Only contest to the F-22 is the F-35. Nothing Russia has to offer even today could hope to compete with the F-22, or much of what USA has produced for that matter.
Only seems that way in WT because it is after all, a game.
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This particular opinion happens to be wrong
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F-22 = King of the skies
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I don’t have any interest in entertaining any kind of " Nuh-uh " from you because I already know you have zero access to any of the still classified information about the Raptor or even the Ivan garbage known as the Su-57.
You can disagree all you like, but I frankly could not care less.
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Really bro? Even the F-22 can defeat the F-35
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I said contest. Contesting and defeating are two different terms. F-35’s largest drawback is that it’s intended as a multitool whilst the F-22 was solely an air superiority behemoth.
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The F-22 Raptor could defeat 5x F-15 Strike Eagles
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Why do people always compare F22 and su-57 they are not on the same level. The F22 is dedicated air superiority fighter while the su-57 is multirole fighter Don’t get me wrong su-57 isn’t some great aircraft however a lot of the flak that it gets it’s mainly because of the prototype versions that were used for testing
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Plus it’s a difference in doctrine a lot of Soviet\Russian Fighters were designed to fight inside of their air defense protection zone. And you can see that in the design of the su-57. Russia could have made better stealth fighter but you can see that a lot of the design choices were made on the expense of stealth, for an example in close quarters su-57 has an IRST and it also has a laser protection system against infrared missiles.
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It might be an even fight if perhaps the Su-57 could even detect the F-22. Emphasis on might.
Look here I’m not designer I don’t know much about stealth There is a difference between detecting and having a lock There is a high possibility that su-57 and other Russian Fighters can indeed detect the F22 at some meaningful Ranges but probably not fire on it
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I wonder why they don’t bother making those fasteners flush. I guess as long as it meets the RCS requirements.
It’d quite literally be this but F-22 vs Su-57.
It’s not even a contest.
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For example during the NATO bombing of Serbia Serbia was tracking stealth bombers such as a f117 from 40 km away but it couldn’t engage until it got close to a 12km away
To keep it simple in air combat F 22 is superior there is no doubt about it.However in everything else besides air combat the su-57 is superior
Su 57 is built as a close in dogfighter, it is not, nor does it claim to be, a stealth fighter. F22 is built to kill a jet from 100 miles away before it even knows theres a missile in the air. If you start the two at a mile away from eachother the felon might have a chance but thats purely hypothetical. Remember, 4 Raptors beat 12 Eagles in red flag exercises so the raptor is no slouch at dogfighting either
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I like that dispite all the discourse in WTs forums and communities everyone that isn’t a Vatnik, no matter nationality or faction they play, agree that modern American jets absolutely hammer everyone else
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I mean yeah nobody has as big as a budget as America for designing the aircraft so of course there is going to be inferiority
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USA hasn’t outspent the entire planet’s GDP for well over half a century just to be average.
No, the nation did it to be the indisputable best. At everything.
Unfortunately it’s just not represented in the game. At all. At the same time, if it was nobody would want to play any other nation - Especially not any pissant warsaw pact nation. Then the game would be boring and dead in the water for all intents and purposes.
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What do you mean it’s not represented in the war Thunder?