“And all the illusions of amateurs about the existence of ‘invisible’ jets will face a disappointing reality,” [Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson] Konashenkov added.”
Do you believe everything that RT and public relations men tell you? The lowest trackable RCS figure I’ve seen so far in an official Russian document is 0.05 sq m. And that is way above stealth levels of RCS. The S-300 and -400 are the sort of threat that the F-22 designers would have taken into account.
As I previously indicated to you in various threads that your knowledge is always outdated and does not even undersand context. SAMs are continuously upgraded. Export brochures are highly unreliable source for domestic versions.
according to his interview from Sukhoi desinger in 2002 the PAK-FA design goals were RCS no greater than .01 sqm. so these are the starting point for SAMs development from the 90s.
The T-50 flew early 2010. with in the six months of the interview target date.
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?2253-Zhuhai-interview-of-SU-27-chief-designer
http://military.china.com/zh_cn/important/64/20021105/11357795.html
According to the interview, just to summarize things a bit,
1. Russian fifth generation project will not have an RCS greater than 0.01meter. It will equip with two engines.
1. Will invite India and China to do future fighter development work.
2. 7 years to develop fifth generation fighter
with current rate of platforms, missiles, sensors, space development Russia should be able to impose Monroe doctorine on Middleast and extending into EU. that Istanbul speech is starting point.
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