| Many nations in the world are turning to the Russian | | | | simple stuff really, that is where the US is at in |
| made Su27 in the present period as the fighter | | | | technology? It is not like the old days out producing |
| aircraft of choice for their military air force. Is the | | | | the Germans better technology with 10's of |
| Su-27 a superior fighter to lets say the F-15 Eagle? | | | | thousands of B-17s, B-24s, P-51s, or the Japanese |
| No, not even close, but realize that indeed it is | | | | light weight maneuverable Zero's made of plywood |
| available to all nations as Russia does not discriminate | | | | or Kate Torpedo Bombers with Hellcats, Corsairs, |
| to hostile or rogue nations in their arms deals; you | | | | SBDs and Avengers. |
| got the cash, they got the planes and they are | | | | You need to pick a much better technology if you |
| building more. So, why is everyone buying these | | | | want to be taken seriously. Like the SU-33 that China |
| aircraft and what is it that makes it so great | | | | is buying 50 of. Because even as Venezuela talks of |
| anyway? | | | | buying Mig 29s, that is not really a threat to the USA. |
| Well the story of the SU-27 is much like many of the | | | | Now remember that Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Khvorov, |
| fighters made by Russia's top aeronautical scientists | | | | the commander of Russian long-range aviation |
| from 1968 to 1975; | | | | crossed over the North Pole undetected to prove it |
| There have been many modifications and | | | | has something to sell China besides just the Russian |
| refinements and today it is really not a player | | | | Su-33. A recent exercise involved 70 Tu-160, Tu-95 |
| anymore. The new generation of aircraft are so | | | | and Tu-22M3 bombers, which test-fired 18 cruise |
| much better. The Su-27 was much in response to | | | | missiles and some of these bombers crossed the |
| the F-15 and it was competing with the Mig 29 | | | | Arctic Ocean and flew over the North Pole and also |
| Fulcrum in Russia at the time too. . | | | | reached Alaska, while others crossed the Aleutian |
| Interestingly enough in the near future the US will not | | | | Islands and Japan's western coast without entering |
| even have pilots in their aircraft and with morphing | | | | any country's airspace. If you want to scare people, |
| wings, 18 "G" UAVs and speed of light transmissions, | | | | you need to use different aircraft and more plausible |
| target identification and hypersonic speeds the | | | | scenarios, Still all in all, USA is a lot better than you |
| battles will be over before they begin. Increased | | | | think with micro-tethered satellites and getting into |
| range and Artificial Intelligence, laser firing, the game | | | | the kill zone of a battle group or US controlled |
| will be all but over for a piloted aircraft interceptor. | | | | airspace? Well you are really going to have to work |
| Send them up, only to be blown into a million pieces, | | | | on it or you are toast you see? Perhaps of interest |
| vaporized or melted into thin air. | | | | in considering the Su-27 and Russian military aircraft |
| That is basically the reality and really it is only physics, | | | | for sale to the highest bidder in 2007. |