kevin
Registered User
i recently saw a special on tv regarding modern russian fighters. ive also read quite a bit regarding specifically the mig29 and su33/37. from all the info ive seen, it seems to me like these fighters would pretty much eat any u.s. fighter for breakfast. one f18 driver i read about flew mig29's for a while and had nothing but praise for it. granted russia is more concerned about having the best military technology possible than the fact that the general populace is starving to death, but i still dont get this. always in the past when somebody put out something superior we came out with something better. ie when people started realizing the jap zero was cleaning up, the p38 and p51 were developed. then the f86 cleaned up the mig17 in korea. the f22 was developed because engineers realized that the new migs and su's were superior to the f15, but it's saving grace is thrust vectoring and stealth, and it still doesnt have the maneuverability of the ruskies. i do realize things have changed some and avionics and stealth are more important obviously than they used to be, but i just dont get how russia jumped ahead when we seemingly have more resources to work with. im not trying to stir up a fire fight here, im just trying to see what people think about this topic (and im bored right now). on the same subject, if anyone lives near or can get to dayton, oh the woodstock of airshows is going to be there july17-20. both demontration teams will be there (rivalry?) as well as a whole hell of a lot of sweet stuff. having gone every year i can tell you it's definitely worth it.