Russia's New T-50 Jet Fighter Can't Compete

[Bill Mac]

It could be an internally carried weapon that is shot from the rear, ala Clint Eastwood's Firefox movie of years ago!

 

[cmhbob]

Building the machine is one thing.

Training up good people to properly operate that machine is another altogether.

 

[Shadowrider]

The MiG-29 Fulcrum is a formidable adversary in a dog fight but is of little concern to High Value Assets (assuming it's detected) because of it's absolutely abhorrent range. It has a very good look down shoot down AI Radar and is capable of carrying beyond visual range air to air missiles. There's a reason it's used as a "point defense" type of fighter.



Agreed. Along with those raptors we should have bulked up on A-10s and possibly bought some weaponized T-6s as recommended by Lt Col Spalding.

Reminds me of the MiG-25. Had no legs at all, but was fast as hell. 3.2M if you didn't care about smoking the engines.

 

[Mr.357Sig]

What do you thing the stinger think on the back is for?

I believe that is a Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)/ELectronic INTelligence (ELINT) system. Sukhoi has those installed in the rear stingers of SU-27s and its variants.

 

[MLRyan]

What do you thing the stinger think on the back is for?

To inject venom into it's prey. Once the prey is incapacitated, it will be taken back to the hive for the larvae to feast on.