See the post by tequilashooter above, this is the most clear statement I have seen in that regard. They talk clearly about all round and circular view of the space. Until then I assumed the tail was holding just ECM emitter. It is not detailed and I would take it with a pinch of salt but the statement is rather assertive.
Still unknown. You will not find reliable data anywhere.
yes you are wrong. There are some ecm sensor or communication antennas(the two side lobes sticking out on the tail).
PTB-3400 weights ~3 metric tons. Just like "Kinzhal" does.
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NAZ workload for the upcoming decade- including PTB-2000, PTB-3400 external tanks, as well as VTB-M and VTB-B internal tanks for Su-57's weapons bays.
Sorry, i wanted tell, Su-34. I think i read time ago it has a litle radar inside tail.
This is an old and idiotic meme/rumor. It doesnt have a rear facing radar (and never did) and neither does it have a "toilet". Su-34's stinger has chute, APU and RWR in that order. Maybe a fueltank too between chute and APU but not 100% sure.
... or the colour is precisely because of the coating. The unpainted RAM on some of the prototypes had this weird greenish cyan colour (a bit like my av in fact):
At least Tu-95 too. As for Su-34 - it at least has hand-held small tank, same as on other T-10. Said to have small biotoiled in the cockpit entrance way as well, but can't find reliable confirmation on that.
Why? Their RAM just happens to be the exact same color as new primer used on the F-22 and F-35? Really?
well it isnt "busted" exactly. they have two containers with funnels to act as urinals.
You'll see it at 29:20 in this Video:
Tail radar "Epaulet" (or sometimes "Epolet"; much later evolved into "Epolet-A") was on the Su-47 and MiG MFI.
The tail radar is designated as "N012" it's a different animal than the Epaulet family.
N012 never made it to being installed anywhere though to my knowledge.
For that it would either be laser (not the case) or microwave (need bigger aperture and HUGE energy supply).
The energy it would take for the missile to turn a full 180° would just waste a very large part of its propellant burn time which can't then be used to generate any useful kinetic energy for the missile - especially on a long range radar guided one... An much more effective shot can be taken by simply turning into an adversary detected using the rear facing radar for an engagement or simply manuvering so to avoid them.
That would reduce the effective internal weapon loadout simply for a very rare form of attack. Plus, it wouldn't be an effective shot as instead of the aircraft's forward speed being added to the missile's its now being subtracted reducing effective range simply because its starting energy is already below optimal.
Rear firing missiles doesn't work. They might, but amount of shenanigans it would require denies any benefit over rapidly turning missile fired forward.
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You are assuming a conventional warhead though; a tactical atomic warhead could be made quite compact indeed. Or alternatively, it could possibly be fitted with a solid state EMP warhead, though that could be more bulky than a compact atomic device depending on the design.
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