Zukhorskiy?!

Zhukovsky? 😉

No PAK-FA display at MAKS > http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2011/05/f-15e-somehow-steals-moscow-ai.html 😡

F-15E the highlight? I’d expect people to be far more interested to see something ridiculous from the Su-35.

I’d second that. While no one knows how much RCS reduction the Su-35S received, it’s probably reasonable to assume that the F-35 is way stealthier than the Su. Unless the Flanker has some ridiculously powerful radar or jammer, in most engagement conditions, the F-35 will the first shot. Just my observation

Get the first shot and let the Flanker find it immediately on RWR/ESM?

The only reason you would need anything stealthy over there is to do things you shouldn’t be doing…

The Mig-35 would be a good contender to keep schmucks like Saakashvilli away…

What a surprise – the late 1980’s and 1990’s jet beat the 1970’s designs…

The US should have sold the F-22 and Russia the Mig 1.42 😎

Why the heck are you guys calling this thing the Black Eagle anyway?

Being black does not cut it for this name 😎

More Mi-24Vs have been lost to Taliban ground fire in Afghanistan in the last 10 years, compared to Apache losses. The Polish AF have lost 3 HINDs altogether in Afghanistan to all causes, compared to 10 AH-64 losses. The greatest negative effect to Mi-24 survivability is probably its 12.7 mm rotary gun, which forces the Mi-24V to get in close to the enemy (and the enemys’ return fire). I think the Americans made the same mistake with the 7.62 mm minigun on its Cobras during the Vietnam war.
Stand-off attack ability is probably the method of surviving light ground fire – All gunships need a minimum of 20 mm gun, along with the necessary targeting and aiming equipment.

For the USSR it was the Stinger difference, in case you forget.

If the Talibs got Iglas or Stingers, Coalition rotorcraft are big time screwed.

So multiple versions of Klub?

What’s the rumor on Akulas being able to use Klubs?