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2010-02-17 Science & Technology

Is Russia's raptor killer a game changer?

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Posted by Frozen Al 2010-02-17 12:47|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Sure it is... but it's NO match for the new UFO I designed (with help from my pal Bigfoot.)

Posted by Free Radical 2010-02-17 14:17|| 2010-02-17 14:17|| Front Page Top

#2 It quotes a study by Australian Air Power, which has been of the long-standing opinion that the F-35 is grossly inferior to the Mig-15 but might be able to eke out a 1:3 kill ratio against against the ME-109.

I doubt the F-35 is as good as Lockheed says but I doubt even the F-15 (much less the F-35) is as bad as they say if equipped with a modern AESA radar.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-02-17 14:25|| 2010-02-17 14:25|| Front Page Top

#3 How is a prototype aircraft, years away from service, with inferior electronics, stealth, engines and weapons a "raptor killer" ?

Posted by john frum 2010-02-17 14:29|| 2010-02-17 14:29|| Front Page Top

#4 How is a prototype aircraft, years away from service, with inferior electronics, stealth, engines and weapons a "raptor killer" ?

Wide mouth nacelles.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-17 14:47|| 2010-02-17 14:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Game changer, maybe, f-22 raptor killer, I doubt it!

Posted by Shineng Ebbolush2214 2010-02-17 14:51|| 2010-02-17 14:51|| Front Page Top

#6 It doesn't matter IMO. By the time it comes out, drones should be the name of the game.

Posted by gorb 2010-02-17 15:11|| 2010-02-17 15:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Russia has always been one for big an early claims. Besides that a fighter is only as good as the pilots and their training so if Russia decides to sell these things they better also sell Russian pilots to go with them.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-02-17 17:13|| 2010-02-17 17:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Not a chance that plane will ever be built.

Posted by rammer 2010-02-17 21:00|| 2010-02-17 21:00|| Front Page Top

#9 It might be built if it's a joint venture between India and Russia.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-02-17 21:26|| 2010-02-17 21:26|| Front Page Top

#10 like that Excellent Russian Adventure© they've been on with the carrier?

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-17 21:35|| 2010-02-17 21:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Exactly. The plane doesn't really exist. Yes, there is an airframe, and yes there is some marketing fluff, but no it will not meet its hyped performance specs. Ever. And no one will pay for it.

It's another Buran. (http://englishrussia.com/?p=361)

Posted by rammer 2010-02-17 23:28|| 2010-02-17 23:28|| Front Page Top

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