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2015-11-04 Europe

Warplanes: Russia Now Says The T-50 Is Fine. Really. Please believe us.

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Posted by DarthVader 2015-11-04 09:02|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 India should take a long look at the F-16V.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-11-04 10:47|| 2015-11-04 10:47|| Front Page Top

#2 seems to me we're reaching chaos theory limits with new hardware, particularly planes. Trying to make too much of a leap instead of easy stages. As the man said, if you make more than 3 assumptions about a plan, you don't know what you're talking about....

Posted by Squinty McGurque8865 2015-11-04 11:18|| 2015-11-04 11:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Been watching this one for a while. There is a huge laundry lists of issues with the plane which is why there most likely on be 12 ever built.

Stealth doesn't work as advertised (it was only meant to be stealthy from the front, launch stand off weapons undetected and haul ass out of the area but the front stealth isn't very stealthy)

Radar is sub-par

Engines underpowered and don't have the kick to get the aircraft out of danger after firing

Engines are unreliable

Avionics not functioning as designed

That is just what is known. However, unlike the US the Russians are backing away from a failed stealth program instead of doubling down on it like the US and the F-35.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-11-04 12:20|| 2015-11-04 12:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe we could sell them some F-35s instead?

Posted by gorb 2015-11-04 12:35|| 2015-11-04 12:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Reading the article makes the Russkies sound like Dems and their lead B******-in-charge (no, the other one). Refusal to share agreed upon information, hiding information, etc. You get the idea.

Posted by Grampaw tse Tung8411 2015-11-04 13:05|| 2015-11-04 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe we could sell them some F-35s instead?

Would you buy an F-35? F-16V is far cheaper and its radar and fire control put it in the same class as the F-35. Not stealthy but that is what electronic counter measures are for. And with luck, you can burn out the other guy's radar.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-11-04 17:20|| 2015-11-04 17:20|| Front Page Top

#7 See also FREEREPUBLIC, FOX TROT ALPHA, REAL CLEAR DEFENSE > THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE HAS A PROBLEM
(AND ITS NOT THE ISIS OR NATO].

Moscow = VladVedev can't blame Guam's China/PLA-desired Camel Rock either.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-11-04 22:47|| 2015-11-04 22:47|| Front Page Top

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