t-50
[CW: It's getting redundant, but a second UPI article about fifth-generation fighters by Heritage Foundation Russia expert Ariel Cohen gets hammered. This is a comment in response to Russia bets on new Sukhoi fighter to match F-35]
skip_the_bias (user comment): Is it just me, or is this article biased in favor of the U.S.? Consider the statement, "U.S.-based simulations and tests suggest that the stealth-enabled fifth-generation F-22 and F-35 can defeat any current aircraft," including the T-50? What are the sources for making this claim, what exactly is the nature of these so-called simulations/tests, and what good are those simulations when the T-50 prototype is still in the process of being built and its true capabilities are unknown? As for the "Raptorsky" moniker, if the T-50 is based on the Su-47 and MiG-1.42/1.44 technology demonstrators, which are clearly NOT copies of the F-22, then the T-50 can hardly be considered a copy of the F-22 Raptor, and the moniker is misplaced (although it sure sounds good for short-sighted pro-Western propaganda.)
[CW: To quote a German general, "We have severely underestimated the Russians... This is the revenge of reality"]
skip_the_bias (user comment): Is it just me, or is this article biased in favor of the U.S.? Consider the statement, "U.S.-based simulations and tests suggest that the stealth-enabled fifth-generation F-22 and F-35 can defeat any current aircraft," including the T-50? What are the sources for making this claim, what exactly is the nature of these so-called simulations/tests, and what good are those simulations when the T-50 prototype is still in the process of being built and its true capabilities are unknown? As for the "Raptorsky" moniker, if the T-50 is based on the Su-47 and MiG-1.42/1.44 technology demonstrators, which are clearly NOT copies of the F-22, then the T-50 can hardly be considered a copy of the F-22 Raptor, and the moniker is misplaced (although it sure sounds good for short-sighted pro-Western propaganda.)
[CW: To quote a German general, "We have severely underestimated the Russians... This is the revenge of reality"]
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1.17.2009.
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