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Old 02-22-2018, 12:00 AM   #70
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So there are a lot of questions about the Su-57 vs the F-22, especially since the Russians have called the SU57 the F-22 killer.

They're two completely different fifth generation philosophies.

The F22 is designed around the concepts of Stealth and maneuverability. In other words its designed to detect, evade, high and set up ambushes.

The SU-57 is built around the concept of speed and maneuverability. Its sensor suite is built around L band detection and infrared. The Radar is designed to see over the horizon and detect stealth, though the jury is actually going to be out on how effective it is against the F-22 and F-35. However the SU-57 because of its speed and maneuverability might be effective against the Raptor, if it can hold its detection into visible range.

Where there might be a problem with the SU-57 is that the Russians don't have the design capability, material proficiency and computing power in its design. So there might actually be questions around how stealth the SU-57 might be when faced with a plane like the F-22 or even the hyper advanced F-35.

In otherwords the Russian inexperience on Stealth design and construction might harm their first 5th generation fighter, whereas the American's are on their 4th stealth platform.
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