Lethal Aircraft Technology

We are accustomed to assuming that the United States has the best military technology in everything, and is invincible.

This is not true. Military success is a combination of technology, training, numbers of active units, tactics and many other matters.

The United States air force has some great aircraft, and lots of them, but is no longer ahead of Russia in terms of highly advanced aircraft flown by true professionals in large numbers in Europe. The US has been busy bombing the crap out of second and third world countries for the last several decades, but it has to be half a century since it has encountered any serious opposition.

Even Western military experts agree that the Russian SU-34, and its successor the SU-35 Flanker, are a match for American aircraft, and there will shortly be hundreds of these craft in the professional air force of Russia, and then of China and India. The US has more advanced and stealthy aircraft on the drawing board, but production of these craft is some time away, and Russia also has brilliant aircraft engineers working on their next generation of fighters.

We also tend to assume that only the United States has a strategic bomber capability. This is also not true, and Russia has not only  TU-95 "Bear" bombers but also the TU-160 "Blackjack" strategic and nuclear capable bomber. The Blackjack is the largest jet-powered, swing wing combat aircraft ever produced and includes the most powerful jet engines fitted to any military aircraft. This bomber is many times larger than the American B-1 bomber though no less lethal, and it has a better range and larger munitions capability.

No European nation has a match for Russia's TU-160, and the Western Europeans should think very carefully about their support for Obama's aggressive and lie-laden stance against Russia. Russia is no third world nation, and has massive air capability.

PS Russia also has the world's largest military transport plane, the AN-124 Antonov (named after a legendary giant).

And, when it comes to helicopters, Russia is also up there with the best of them. In particular, the Ka-52 Alligator which is an advanced military helicopter that can fly day and night and in all weathers. It is designed to eliminate armoured and non-armoured ground targets, low-speed aerial targets and enemy frontline and tactical reserve forces, and can also fly surveillance missions and be used to direct a team of attack helicopters.

Comments

[PythonMagus]

It will. However, it took Ancient Rome 450 years to get their comeuppance. So I doubt we will see it.

[Paul]

Will this be true of the United States, the most aggressive and violent nation since the 1980s.

[PythonMagus]

He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.