decoys, any pilots, whether flying one of the Super Flankers or not, has already lost before he even gets his landing gears up.
The US did a study of air combat and found out that most kills from the greatest aces (from the Red Baron to Vietnam) come when they achieve complete surprise from their opponent. That is, their enemy did not even know they were there until they fire. The F-22 is designed to exploit this. It can't be seen by radar and is both fast and agile, a deadly combination.
MIGleader said:so tell me what a mig 1.44 is? it has some decent avionics and radar too. dont judge the newer russian aircraft by their shitty precedents. im confident in russia's abilities to develop fourth generation aircraft, and the advnaced technologies (such as plasma) associated with them. a lack of $$$=no deployment
as of now, china isnt at f-22 level yet. but assistance from russia, ukraine, israel is certain to help it close the gap.
Mig 1.44 is a technology demostrator. Russians has always been behind the US in avionics and that was when there was a massive military spending to fund R&D. What makes you think they can catch up with little funding. The tech gap between the US and Russia is widening every day.
China can't even build a plane comparable to the F-15, which the US put into service in the early 70's (30 years ago).
All this "my plane is better than your plane" talk is just silly and moot. The US never fights fair. Thanks to US force multipliers such as jamming (both radar and communications), stealth, AEW, and decoys, any pilots, whether flying one of the Super Flankers or not, has already lost before he even gets his landing gears up.
The US did a study of air combat and found out that most kills from the greatest aces (from the Red Baron to Vietnam) come when they achieve complete surprise from their opponent. That is, their enemy did not even know they were there until they fire. The F-22 is designed to exploit this. It can't be seen by radar and is both fast and agile, a deadly combination.