Thank Captain Obvious, but may I tell you a secret : the Cold War is over.
So no need to use OTAN code names.

Example :
– Sukhoy Su-25 “Gratch”
– Mil Mi-24V “Krokodyl”
– …
So simple.

I knew that the Su-25 was called the “Gratch” meaning hook from a book I am currently reading, but any idea what the Su-27 is called?

The word Awesome doesn’t cover it!!

Certainly the Backfire has to be near the top of my list of favorite Russian planes.

What about Storm Shadow/SCALP?

WZ-2000 became China’s first unmanned combat aircraft 2014-1-10 10:06 Source: Guizhou Daily

the source is not wantchinatimes.com, but is Guizhou Daily

What range will the WZ-2000 have? Will it be like the Global Hawk or Predator/Reaper.

A bit dubious is the claim that the burning duration of its rocket motor is 100 sec. Either it’s a typo or we are looking at a true IIR guided long range AAM…

I would wait until we get proof about the true capability’s of this new missile, otherwise :eek::eek:

You can add CALF to that mix, the Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter. That was supposedly going to be the USAFs replacement program for the F-16. If they left the three exiting programs separate form one another don’t you all think think that the three separate fighters would have been in service by now?

It looks like a very big target hopefully it won’t flop and give bad press like its cousin that went down in Iran. Stealth is a cool but in a high level jamming environment with clutter and noise I still believe a manned aircraft is a more reliable asset.

I couldn’t agree with you more, give me a F-22A and F-35A/B/C over the RQ-180 any day of the week.