That is what I said. As for the F-35 it uses glide bombs (only 2 I believe) with a tiny fraction of the range of the KH-59M2 and the F-35 still has limitations in range, it still has to have aerial refueling to achieve a similar range to the SU-57 (which will give away its possition and add to cost and mission complexity). Lack of supercruise also means it would either burn through already precious fuel and have even less range or just take longer to achieve missions which ultimately means it would need more sorties, which equates to more risk, more cost. F-35 fanboys just can admit to its flaws and limitations.
And in case you didn't knew, F-35 have demonstrated the capability to
intercept cruise missiles in a network-centric testing environment.
Source:
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/th...se-missile-defend-ship-during-important-17707
Yes good luck with that. It’s a novel idea that worked in controlled tests against US cruise missiles over the
ocean but on land there is complex terrain where cruise missiles can mask their possitions. Heavy electronic jamming would also be a problem. I don’t think the F-35 would do as well going up against unknown Russian cruise missiles, with heavy jamming and a launch platform that is difficult to detect.
But it’s peculiar how you flip arguments, first you were boasting that cruise missiles are too difficult to shoot down now you are boasting the opposite. There is no way to fully stop a barrage of cruise missiles, especially if you don’t know where they are cominng from and the F-35 platform lacks in range both it’s weapons systems and overall its reach. It’s much easier to launch 200 cruise missile then to shoot them down.
Regarding RCS: true RCS of F-35 is not public knowledge (figures floating on the web are fake). According to insiders, F-35 is in the league of F-22 in the matters of stealth.
SU-57 is semi-stealth; it is not 5th generation per Western standards.
First you admit that no one knows the RCS of the F-22/F-35 then you make the claim that the SU-57s RCS is worse, funny Considering you know nothing about the aircraft. You have nothing good to say about anything Russian made but will argue until you’re blue in the face how great western weapons are.
Actual engineers have conducted physics optics simulations and in many respects the SU-57 has better RCS figures then the F-35.
The F-35 JSF exhibits similar, but in some respects more severe beam aspect specular RCS behaviour than the T-50.
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2010-01.html
If the production T-50 retains the axisymmetric nozzles and extant ventral fuselage design, the aircraft
would still deliver robust Very Low Observable performance in the nose aspect angular sector, providing that effective RCS treatments are applied to suppress surface travelling waves, inlet and edge reflections.
These simulated were conducted with old nozzles. New ‘stealth’ nozzles have since been introduced.
Result of test:
In order to launch missiles from 300 km you don't need stealth. U need stealth penetrate enemy territory and drop cheap JDAM bombs, to suppress air defence, to shoot down enemy jets before they see u.
“Stealth” is about survivability. That part went over you’re head apparently. As stated the SU-57 has similar or better RCS for figures compared to the F-35 in specular simulations but let’s assume the SU-57 has much worse RCS. Would it matter when it can launch cruise missiles from 300kms away and stay undetected?
Most aircraft radars struggle to detect aircraft size targets past 150-200kms. Meaning the SU-57 would be virtually invisible to the enemy where and the F-35 would be more vulnerable to being shot down simply because it would have to get much closer and rely more on aerial refueling which is a give away to your position.
Either way all aircraft can be detected on radar. It’s better to have longer standoff weapons.....period.
U can compare stealth to armor of a tank. If you build a tank with very 10 times stronger armor it will give you a huge advantage, crush other tanks, breach enemy fortifications. But u don't need any armor for tactical missile launcher with 300 km range.
Stop, just spare yourself further embarrassment and don’t post.
The funny part about the pak fa is that the IRST ball alone on it has RCS similar to entire F-35:
No wonder that India rejected it.
Because the F-35 is so faceted with no round surfaces
Wow a ball!
So stealthy with those lumps and bumps and protrusions.