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To: Red Badger

They have external hardpoints and the engines are in external nacelles; not enclosed in the airframe.


14 posted on 08/14/2017 2:15:07 PM PDT by Spirochete (GOP: Give Obama Power)
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To: Spirochete

Shhhh! Don’t tell them!...............


16 posted on 08/14/2017 2:16:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Spirochete

Exposed engines/outlets (hard IR sources), and no thrust vectoring. The Russians have been good in the past with aerodynamics, but . . .


28 posted on 08/14/2017 2:30:48 PM PDT by Consistent
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To: Spirochete

Just because the Russians advertise them as stealthy, or Gen 5, does not make it so. The Russians will sacrifice stealth for speed & agility. We will sacrifice speed & agility to get the first-look/first-shot. Who is right?


29 posted on 08/14/2017 2:37:30 PM PDT by Tallguy (Twitter short-circuits common sense. Please engage your brain before tweeting.)
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