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Note by the Saker: this is an unconfirmed report, based on a Russian social media post, so don’t take it to the bank. But this is curious, so I decided
The maneuverability of the Su-35 makes it an unsurpassed dogfighter. However, future aerial clashes using the latest missiles (R-77s, Meteors, AIM-120s) could potentially take place over enormous ranges, while even short-range combat may involve all-aspect missiles like the AIM-9X and R-74 that don’t require pointing the aircraft at the target. Nonetheless, the Su-35’s speed (which contributes to a missile’s velocity) and large load-carrying abilities mean it can hold its own in beyond-visual-range combat.
There is nothing more cool that to watch military hardware on display.
Especially when it is flying military hardware in the air.
As preparations for the Russian Federation’s 2018 Victory Day are in progress, rehearsals of the parade flybys are in progress. This lucky cameraman got quite the eyeful of the best of the Russian military hardware in flight right over his location. We even get to see the new Su-57 fifth generation fighters in flight.
The move to revamp the entire contingent of the US air combat forces is unprecedented in the recent history of the American military. During World War II and since, a widely diverse array of aircraft have served for all manner of air combat needs. During the last decades of the Cold War, development was competitive among a few military contractors for both fighter planes and their specializations.
When the United States started developing stealth aircraft, they were seen as the logical next step in combat equipment. Planes that couldn’t be detected on radar were seen to have the advantage of being able to attack without being spotted, and this advantage was apparently deemed so great that the other characteristics of air fighter superiority seemed to be abandoned – those of speed, agility, the ability to out-turn an opponent, and to duel in close-up dogfighting. In fact, the notion of what constituted “air superiority” itself was altered in the US view.
It still goes without saying that the United States has been the leader of technologically innovated military hardware. The Russian Federation has recently surpassed it in the very important matter of hypersonic weapons, but the US has had the best and most advanced aircraft in the skies for many years now.
Except that there is a problem.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in Latakia province in Syria to inspect the Russian-operated Khmeymim airbase.
This was the first time the Syrian president has visited the military airfield.
