Dude, Indian air-force has severe issues with SU-57 like it's stealth capabilities and avionics.
India was never even given the PAK-FA for evaluation and you cannot know the full capabilities of an aircraft just by manufacturers claims. India still spend years eveuating aircraft in the MRCA tender (they complained about all of them) so I don’t expect them to know squat about the PAK-Fa especially when they haven’t participated in the program and were denied vital TOT.
But go on
Those are the areas that I see it not matching up to where the US and even China are with their stealth fighters.
Again no one cares for your opinions. Whatever the PAK-FAs RCS is, it’s good enough for the Russian Air Force. The PAK-FA is also built around a different set of requirements then aircraft like the F-35, the PAK-FA was designed to launch cruise missile from hundreds of kilometers away. This means that the aircraft has a better chance of staying undetected and thus its survivability increase because it is less likely to be picked up by radar or targeted by missiles if it is able to operate further from the threat.
Yes, SU-57 has better engines than J-20 but this will change when the WS-15 gets put in.
More empty fanboy claims. You don’t even know anything about the future SU-57 engine or the WS-15.
Mind telling people the difference between:
Time between overhauling (TBO)?
Specific fuel consumption?
Dry weight?
Bypass rations?
Dry thrust?
Wet thrust?
Unit cost?
Life time cost?
IR signatures?
You couldn’t answer any of the obove questions so how do you get off by making baseless claims?
"leap in aircraft design" from Su-27 series maybe but this does not matter as he does not know how good the F-22/J-20 and F-35 are in comparison.
He was a squadron commander at one point and now a chief test pilot. His job is to know the capabilities of enemy aircraft. Russia has breached US defense contractors in the past and has had paid informants in the US military in the past to give away vital secrets. Russia has studied all those aircraft and has gather some information on them. It’s safe to assume that Bogdan knows more about those aircraft then the average person.
Can you also name one other “stealth” aircraft that has a combination of 290km range internal cruise missiles, additional side lobe radars, 3D thrust vectoring engines and about 74,000-80,000lbs thrust? None of those features are present in any of the other aircraft you mentioned yet the SU-57 is “failed” and inferior. The point is that the SU-57 is unique and built for Russia’s needs, it has features not found on other aircraft and can in many ways match or surpass the performance of almost any aircraft.
The real question is can Russia compete with the US/EU and China going forward in cutting-edge military technology? [/QUOTE]
Russia has already produced dozens of new military platforms. No one in Europe or China has been able to keep up with all the new platforms and technology Russia has produce. No one in Europe, nor China has any equivalent to the T-14 or Evanguard, no T-15 equivalents, or Borei equivalence. Russia is already building unmanned nuclear drone submarines and nuclear powered cruise missiles, new bombers, howitzers, drones, and land vehicles are in development. For every new piece of equipment that came out of Europe or China I can show you 2-3 peice of equipment that Russia made.
It probably cannot as it lacks both human and financial resources compared to the others.
Russia has spent hundreds of billions on new weapons purchases. Europe hasn’t. Most European countries have delapitated and under funded militaries and most funds go towards maintaining existing equipment. The most advanced Britain submarine was easily detected in Syria by Russian forces which prevented it from firing its missiles. US electronics warfare aircraft are often jammed and disabled over Syria.
No amount of ranting and claiming non-Russians do not have a clue will change things
You are the one that rants and makes baseless claims.
