The appearance of the export version of the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 will destroy the monopoly of the American F-35 Lightning II, writes Sohu. “Many countries that are at war with the United States will be able to purchase fifth-generation aircraft, and the Americans will have to think carefully before sending their troops there,” the […]
F-35 trained to fight with Russia
The fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II in live broadcast mode transmitted data to the US Army's integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) unified control system for air defense and missile defense, Defense Defense reports. According to the publication, the demonstration made it possible to verify the ability of the F-35 Lightning II […]
Disclosed is the method of Su-57 to avoid hitting F-22 and F-35
Active Phased Array Radar (AFAR) radar and engines provide the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 with combat advantages over the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II, as well as the Chinese J-20, TASS military observer Viktor Litovkin believes. The author recalls that the elements of the Su-57 AFAR radar are located in the front of […]
In the USA, they called the Su-57 an unsuccessful clone of F-22 and F-35
The fifth-generation Russian fighter Su-57 turned out to be an unsuccessful clone of the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II, for which, however, can be a serious danger, writes The Aviationist. “The plane is considered by many analysts as a kind of clone of the F-22 and F-35 with many shortcomings and does not […]
Turkey picked up three alternatives to the F-35
Turkey, instead of the fifth-generation American fighter F-35 Lightning II, can acquire the Russian Su-57, the Chinese J-31, or the newly created European NGF (Next Generation Fighter), writes Zvezda. The authors of the weekly believe that the purchase of fighter jets from Russia and China cannot be threatened by US sanctions, while buying aircraft from […]
In the US, suggested ways to "make friends" of the F-35 and S-400
There are several ways to allow the simultaneous use by Turkey of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) and fifth-generation American fighters F-35 Lightning II, Defense News writes. The publication cites the following options for continuing cooperation between Ankara and Washington: stopping the supply of aircraft to Turkey until all Russian specialists have trained the […]
F-35 modify
The internal weapons compartment of the Station 425 fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter will be modified, a source close to the JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) program told Aviation Week. The purpose of improving the weapons compartment is the possibility of placing inside it an anti-radar missile AARGM-ER (Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range), which differs from […]
The main problem F-35 solved with money
A solution to the main problem of operational unavailability of the fifth-generation American fighter F-35 Lightning II, which consists in peeling the radar absorbing coating on the lamp (transparent part of the cockpit) of the aircraft, was found. This was reported by Breaking Defense representative of the program JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) Brandy Schiff. According […]
In Russia, they rated F-22 and F-35
The Russian Su-57 is better than the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II meets the criteria of a fifth-generation fighter, says military expert at Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine Alexei Leonkov in Zvezda. In his publication, the author independently rated the aircraft listed on a five-point scale in terms of stealth, combat effectiveness, combat […]
F-35 in comparison with the Su-57 was "iPhone"
The fifth-generation American fighter F-35 Lightning II, in comparison with the Russian Su-57, is more "digital" than it resembles an iPhone, military expert Andrei Frolov writes in Izvestia. In his opinion, the F-35 Lightning II is "a kind of iPhone, which at any time can be a useless toy if you do not have a […]