I am puzzled why people are calling others trolls for pointing out the issues with the Kuznetsov’s engines. The high pressure boilers are defective. Russia stated this years ago, and has looked into replacing them with gas turbines (one proposal). The Kuznetsov has engine problems, the Liaoning has had engine problems. That’s not trolling, it’s the truth. And the Kuznetsov DID just come out of refit so stating that is also true (not the planned major engine refit due next year, but still).
The current Russian state did not even make the engines, no reason to get defensive.

So Turkey treats all Kurds as terrorists, western media, silent.

? It’s all over the news, US DoD even sent out tweets asking Turkey to cease attacks. Turkey isn’t going to listen, they see all Kurds as extention of PKK/YPG. U.S. Turkey relations are not exactly on a high note since the Coup attempt and purge.

Carter is due in Turkey next week, countries at odds over Turkish strikes against YPG in Syria and Turkish participation in Mosul operation.

KBG, draw lines on scematics all you want. Means nothing. Your idea that an exposed compressor face does not compromise RCS was B.S. from the start. Trying to compare the YF-23 prototype with lower RCS (compared to the production F-22) was also B.S. We don’t know what the penultimate F-23’s RCS would have been compared to the RCS model as the model did not have an engine.

Your making things up to cover some inferiority fear for the Pak-fa which, frankly, may not even be a problem. The YF-23 and the Pak-fa may have some compressor exposed at certain angles. In the case of the YF-23, the production version may have hid the face better. In the case of the Pak-fa, Sukhoi may have a blocker or different solution (or none at all because testing revealed it was only a minor issue at certain angles).

Does not change the fact you make up a bunch of crap, for no reason other than your very shallow understanding of LO shaping, for an issue that most likely does not exist. Let those who actually have intelligent things to say on the pak-fa post without having to read your stupid comments on the YF-23, Pak-fa and s-duct.

P.S-wasn’t it embarrassing enough when you tried to sell area ruling on the underside as an s-duct? Apparently not.

P.S.S.- when drawing your line on the schematic, it didn’t occur to you to look at the topside view as well? The F-23 engine duct bent up and in (so your line wouldn’t have been possible).

KGB is going to keep repeating this without understanding that the YF-22 and YF-23 were technology demonstrators. They had external vents, pitots, untreated canopy. RCS testing used full scale models not the flying demonstrators. In other words, the Shaping of the YF-23 was better than the YF-22. Not the freaking flying models with engines fitted. Second the F-23 EMD as shown above had significant changes from the width and shape of nacelle to position of duct and weapons bays. The YF-22 was not the F-22 either (there were sigificant changes to everything from vertical stabs to wing sweep and shape)

So in summary, the YF-23 did not have a lower RCS than the F-22. The YF-23 model had a lower RCS than the YF-22 (alledgedly- never confirmed but likely true). So please, KGB, stop repeating that the exposed compressor of the YF-23 still led to a lower RCS overall, it is not true. If your knawing insecurity over the Pak-fa ducts is so profound, find another B.S. excuse why it does not impact RCS, the one your using currently is obviously false.

Here is the YF-23 RCS mockup, show me the inlet or engines KGB:
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What’s with all the recent (10 years or so) drop tank announcements which then mysteriously just vanish. First Raptor was credited on paper to be able to carry 4 drop tanks. But in reality that became just two. Then F-35 was meant to have a two drop tank option, but that design of drop tanks vanished and now F35s seem to be going without any (save for the alleged custom made israeli large tanks for their own variant).
And now it seems tanks for su-35 haven’t really been integrated even though at some point the maker was mentioning them as an option to reach 4500 km.

I can answer the first two, no idea on the Su-35.
F-22- was fatigue tested with four EFT. The load put too much stress on the wings, would have shortened life.
F-35- range gain was insufficient and there were separation issues. The inner pylons with were plumbed for EFT are very close to body of the F-35- most likely experienced unacceptable interference drag levels (the reshaping of the EFT circa 2004 is a tip-off for that).

talking about Fallujah?

I think you really need to step back from this and get perspective. Are you really comparing Fallujah with Aleppo? Not even comparable. The circumstances were entirely different, the forces were entirely different, the methods were entirely different. Tell me when the Russian marines are cleaning out Aleppo block by block taking casualties.

Syria after 5 years of fight I would say has become too polarised , I dont think the Alawite , Shia Minorities , Christian Minorities if they still exist and havent been chopped by Moderate Opposition and the Elite Sunnis would want any one from moderate oposition to rule over them , Not that they hate them but they simply dont trust them with their life.

So it is very difficult to see a government that does not include the Moderate Opposition , Assad and other minorities included that have to come together to form a government.

Even if there is so called Election under UN , If Opposition Wins it the Alawite,Shiates etc would protest and if Assad wins it the majority Sunnis would protest , there is no Easy Answer to Syria Problem

It is time for the major powers involved to realize there is not going to be a Syria (in it’s former iteration), the genie cannot be put back in the bottle. Even if Assad “wins?” by crushing most organized resistance, the Kurds, Turkmen, large part of the Sunni population will continue to resist (and Gulf states will continue to fund resistance).

Without continued prescence of Hezbollah, Quds, IRGC, Iraqi Shia militia, the SAA will not be able to hold country together. What is called the SAA today is a collection of militias, united only by shared goal of defeating the opposition. What happens when they begin to jockey for power?

It is difficult to see what Russia’s endgame is here, I doubt they’ll want to continue to pour aid and support into Syria indefinately. Despite the rhetoric, (in my opinion) Russia also does not want the west to walk away completely and leave Russia holding the bag.