a heavy Russian fighter is more than twice as cheap as an "average" American fighter
In the last two and a half years, it has become evident that the Russian conventional military might have been overestimated by the world.Instead of a short decisive war, Russian forces are still unable to subdue Ukraine. Importantly, Kyiv now even controls significant Russian territories with its surprise Kursk offensive.
One of the very big failures is that the Russian Aerospace Forces or VKS has still not been able to stamp its authority over the Ukrainian skies. This shouldn’t have been the case since Ukraine had very limited combat aircraft and mainly depended on ground-based air defense.
When Russian forces faced trouble in the aerial domain, it was believed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would unleash one of the so-called trump cards - the Su-57 Felon and impose air superiority over Ukraine.
However, this has not been the case - the Su-57 has been utilized in the conflict to a very limited degree.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes why the Su-57 is nowhere to be seen even as Russia struggles to control Ukraine ?
This is a opinion piece by a Youtube channel of dubious provenance that provides nothing of substance.Defense Updates has a new video out about why Russia's much hyped 5th Gen. fighter, the Su-57 Felon, has yet to be seen flying over Ukraine:
"has yet to be seen flying over Ukraine" Except they have, over Luhansk.Defense Updates has a new video out about why Russia's much hyped 5th Gen. fighter, the Su-57 Felon, has yet to be seen flying over Ukraine:
This is a opinion piece by a Youtube channel of dubious provenance
that provides nothing of substance.
Sure, none https://www.1tv.ru/news/2024-07-29/481879-v_okb_suhogo_rasskazali_o_primenenii_su_57_v_zone_svoIt's true that there are lots of stories about the use of other Russian aircraft (Su-25/30/34/35, MiG-31, Tu-22M3, Tu-160M etc.) but none about the Su-57,
The problem is reality is may be quite different from what you do remember or know.There was one story where it fired a Kh-59 that I remember but that was about it. No tests of actual stealth capability in combat.
Any links to non-ru sites showing evidence of use beyond a cruise missile platform? Not clicking a .ru link because I don't want a computer virus.The problem is reality is may be quite different from what you do remember or know.
Any links to non-ru sites showing evidence of use beyond a cruise missile platform? Not clicking a .ru link because I don't want a computer virus.