We’ve had this discussion a few months ago. The radar on the Su-27SM is probably just an mid-life upgrade of the original to the NOO1 and retaining the very same antenna.

As for the Russians only allowing the Russian military to possess the most advanced versions – the most advanced version of the MiG-29 serves with the Indian Navy, the most advanced Su-30 in the Indian and Malaysian AF.

You’ll probably get some circular logic telling you why that can’t be, since the RuAF “obviously” has the superior versions.
I suspect that not only do the Indians have the better versions, but their pilots are likely far better on average too.

i presume the Typhoon will be able to launch at the F35 with ASRAAM and Meteor, and that the combined performance of Typhoon’s Helmet, agility and weaponry do not lead to an F35 victory.

In a 1 vs 1 fight, the F-35 would have the first shot advantage over a Typhoon. A Rafale/MICA IR would have better odds.

However, i don’t fly the things, and i am only offering my opinion based on what i have read. The AIM9X was a cop out that was rapidly developed once the US fell out of the ASRAAM though. It doesn’t mean you don’t have something better in development but its not as capable as ASRAAM (and ASRAAM isn’t even the best dogfighting missile out there).

There’s nothing about the -9X that’s a cop out. It’s a more agile missile than the ASRAAM. The ASRAAM has a longer range, but the overlap between the AMRAAM, makes up for the nominal advantages.

Well assuming the target survived the AMRAAM, and both planes are WVR, the -9X compare very favorably, as it is the more agile of the 2 missiles. If the Typhoon can stay outside the- 9X’s range, and no AMRAAMs are available, then the ASRAAM has some advantages in range. It all comes down to philosophies and tactics. Of course the stealthier plane will have an easier time getting to(or avoiding) the merge.

You mean where most combat occurred 30-60 years ago i take it ?
rest assured no modern fighter, F-22 included, will default to subsonic.

At BVR the F-35 will fight supersonically, and at the merge all fighters will fight subsonically once they start having to maneuver.

Hmm, so you say that they accidentally designed the thing worse than it could be? Like have calculated the ideal angle for stealth being 46deg but applied 50deg just to make it less stealthy? 🙂

Regarding the price, well, it most likely won’t be cheaper. If you compare the latest figures, then the price difference between them is hardly worth the one engine that is missing plus slight effect of the economy in scale – if the planned procurement figures are realistic, at all..

It’s not a matter of detuning something, as building the best thing you can at a certain pricepoint. The shape isn’t the only thing involved.

I cannot resist a grin when I see how conveniently the author of the article recategorized the F-22 into “super-stealth” category just to be able to claim the F-35 as “also-stealth”. 😉

Boy, LM would do whatever it takes just to make the F-35 look good. You even need to make it longer, with greater wingspan, bigger tail, two engines and you got the F-22.. 🙂 Using the same logic you get an F-15 from Alpha Jet 🙂

My question is simple: if most fans claim that Russia or Europe can’t make a fighter as good as the F-22 because they lack knowledge and experience, then how come the LM is unable to design the F-35 more stealthy than the F-22? They got superior computing power than before, more experience than before, more advanced stealth techniques than before, more evolved coatings than before – but less steathy design in the end…

Because the F-35 had to be cheaper and exportable. The F-35 has always been stealthy, so I don’t even know why we’re having a discussion about that.

Nonsense. Tor was not even operational, or around the area when the strike was performed.

Not operational in Syria, or not operational in general? If you’re saying the latter, you may want to recheck when the IOC date was vs when the attack was.

You may want to use google which will, bring up such articles as” Why the Syrian air defenses didn’t detect the Israelis,” from Aviation Week(author David Fulghum). It wasn’t SA-2-SA-6, that were jammed/hacked. It was new state of the art Russian radars, and likely Tor M1 SAMs.