Posted on 01/01/2008 9:22:39 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Yeah I know that but I love looking for people that think Hollywood just uses copies of our test aircraft in its movies.
I believe it’s from the movie “Stealth.”
That’s the “FA-37 Talon” from the forgettable movie “STEALTH”.
“On another forum I was concerned that we should not build a huge inventory of F-22s because a cheaper weapons platform can get the job done just as well. I would think an unmanned fighter aircraft could do a better job.”
I agree. The “official” version is that there’ll be no unmanned fighters until at least 2032. I hope there’s a black program similar to the way the F-117 program worked. I think with on-station “supervision” unmanned fighters could be effective in a wide range of scenarios. They could be fully autonomous in a lot of wartime situations.
Right. If you don’t train with your equipment, what good is it?
That’s why I don’t buy the idea we have not intercepted and analyzed emissions from this radar. Imagine how determined we must have been to get ELINT on a new Russian fighter radar.
The Indians may not believe so, but that’s fine.
I concur especially since we appear to have an ample supply of “Nintendo” pilots to fill the ranks.
You need to know how well all the modes of this thing work out as well as how good it’s defensive capabilities are-standard ELINT missions may not be enough .Playing upclose in realistic exercises are one way to find out more.
About not training with your equipment,well the Russians have imposed a restriction on not using it with the Yankees-not on using it at all.This is pretty common in East-West exchanges.Israeli UAVs operated by India were not shown to visiting Russian personnel keeping in mind Israeli sensitivities.
Seriously, how do the Indians expect to play with US pilots without using radar? I don’t think they want to come over here and get completely “dogged”. My guess is they will transmit but maybe not the more specialized or unique modes.
The Russians may have restrictions on the Indians but the Indians aren’t very happy with the Russians business practices.
It’s not whether the Indians like the Russians or not-India will be dependent on the Russians for atleast the 20 years in a big way for it’s purchases.
About what the SU-30 pilots will do-good question.I hardly believe that any airforce will put out it’s entire range of tricks for display(irrespective of how good they are).Red Flag is a multi-national exercise with a range of scenarios,so Indian pilots won’t be taking on American pilots in the real sense.
Well .. they have it labeled as the F-35 - weird!
Well .. I thought it looked different .. because I was watching the History channel recently, and they were doing a story on the Raptor and the F-35 - it was very interesting.
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