Electric lasers would replace their chemical oxygen iodine counterparts.

Why? Because of their superior means of power supply.

I’d prefer the Silent Eagle over the Lightning II.

Reasons why:

1. Twin engines – Operation at long ranges with fewer A2A refuelings.
2. Two-seater – Two sets of brains, eyes and ears are four times better than one, and it aids in splitting the workload.
3. Higher T2W ratio – It boils down to better synchronization of energy-maneuverability.
4. RCS – It is approximately the same as that of an export model F-35.
5. Maximum growth potential – The Silent Eagle has reached the zenith of the Eagle family of air superiority fighters and fighter bombers.

This is dated and not representative anymore.

I know.

But still, the future Block 40 Raptor (IOC ca. 2011) will feature an advanced HMD (based on the F-35’s), advanced NCW (network-centric warfare avionics) and integration of ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance avionics).

F-22 Raptor Blocks

Captain Jammie Jamieson is the first female F-22 Raptor pilot.

3rd Wing
525th Fighter Squadron “Bulldogs”

F-22 Blk 30 AK 06-122

🙂 Jammie’s hubby must be so proud of her!

The long white thing is called PL-12/SD-10. AMRAAM look-alike with rumored Russian and Israeli elements.

China really must spend a ****load of money on all these toys! (And I don’t even want to think about all the spying going on). Looking at that picture alone, they compressed what takes 15 years in the West into one year or a little more. DSI, CFT, targeting pods, EW suite, the HUD also seems not too bad. Rapid progress. Like their cars, remember when the first showed up in this town it was a dangerous freak, but they are advancing their art even faster than the Koreans did.

That is just a mere conjectural image, an artist’s impression.

Ohhh come on … this CG/FAKe or what-ever You call it is about two yeras old, it has been posted much too often … and still some believe it’s real.

Besides that, the MRAAM’s are PL-12 as said and quite interesting, the model shown has some certain similarties to the recent J-10B.

Deino

Psychological fear? Anyone? Any “pilot” developing J-10 fear?

How does this payload configuration compares to western types like Mirage-2000-9, F-16 C/D block52+ (F-16 E/F block 60),Gripen JAS-39 NG etc?

Can four hard points under belly carry anything other then dumbombs and pods? I.e. can they carry BVRAAMs like Typhoons or some sort of PGMs like LS-1/FT-1/2 etc

Up to six pylons for ordnance or drop tanks under the wing, and maybe one centerline pylon for the drop tank.

Su-27 series aircraft with TVC and canard are redundant? All the Su-27 aircraft series needed is TVC.

The initial Su-35 aircraft concept was with canard and TVC but the latest Su-35 finalise design is do without canard but TVC….

What does it show?

Canard foreplanes are merely an aesthetic feature. FBW does the flying work.

It shows that any advantages that extra control surfaces and/or Thrust Vectoring provide can now be emulated by relaxed stability FBW.

Some time ago they modified the flight software to the TVC-less Su-35. At an airshow, the Su-35 emulated the maneuvers of the Thrust-Vectored Su-37 perfectly, without thrust vectoring.

That and they decided to remove the canards to improve its stealth signature. That being said, the canards are still offered as an export option.

Canard foreplanes do tend to increase the RCS, because the leading edges of the canards and the main wings are not exactly planform-aligned. Also, they act as radar reflectors.

Not sure, but it’s quite possible, since GD fielded F-16/AFTI which had DFC, in all 3 axis.

Anyway, as for Sukhois, it’s no wonder the carrier operating plane has canards. Different lift mechanics enables it to achieve lower stall speed than non-canard model. In g envelope terms, this translates as increase in g available at any given speed up to aerodynamic or structural limit.
So, the reason, why Sukhoi opted for noncanard version are the operational requirements for the model. If it’s scheduled to intercept, there’s no need for excessive drag and weight, posed by canard mechanism and the plane can receive more important avionics instead. I think a Su-27 family shows trend of moving towards a long range interceptor and that’s its natural habitat since it has been designed for that in the first place.

Cheers, Cola

But what about air superiority and dogfighting?

The winglets come in handy and can help your Flanker pull high-G maneuvers with comparative ease.

The Su-27/30/33/35 Flanker family of fighters was originally designed to be an air superiority fighter like the F-15C Eagle.

KC-777