Maybe the US budget is so high because they pay 100k for a bag of bolts
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And not like, you know, the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the economical shock therapy of the 90s did not happen
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su-57 is a multirole fighter, the f-35 is a multirole fighter, the f-22 is an air superiority fighter, air defense fighter is not a classification used nowadays because it can be misleading.
and i don’t know why you care about the role of the f-35 in this sense, as a multirole fighter it can do cap or cas regardless
so my question is, what is your point? and why did you ignore the eurofighter pirate irst also using IIR and the ability to track 500 targets at once.
and why did you link me a random russian article about the lrasm on the f-35 lmao
regardless heres your counterpart https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/su57-fighter-cruise-missiles-externally
su-35 being called an “air defense fighter” is also propaganda, clearly being used offensively.
- You do not know the full-time Russian aviation organization, the latest version of which came into effect in 2015 (nevertheless, you have added some kind of propaganda here)… 11-я гвардейская армия военно-воздушных сил и противовоздушной обороны — Википедия
- You do not know which regiments are primarily receiving the Su-27SM/Su-30/Su-35/Su-57…
a. For example, the 23rd IAP (the first to receive the Su-27SM/Su-35S/Su-57), located at the Dzemgi airfield near Komsomolsk-on-Amur,carries out air defense of the industrial area from Khabarovsk to Nikolaev-on-Amur and air defense of the Vostochny cosmodrome…
b.22 IAP (the second received the Su-27SM / Su-35S carries out air defense in the area of the Vladivostok naval base and industrial areas of Southern Primorye, including the factory where the Ka-52 is made… 22-й гвардейский истребительный авиационный полк (Россия) — Википедия
Вечерние полеты 22-го истребительного авиационного полка на аэродроме Центральная Угловая
3.Any fighter has long been able to use weapons against ground targets, including the Su-15TM …
For the F-22, it was planned to The F-22B strike and reconnaissance modification is being produced, however, the F-22A can also use JDAM and SDB…
- All Russian fighters have been focused on the export market since the early 1990s, so they adapt to multi-purpose tasks…
- In the Russian Air Force/VKS, they usually have a different specification…For example, the Su-30 was created as a long-range barging air defense fighter, and it performs this main role in the Russian VKS…
6.In 2023/2024, the Su-35S/Su-30SM were used against ground targets once in August 2024 during a breakthrough into the Kursk region…
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There are a lot of so-called assistants from NATO countries on the other side of the front about the F-35 and so on, they are well aware of the real situation (even if the media starts saying the opposite), hence, as I have already written, the rethinking of the combat use of fighters, including the 5th generation … F-15E и F-15EX получат на вооружение ракеты AGM-158C LRASM
1.Using the example of Russian airline_for the F-35/Rafale/Typhoon ALS_ is only interested in information, the detection range IN THE FRONT HEMISPHERE AND A SNAPSHOT OF THE GENERATED IMAGE FOR THE PILOT!..
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This simulation is very strange, the Su-35 cannot have an RCS lower than the F-16
I think the graph might be averaging out the RCS over all all possible aspect angles, since there is no mapping for it.
Also as it’s not specific as to what variant / configuration of F-16 is modeled.
It might be reasonable to assume that it is presenting the worst case, which may include the Conformal Tanks, which provide additional, massive fairly flat surfaces from particular angles which could bump the average return significantly.
Though it is somewhat questionable as to what features would be responsible for the significant increase in the 2.5~5Ghz [6~12cm] range
This TV vision
For the purity of the simulation, need to use the MiG-21
Because we have known data for the expected values?
It’s like that in the original…
Spoiler
Doesn’t that look more like an Su-57?
For the MiG-21, it is equal to 3m^2 for the frontal projection.
You read this idiot less.
In the photo, the Su-57
that’s definitely a su-57
You can recognize it by the thing (fuel tank ?) that sticks out between the 2 engines and the levcons in the front
I have already written above and provided a link to the original…You don’t have the original photo!
The original looks like this, see the link!..
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This is irrelevant to this topic , but for educational purposes, people need to stop making meaningless comparisons. The U.S. defense budget cannot be directly compared to that of Russia or China due to fundamental differences in economic structure.
For instance, most U.S. defense companies rely on private contractors, whereas Russian defense companies are primarily state-owned. Additionally, labor costs, resource costs, and procurement methods vary significantly between these countries.
Russia, with a defense budget of $48–56 billion, has developed hypersonic missiles and IRBMs capabilities the U.S. has struggled to achieve despite its $800+ billion budget. A useful analogy is that $10 might buy you a pumpkin in the U.S., while the same amount could get you a full bag of groceries in Russia. At some point, you have to recognize that these comparisons simply don’t add up.
I know its irrelevant to the topic I was giving some context to the comment above of course it I heavily oversimplified the point but as you it’s irrelevant to topic
You can’t buy a full package for $10 in Russia. To compare budgets. Russian prices should be multiplied by 25 to correlate to purchasing power parity