In strategic terms the Su-35S is a game changer, as it robustly outclasses all competing Western fighter aircraft other than the F-22A Raptor. Deployed in significant numbers it is capable of changing the balance of power in any region where this occurs. This reality does not appear to be widely understood in most Western air forces, or DoD bureaucracies.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Apparently the guy, Carlo Kopp, who writes the blog I was referencing in my newest take on the F-22 is well known in the business and much hated by fans of the F-35 [entirely missing from the MSM discussion of the F-22 issue was the existence of two professional and well informed camps arguing with some passion the pros and cons - judging from MSM coverage one came away with the impression that the only points in favour of the Raptor were the number of people the program employed] . He's just reviewed the latest version of the Su-35 and the take away paragraph is:
