This assumes the "SAM site" (which may be so spread out as to defy the term site) is cooperative and emitting - something you absolutely cannot take...
Not all TVC nozzles are created equal in this regard. Saturn's solution is possibly the one subject to the lowest losses compared to a conventional,...
It is technically a multi-static system, I believe the accepted terminology for this technique (the basic idea for which is not new) is "emitters of...
If Sukhoi does indeed not intend to greatly modify certain details of the T-50 design before putting it into production, the first two might already...
That is a very good question. Possibly Mach 1.72 is more accurately described as the F-22's "top speed in dry thrust" rather than supercruise, which...
Funny how someone can say I'm wrong then babble on about unrealistic numbers of flight hour per month, let alone in a year for Soviet training. Some...
Soviet pilots had 60 hours mandatory but in practice it wasn't uncommon for pilots to fly 20 annual. NATO pilots were four times the Soviet standard...