News.com.au: Video shows Russia’s next generation warplane, the T-50, being put through its paces
CAN Australia’s next generation combat jet beat this? Possibly not. Video footage of Russia’s new T-50 stealth fighter shows the extreme manoeuvrability the F-35 is up against.
Earlier this year a damning report from an F-35 test pilot revealed the troubled $400 billion dollar single-seat stealth fighter was easily outmanoeuvred by a two-seat 1980s vintage F-16D combat jet.
As recently as last week, the success of modern Russian designs appear to have won some vindication when Indian Russian-made Su-30 combat jets went toe-to-toe with British Typhoon fighters in a competitive training exercise: It was a 12-0 clean-sweep victory, in favour of the Indians.
The T-50 is the latest incarnation of Russian combat jet doctrine.
WNU Editor: The above Russian T-50 demonstration video reminds me of the U.S. Air Force's F-22. So the next question needs to be answered ... can the F-35 defeat the F-22? Interestingly .... if there has been an F-35 vs. F-22 war game scenario exercise/competition .... they have not published the results.