Mav3rick
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How did they Fly? There is a lot of stuff on the subject in the newspapers and magazines about this airplane. There's a great video on youtube, where somebody shows the F-22 flying its demo, and the Su-30MK, side by side, and he does the exact same demonstration, as the F-22. And an airshow, then can do the same demonstration. The reality is, that's about as close as the airplanes ever get. When you compare it with US airplanes; where does it stand up against the F-16 and F-15, it's a tad bit better than we are. And that's pretty impressive, it has better radar, more thrust, vectored thrust, longer ranged weapons, so it's pretty impressive. The Sukhoi is a tad bit better (holds arm at chest level, and the other arm signifying the Sukhoi a wee bit higher). But now compare with the F-22 Raptor, the raptor is here. (holds palm way above his head - signifying that the aircraft is much better).
Red Flag 2008-4 : Lecture by USAF Col. Terrence Fornof
Su-30MKI has the edge even vs the F16/F15 (subject to the block)
I have also seen/read interviews of USAF pilots that flew against the F-22 and they said that they could get into position to shoot it down but the problem is that their radar cannot lock on to the F-22. That's not the case with MKI, radars will be able to lock on to the MKI from as far as 100+ km. So selective maneuvers that copy the F-22 may look fancy but how effective they would be in actual combat is yet to be seen.
[OFF TOPIC] By the way, I am being totally off topic but I personally think that in 20 years or so air wars may be fought exclusively by drones, they can perform maneuvers that would break a human body apart, they can be smaller and stealthier and they all do not even need to carry radars as the missiles can be guided by multiple AWACS (to defend the air space). They would cost a lot less and they can be sacrificed against a target, etc. [/BACK ON TOPIC]