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Are you proposing the US buy SU-35s?

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Verry cool airshow jet.

I am just curious to the tactical advantages of such manauvers, especially defensive, once an F-22/AIM-120 firing solution has been achieved? Is it possiable to defeat an AIM-120 once it has you in its kill envelope?

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Verry cool airshow jet.

I am just curious to the tactical advantages of such manauvers, especially defensive, once an F-22/AIM-120 firing solution has been achieved? Is it possiable to defeat an AIM-120 once it has you in its kill envelope?


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There is definately allot of debate about these manuevers in combination with HMTD and 40 Degree Boresight system of the Russian Jets. But they are all, very very slow and cannot process that fast. Having used the system in the Su27 and the Mig 29. I for one will stick to the old rule of BFM Dead men dont turn slow in a Knife fight.

The AIM 9x and the aim120* can be slaved to the JHMCS. The 9x has a 90 Degree off boresight launch capability and the Aim 120 can do the Same with the RAdar in Various new boresight modes.

The Su-35 may look like fun aircraft doing these type of manuevers to the aviation enthusiests , but to a seasoned FWIC guy like myself. Bleeding energy like that and stopping is blatant suicide. Aircraft that are inbound on you with a nose on aspect are almost impossible and difficult to see. Your really have no idea at times where a guy will end up. To time that type of manuever in combat to me is blatant suicide.

My answer to Chad's question.
"Is it possiable to defeat an AIM-120 once it has you in its kill envelope?"

Nope... Would look fantastic as it Nailed the hovering aircraft Center mass at mach 3.

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ASRAAM?

The Euro missile that the USAF rejected in favor of AIM-9X? Or was that a typo?

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"

Ronald Reagan

There is no SU variant that can 'has the thrust to run' with an F-22.



"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"

Ronald Reagan

Better than any Eagle?

How bout this one?

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Methinx that Eagle could turn circles around an SU-35.

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"

Ronald Reagan

I remember reading about that eagle u show pictured.

Wasnt that a joint NASA project or something to study highy manuverability, and wasnt it done along time ago?

My question though is why wanst part of it incorporated into current f-15's, or or older f-15C's?

Especially the thrust vectoring??

Wouldn't all current F-18, F-15, F-16's benefit from a three dimensional thrust vectoring system like the SU's have? and i beleive that technology demonstrater u pictured has a similiar thrust vectoring system, does it not?

The SUs(and F-22) have 2d vectoring.

The F-15ACTIVE has 3d axiometric vectored thrust, and forward canards(actually tailfins from an F-18A).

The project was concluded around 1998 i think, but NASA still flys that plane.

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