That was the bomber gap. The missile gap existed. Check the number of deployed ICBMs over the years.

That too but the same crap with missiles was laid down.

“The missile gap was the term used in the United States for the perceived disparity between the number and power of the weapons in the U.S.S.R. and U.S. ballistic missile arsenals during the Cold War. The gap only existed in exaggerated estimates made by the Gaither Committee in 1957 and United States Air Force (USAF). In the early 1960s, the CIA provided figures that were much lower and gave the US a clear advantage. Like the bomber gap of only a few years earlier, it is believed that the “gap” was known to be illusionary from the start, and was being used solely as a political tool, another example of policy by press release.”

Senator James Inhofe mentioned in the article servers on the Senate Arms Services committee with another Senator named Saxby Chambliss. Guess where the F22 is produced? In Georgia…Senator Chambliss’s homes state.

I’ve always been intrigued by the Lightnings engine configuration. Stacking one engine above another was so unique. If that configuration was applied to different wing layouts how would it look? How would a Saab Draken look/perform with a Lightning style stacked engine arrangement? Could you still use the side air intakes? I think it would be a very interesting variation….

:rolleyes:

“This person” has FLOWN AGAINST & spent a considerable time conversing/debriefing with OPERATIONAL Indian Su-30MKI pilots! Hell, “this person” has probably FLOWN a Flanker himself (possible even one of the very Su-30MKI he flew against).

How about you enlighten us then…

You don’t understand…real world facts from people who have actually done this mean nothing compared to Internet forum opinions. This is why it has been proven beyond a doubt that bees can’t possibly fly.

Anyone else find it interesting about what was said about the SU-30 engines? It was not very flattering….

I’m very interested in the trade show…and the static displays. I expect we’ll stay in Paris but far enough away so that we can get a decent hotel.

Yes “Democracy” is basically the rule by majority (Not majority of what the citesens want, but what the “Elected Officials want”) so scince the form of Government that N.K. has is “Communist” or “Socialist” (if you prefer)
It’s a Democratic form of Government, based upon Communisim/Socialism.

So you agree with the way Chavez and Putin are changing their “Democracies”?

What does “almost shot down” mean? I believe that zero Blackbirds were actually shot down. How many Mig 25’s have been shot down? I believe it’s quite a bit more than zero…and if we add “almost shot down”…well that would be a lot more.

Just by logic tell me why the MiG-1.44 has so many aerodynamic controls? a simple look at it will show it that it has more aerodynamic controls than even the Eurofighter

from this view it is apparent even the ventral fins are hinged and are control surfaces

This other view shows you even more control surfaces, it has an type of elevon not seen in other jet fighter ( between the engine and vertical fin there is a type of elevon) and remember the J-10 is more or less very similar to this jet, why do you think it has so much aerodynamic controls even when it uses thrust vectoring?

I can assure you the J-10 is a very agile fighter, by aerodynamic basis and by simple empirical analogies with the MiG 144 or Eurofighter.

Your speculation can not even prove the tailess Mirage 2000 can be better than the Eurofighter or Rafale, of course you are afraid to say the obvious that the LCA is not match for the Eurofighter, Rafale and Gripen your reasoning leaves no explanation to why the french abandoned the tailess configuration seen on the Mirage 2000 and used the canard-delta configuration on the Rafale.

Now compare the J-10 with the MiG-1.44

So the aircraft with the most cotrol surfaces is best? Wow, I hope the Mig-1.44 never runs into a Fokker Triplane or Sopwith Camel.