Scheduled to go into production in 2016, a new Russian stealth jet fighter, the Sukhoi TA-50 PAK-FA, is already being hailed as a “super weapon” that could outclass US jet fighters, thereby making Russia supreme in the skies. Appearing to be a direct competitor to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, the PAK-FA is optimized for air superiority, with an expected maximum speed of over Mach 2.0. At that speed, it could transfer a large amount of launch energy when firing air-to-air missiles, greatly increasing their range. The only question is whether the aircraft’s...
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