Sukhoi PAK FA

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long-range missile and bombs compartment

 

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cross-secions of PAKFA at diff. points....

 

[swapnilsai]

Long live Indo-Russian friendship.........

 

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[nitesh]

Russian Navy to get fifth generation carrier fighter after 2020 | Defense | RIA Novosti

 

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[sesha_maruthi27]

Nice to see PAK FA.......... Good pics..............

When will we induct these into our IAF...............

 

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Subject: What makes people believe that T-50/PAK-FA would not be true stealth aircraft???

What makes people believe that T-50/PAK-FA would not be true stealth aircraft???

After reading the rubbish article titled "Stealthy Robots Stalk The T-50" here and discussion of it, i have some question here for all of these "RCS expert" people.
There's widespread estimation, that T-50 was not designed to match US 5th generation ("true stealth" or VLO) aircraft in terms of reduced radar observability, but its more likely designed to match RCS of 4.5(4++) generation stealthy/LO aircraft, such as F-18E/F and F-15SE, in best case.
So basically, according to this opinion, that means Sukhoi designers and engineers developed completely new "stealth looking" airframe, but with a RCS equal or comparable to a 35-40 years old US designed airframes that were slightly improved to get some LO.


So, here the questions:

What makes T-50/PAK-FA into a low-observable only, but not true VLO fighter jet?

What makes F-15SE or the latest F-18 be equal/better(or at least comparable) in comparison to PAK-FA in terms of reduced RCS?

What is your estimated figures of a RCS of final(ready for serial production) PAK-FA? Sure, it's hard to estimate radar cross-section of future aicraft, but simply try to estimate its frontal RCS.

If Russian military and industry had tried to match just a LO, why they didn't choose T-10 modernization with a "Slient Flanker" solution that could have been similar to F-15 Slient Eagle in concept, also much cheaper and easier way to get low-observable(but not stealth) aircraft?

Please exclude the argument "T-50 could not be true stealth because it's not US made aircraft". Thanks.

 

[Crusader53]

Russian Navy to get fifth generation carrier fighter after 2020 | Defense | RIA Novosti

At the earliest...........Really, India may never get the Naval PAK-FA. As I wouldn't be surprised if it goes with the F-35C.

 

[shuvo@y2k10]

may be for iac-3 we may get naval-pak-fa and amca.i think drdo should simultaneously work on land and carrier version of amca like f-35 programme.i read a few experts(with zero aeronautical knowledge) on other defence forums commenting that pak-fa is not a true stealth fighter. many think that us leads the world in terms of stealth technology.but russian cold plasma stealth technology which will be used in pak-fa is atleast 3 generations of ram coating and shaping used by the US on f-22.

 

[jatkshatriya]

may be for iac-3 we may get naval-pak-fa and amca.i think drdo should simultaneously work on land and carrier version of amca like f-35 programme.i read a few experts(with zero aeronautical knowledge) on other defence forums commenting that pak-fa is not a true stealth fighter. many think that us leads the world in terms of stealth technology.but russian cold plasma stealth technology which will be used in pak-fa is atleast 3 generations of ram coating and shaping used by the US on f-22.

No..its just propoganda...when Russia says that it will be an aircraft matching F-22 if not surpassing it..then u gotto trust them...they gave us the Su-30 baby that can roast any american aircraft of the same generation