Why so Few Su-57s ... and Other Stories. 

“Anything Russian made or Chinese made or any other country for that matter are bad” this mind set is the recipe for a humiliating defeat.

This is not the way to preserve your health, friend. The same people, clamming enemy forces bogus exist on all sides. They are most often the people romanticizing about the war. I saw their entire worlds collapse over and over and over again in the war. Unfortunately, that is the only way. They are better left alone and unengaged. As usual, love your tactical/tehnically detailed loaded arguments.

Thank you very much for your T-75 and Su-57 analyses! Your videos are always appreciated

These troll videos are hilarious. Keep at it. I think there are several valid reasons for why so little Su-57's have been made, is there is not much of a need for them. At the moment I don't think there is any job that the existing Sukhoi flankers can't do and are already doing for much less money. Also the Su-57 is not for export, (is it?), so, there isn't any money to be made from it as of yet. Also, having the supply chain and manufacturing up and running for the Su-35 seems to be more important, as it has good export demand AND good internal demand. The weapons systems seem to be more important than the plane itself at the moment. If you want to know some extra's about Russian composite capabilities you can watch the old RT documentary on the sukhoi bureau, their testing on their material sciences is fantastic. Also, the trolls that say that the Su-57 can't be produced under sanctions is a joke. The sanctions will never touch Russian military production since Russian and Soviet doctrine is to produce everything in house. The lack of the new engines also means that Russia won't bother spending money on making new air frames that will simply sit and wait for new engines. I agree, NGAD, AIM-260, an many other "fan propagated" projects probably don't exist or are so early in development, we won't see anything physical for a long, long time. NGAD won't matter by the time it comes out because the US simply won't have the money to procure it. NGAD is 10 years away minimum based on its ambitions. I think everyone credits stealth so much, that its a joke. I am pretty sure the F22 is great front a frontal RCS, but physics says that planes don't always fly straight to their targets. Besides, if everyone has great expensive stealth planes, won't everything just become a dog fight all over again? So why spend so much money on pure stealth fighters when a hybrid or budget platform will be more effective per dollar.

It absolutely baffles me that the person I trust most for complete and honest information on aircraft gets attacked so hard

That was a very good video. You should defenately do this sort of thing more often, especially when you touch on Russian planes/technology as it will get most troll comments. That was genuenly refreshing to see a person who really knows what hes talking about answer these trolls, rather than reading through 40-50 stacked comments of people going back and forth even though theyve no dea what theyre saying.

i cant even articulate how much i needed another working brain to discuss these issues, thank you millenium, and i hope your health is better

Ignore these trolls. Trolls are multiplying everywhere in the world in an astounding rate! Keeping pace with these idiots is not possible. Good content.

People percieve the use of composites as the ultimate advantage. Not necessarily. It surely has it's advantages, namely the more freedom of shaping, but it is also unisotropic and doesn't have the absolute, precisely defined characteristics. Metals can sometimes be quite benificial, besides, metallurgy hasn't stop developing.

Great video! You are always the sane voice in the room... Btw, regarding the Su-57 diminishing priority (and, I think, the same applies also to T-14 Armata), people forgets that at the starts of WW2 the radically improved (pratically new) T-34M was on the way to substitute the T-34 but it was canceled in favor of maximizing the production of the original, and still valid, design. Morale of the story: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. That was also the same reasoning that kept in production the M4 Sherman in USA after it lost its edge and that ultimately won the war for the allies. Unluckily, in the west, this pragmatic and grounded approach has been gradually substituted with the Wunderwaffen fascination that helped sink the 3rd Reich...

Massive respect for the public service you do by educating laypeople on these complex topics. And a fist bump for keeping the hair on-point.

I really like Q&A's. They provide that extra bit of context and detail to your already great deep dive videos. Would love to see more if/as your time permits. Also, if I may ask, are you planning to do a deep dive on the Turkish 5th Gen KAAN? I understand that the fighter is getting ready to carry out it's first flight. Would be great if you can do a video on this jet.

Yes, because underestimating the Russians during the counteroffensive worked out so well

The stealth tolerance gap (see what I did there?😅) us an interesting topic. I think you might be correct pointing to an episode during F117 development...but there is also an interesting fact during B2 development: alegedly, during the RCS testing, some cracks developed on the metallic paint of the model...and they enough for the RCS to spike. Reference: Stealth by P. Westwick

When it comes to defence aviation, specially unbiased, you perhaps standout amongst very few. Thanks.

Phenomenal work M7. You're doing amazing work and doing your best (and a very effective job at that) to provide a professional presentation, which will be taken by many that already have their mind set up and will respond in an oddly hormonal way over something over which they have zero control. The disparity in comprehension of these subjects can be noticed by the hopelessly ignorant or childish at best, comments left by most people.

The photonic radar is a misleading name, it is a conventional radar but it uses photonics for the signal generation and return processing. It has a much wider badnwith and very low noise floor

Eh? Copy? The su-57 was a strong departure from EVERY OTHER copycat f-22like aircraft being build around the world. One reason I love ruskie aircraft is their design ideology is one of the very few examples of unique departure from western style designs. The early su-75 is more western. In fact a Northrop design from the 90s looked very similar. The new diamond wing design though radically departs from this. Now it is wholly unique. The intake is a work of genius. Almost like taking stealthy side intakes and fusing them into one with a diverterless intake bump to minimize moving parts. It seamlessly blends and even the note a out dog teeth edges which serve for stealthiness and to create vorticies along the side of the aircraft. I adore the design of the su-75.

Ignore the trolls my guy, i love listening to your analysis and learning more about military tech.

Best source for military aerospace news and analysis

On paper t14 armata also looks very good but they haven't been able to get it into mass production yet. They are still ironing out the issues with the tank and establishing production lines for all the required components will take time as well. Russia might be too late to the party unless they get significant investments and sales.

I love how you deal with social media negativity. 😊 Bless and keep up the good work!

I worked with composites for a while and we had import material from both sides to work with, to my limited experience, Russians suffer a minor lag in Kevlar and Carbon fabric quality, but their Glass and Basalt fabrics are pretty top notch...

Bless the trolls, they feed the algorythm thus on the "end of the day" they actually generate more views.

because its conventional weapon. Russia with its limited budget favor strategic deterrence than tactical force which is why they can produce exotic stuff like belgorod but very slow in building new destroyer. More destroyer and Su-57 doesnt deter NATO much in the big picture

It is unrealistic to expect Russia to match the F-35 or even the old F-22 given Russia's technological position and economic capacity

There is no industry more complicated than building combat aircraft, he says. Nuclear submarine industrial complex is like: I am a joke to you? 😂

M7* first let me say that I'm so happy you got over 100k subs. You deserve way more but I am sure that will come. Second thank you for being an intellectually honest person in this space. It's the harder path, but it means you hold yourself to a higher standard: truth and honesty. I watch you because of this.

Copy argument is funny because the Zero was supposed to be a copy of western planes... Except it was more advanced when it was introduced to most other carrier based fighters. Don't get me started on the stuff like Long Lance

Thanks for a great video. Subscribed. I am Australian, and a Pilot myself (Civilian not military) and have always had a love and passion for aircraft. I appreciate an aircraft for what it is, not what countries fly it or design it. Yes, I love the F-35 and EA Growlers my country has. I love the F-22 also. However, I am excited about the recent completion of the final stage 7 in the SU-57's development. This is one AMAZING aircraft from what I have been able to learn and witness. Much respect and love from Melbourne, Australia. - Andy

...on the subject of production. I believe there is quite a huge difference between building a few prototypes, or 'handcrafted' planes, and a fully fledged, well-oiled production line. For example Ferrari vs Tesla. (Not saying that Su-57 is a Ferrari, but you get the idea).

I love your channel. It is educational and entertaining at the same time. It is important to stick to the facts as you do.

People who have probably never even *touched* a stealth fighter acting as if they're experts on them... You're a great aviation channel man, you handled these trolls well.

This was one the most fun videos to watch. I love your unbiassness and practical approach which is very rare to find on the cyberspace nowadays. Thank you for your in depth commentary on facts and figues and latewt tech. This is the reason users like myself will keep coming back to your channel. Good job and thank you once again 👏

Photonic radar u ask? Thats simple. Its operating principle is based on photons emitted by a fusion based source being reflected by the target into the detecting ocular components of the command authority subject in control of the aircraft. This is totally consistent with currently accepted physics and science, as you requested.

I found it so funny to read all these "The J-35 is just an F-35 copy, with 2 engines" posts. Nobody seemed to realize that if you put 2 engines where only is one in the "Original", Just about everything around the engines has to change. It's not done with napkin drawings and guesswork. It needs proper design, and testing.

Photonic radar is just a fancy way of saying "A TV camera and a flashlight taped together"

Good video. Something I'd like to see you cover is the feasibility of a next-gen Swedish aircraft. The Swedish government has provided Saab with a feasibility study and Saab have said that the Gripen definitely isn't the last swedish fighter, so there's definitely a desire. And I saw an interview with Gripen engineers who said that they're working on implementing lots of 6th gen technologies into the Gripen already, so developing a new fighter will "just" be a matter of creating a new stealthy airframe built around these same technologies. Something that will cost billions of Euros, but certainly not something that would be prohibitively expensive for Sweden. Yet on the other hand, there are nay-sayers who claim that since Sweden has dropped out of the Tempest program, we can't even hope to supply components to any foreign aircraft, effectively meaning that Swedish air industry is dead. That's because there are no partners in the world to team up with. These people, however, can for example not agree on whether Brazil won't be interested because either the Brazilians just got the Gripens and won't want anything new for decades to come or, paradoxically, because they're going to use the technology transfer to the max and develop a fighter without Saab. Can you please give a more nuanced view on the matter.?

love the objectivity without bias. Physics and logic without border!

You forget to mention the new fiberglass based RAM material - it lasts "forever" absorbs up to 90% of (X) radar waves. Great for big flat(ish) surfaces, tho obv not panel gaps

Thank you much for this video! Trolls are people who basically choose to be ignorant and, as you are an excellent presenter, you are an asset to them in that, as you are a presenter, I believe you possess the greatest chance of opening their minds.

Anyone using sanctions to dismiss Russian capability have clearly no understanding of what has happened to the Russia economy and military. The Russian economy and military has not been so large, advanced and powerful since 1989. The largest the Army has been, the highest amount of defence spending has been, since 1989 and the most experienced the Russian military been since 1945.

Hello from Poland!! TY for the vid!

Great video. When it comes to designing unmanned Su-75 aircraft is it any different than the S-70 Okhotnik. Wouldn't it be the same thing just with Su-75 airframe and specialized flight control. You are smarter than most military aviation analyst, my honest opinion.

Hello from Moscow suburbs, gentlemen! Some comments on "dead economy" of Russia - it is a total propaganda, there was even no hicups when west switched the swift banking system. Shelfs are full, inflation is about 10%, but it has been so since i remember myself, excluding 1998 and 2008 chrisises, it is just called a low debt economy model, you know). About the chip components, i was born in Izhevsk, the place where AK mgs produced, also there is a Tor point defence vehicles production, and 60km away there is a huge ICBM and smaller ballistic misile (Iskander family) production in Votkinsk. All those stories about lack of chips are leftovers from late 90s where totally destroyed MIC of Russia couldn`t produce the stuff, so they were bying components abroad. Folks from Kupol actually told me they were using some low level components like military grade capacitors, but since 2014 most of the stuff was slowly but steadily replaced with local production. Another thing - the Nebo-U radar has it`s computing station called Baget, it is serially produced thing both for export and army. And it has quite a powerfull processor, the issue with it is it will never hit the shelves of PC shops because it is slightly radioactive. Direct quote from my friend who was assembling those radars. So it seems our folks just using something different than silicon. Anyway, everything is used in MIC to build military machinery is made localy, it is a doctrine, maybe say Geran-2 and smaller FPV drones are made of Chinise stuff, but even the surveilence drones like Orlan-10 are made totally of a local components. Have a great day there, gentlemen. Don`t belive propaganda too much, we know the path it leads too.

So... Russia is back courting India with the Su-57. Russia is now offering the 2 seater (something that India had wanted with their version of the PAK-FA) concept to both India and the UAE as a joint venture. That would be interesting to see what may come out of this joint venture , and if India will use indigenous components for their version, like they did with the Su-30MKI.

Thank you so much for this, in particular for pointing out how bad the mainstream media has been on reporting on Russia’s economy.

Russia has it's own microchip industry, not so advanced as US or Chinese, but you don't need top level 5nm chips for military equipment, I think space shuttle was using like 386 processor and still was able to fly (most of the time).

US went into production with F-35 before testing ended, which is why it’s plagued with so many problems. It’s a great plane, when it’s operating.

F35 melts after 1 minute, at Mach 1. F22 skin needs to be replaced after a every mission.

thx for your good work. Haters gonna hate. I would everyone to remember how long did it took for the US to replace Turkey in the F-35 program after it was kicked out. I'm not sure if it even happend.

It is fun to watch you comment, counter comment and comments! But your technical analysis is always outstanding and more fun for technical curiocities!

All I can say is thankyou so much, I didn't want to comment nor check the comments on the SU 75 video for obvious reason -that being flame wars. You are the only reason i google translated to say grazie mille to convey my thanks

For your answer on the leading composite industries, I have to disagree, the main suppliers are : 1 - Toray of japan 2 - Hexcel which is american 3 - Cytec which is a US subsidiary of solvay

I like your videos and knowledge level. The Russians have not yet succ essfully gone into full-scale production on the SU57. I will believe the Checkmate is legit, if and when they get an actual production version in the air.

About those advanced electronics… China is mass producing 4nm chips and have a functioning 2nm chip. So much for that argument. Su57 production was slowed when fibre optics were sanctioned years ago. They had to develop their own to overcome that, hence the big delay.

Nobody brings up that russia is almost finished building there new factory and training center for su57. I believe it's finished in 2024. Then mass production starts

About SPECTRA.. i tried (even with a NATO secret level security) to talk about it with a french pilot.. Well ! He simply said ; nothing and he wont be able to talk about it for decades ! It is by far the most sensitive topic about the Rafale and french were FURIOUS when Qatar did an exercice with Turkey. Since Greece is supposed to buy them too and that Qatar also extensively used the Spectra without authorization from France, they were super furious because of potential data collection from S400 batteries and nearby Syria

*RE: Russian aircraft losses.* The figure 80 you cite probably comes from Oryx and the like, but it is not quite reliable because they were found to systematically miscount it (sometimes counting tiny parts of planes as plane losses, sometimes double-counting, sometimes counting the losses of Ukrainian equipment to Russia). That said, the losses that are indisputable are still significant, and yes, the manufacturing is not covering it yet, even though this year losses of planes have becoming minimal. Helicopter losses are more noticeable this year due to long-range attacks on parked machines.

The usual excellent video. Thanks for your opinions, greatly appreciated

Never underestimate Russian ingenuity! They are excellent engineers and mathematicians.b

Photonic Radar, in concept, still uses radio waves for the outbound & inbound signal medium. But the propagation & reception is handled differently in a manner which leverages subtle interactions between radar waves and laser light. In concept, handling the RF waves _with_ a much more precise spectrum, gives greater fidelity. Ostensibly to produce a much finer resolution of the radar return signals than a normal radar receiver. Implications & applications = obvious. But it's still subject to many of the limitations of regular radar. It _could_ extend detection ranges, and possibly resolve track or lock quality contacts in unorthodox frequency ranges. As well as add an additional layer of "finesse" to the whole ECM/ECCM/ECCCM game. The concept is ambitious... how well it would work is another matter. The processing power needed is immense, and could pose a weak-point in itself. There's a sort of 'information overload' aspect to the concept as well. It's all in it's infancy right now. Numerous players are looking into it, including Russia and the US. It's often confused with LIDAR. And it is sometimes touted as a "stealth killer radar". I wouldn't call it a stealth-killer app. But it could "complicate" the RF detection cat & mouse situation. The fact that there is so little accurate information on it right now in the public space ...speaks volumes. But the fact that the US and Russia both want to put a photonic radar _ON_ a stealthy fighter aircraft ...also speaks volumes. Whatever the case, it beats China's quantum radar idea.

I just wanna comment about the Rafael and su 35 comparison done by egypt controversy There isn't a single Egyptian or Arabic article talking about how Rafael jammed the su 35 It is westren made up shit

One thing I really love about this channel is you get intelligent comment from the Russian side. I'm not a fan of what Russia is doing (to put it mildly - I directly fund a Ukrainian drone unit), but it is amazing to be able to get very interesting perspectives from knowledgeable Russians that are clearly not trolls and can express themselves eloquently. This is an amazing situation. Imagine being in WW2 and being able to talk to intelligent people on the opposite side about their military capabilities.

Your videos are always good viewing, without obvious bias, imparting your knowledge and expertise. The idiots speak for themselves.

Judging by from where we buy almost all of our road bikes, it's definitively the Chinese who are the masters in composites.

Good video! It would be nice to learn something about Russian targeting pods (internal, external) from you. How they are work, which aircrafts uses them, and what kind of air to surface weaponry, smart ammunitions can they use with these pods.

I'm from little o'l NZ and I've always been engrossed in aircraft design. I am always impressed with the different designs that come out, especially Russian and American aircraft. I know there will always be propaganda from both sides on the better abilities of their aircraft and technology. As we know there are so many different things involved in getting the best out of your aircraft and some times it's the human involvement that is the key after design,tech,engineering, battle back up, training infact all human involvement helps but on the the day of battle its just the air craft and its pilot. The only way to know the truth is in actual air battles. Russia and America are look at as being the the ones to keep up with when it comes to aircraft design. Other European countries and Asian are catching up. I am almost 69 and om still keenly engrossed in the beauty,design and power in the fighter aircraft industries around the world. If it wasn't for the human involvement, none of this can happen. So in the end doesn't it come down to humans.

Great video as usual, not sure where you got the figure of 80 lost because it's nowhere near that number. Hopefully you're not using oryx for information as it's been proven that they're double counting sometimes triple counting the same Russian. Losses to inflate numbers. To date for example they have only lost three SU-35s and in the meantime between last year and this year I believe they've gained 12 so the overall gain is about nine airframes from 2022 to 2023. Again great video and I don't think you answered the question of how many su-57's there are. For my research it says they will have their first full Squadron as of the end of 2023.

I respect your work especially because you try to be objective

The stupidity of some of these kids are incurable. Just keep doing your good work.

This episode . . . now ad then you have to clean some mess. Well performed!

Hi M7 ! About that composites ,Soviets used this construction material on the skin of the MiG-29 in the 70's and on the Yak-141 in 80's ( more then 25% of empty weight). For comparison ,Su-57 has also about 25% of composites in empty weight but must know one thing. These composites can never withstand high G-load for a long period of time such as metal Alloys ,especially Aluminium-Lithium. This special Alloy was first used on the MiG-29M in 80's. 'First stage' prototypes of Su-57 had one big composite panel on the upper side of the fuselage( centroplane) . After many intense high G turns ( especially 10G sustained turn) ,it was obvious that composite skin can not whistend such a high G-load for a long period of time! immediately after first flying tests all first stage prototypes got one big metalic panel from Aluminium-Lithium Alloy type 1441 ( it can be seen as one big yelow panel over the upper side of the fusalage in the assembly process) .Yellow paint of the Al-Li alloy comes from the galvanization process.This 'phenomena' also happened to all-movable vertical stabilisers .First they were all metalic ( Al-Li Alloy 1441) on the first stage prototypes ,then on the second stage they had skin made from composites ( composites have grey color). Intense and longtime high G turns proved that this structure material on the stabilisers skin can not whitstend such a brutal G-force like metallic ones. Vertical stabilizers are otherwise the most sensitive aerodynamic surfaces on a fighter, especially during long-term maneuvering.The Americans had very similar results during test flights with the F-22EMD during the 90s. They found that wings with metal alloy skin were more durable than wings with composite skin. It was then decided that all-movable vertical stabilisers have a skin made from Al-Li Alloy and horizontal stabilisers will have skin made half from composites and half from Al-Li Alloy. The real Know-how is not in the composites neither in that Alloy of Al-Li 1441 but in the technology of joining them together on the skin panels by welding. All of this we can see on this video : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R0ykwDn9Tcs.html Take a look on a sequence at 0:20 . We can see that big yellow panel over the central part of the upper fuselage. That is special high-temperature Alloy of Aluminium-Lithium type 1441. Composite materials have their advantages, of course, but they also have many disadvantages. Wish You all the best !

Great stuff as always. My favourite RU-vid channel by far.

I guess the next video should be a full analysis of when the izdeliye 30 will finally be ready

There is talk of ten to twelve Su 57's by the end of the year.

Excellent video, keep it coming! Trolls (paid or not) will always exist!

Great to see you Sir. GBY🙏

I find it funny people are surprissed there are low numbers of Su-57. Program delays are not only common but almost universal. This is without getting sanctioned and going to war. Why would they rush to produce half finished product too meet original scedule? The engine is not ready. Why build 100 aircraft only to put new engines after. You do realise how much extra that is going to cost? Making a few planes as a defacto prototypes for real world extended testing in a combat enviroment is the best use of resources. They are much better off focusing on upgrading their older planes untill the Su-57 is ready for prime time. NAFO bots boasting about F-35 numbers on Quora doesnt impress the Russians.

मुझे su ५७ बहुत अच्छा लगता है ; नये अन्तर दहन पवन यन्त्र के साथ और कुशलता आएगी।

"How dare the Russians and Chinese copy the art of breathing? The Great American breathing technique is clearly original and better, and the operators of such technique aren't living in a crumbling economy."

Happy to see you’re posting consistently again

Even India doesnt want SU57...checkmate 😂

Thanks!

I don't believe that Russia can build a production line for a jet that in not from 1960. Gluing a few prototypes from spare part from su27 is not the same thing as actually having a running production line for something as complex as a modern jet. They dont have any institutional knowledge, dont produce any planes at scale, never did, do not produce any electronics. What exactly is the jet going to be made of?

the FC31 and the J35 are different planes. the J35 is enlarge and strengthen to handle carrier landing and allow lower airspeed takeoff. the "5" in chinese designation for carriers aircraft. the export version is likely to still be the FC31 which we recently saw a new prototype airframe being build, so Shenyang is still trying to move that into production and export while also building the J35 for the chinese navy. J35 would be more expensive than FC31 and so less competitive for export...

You're, again, ignoring the defence economics: The SU27,K,KI,KUB,M,P,PB,P1M,S,SM,SM2,SM3,S1M,SKM,UB,UBM,30,30M,30MK,30MKA,30MKI,30MKK,30MKM,30MK2,32,33,34,35,37,J-11,J-15,J-16,... sold by the thousand to, and the programme funded, for decades, by the cash of: Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Belarus, China, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, to name a few. The MiG-29,A,AS,BM,UB,M,K,KUB,S,MT,MU1,MU2,SD,SE,SM,SMP,UBT,UPG,35,... sold by the thousand to, and the programme funded, for decades, by the cash of: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Chad, Cuba, Czechia, Eritrea, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Peru, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen, to name a few. The associated, common, A2A programmes, like the R-73 and R-77, were again funded through the cash of the export customers, wanting something more than fast personal transport. Russia has had the development programmes funded, and the old Soviet Military-industrial complex maintained, with the associated jobs, through decades of exports. The SU-57, and possible future SU-75, are envisioned to someday engage targets in contested, non Western defended, airspace. Add the jets fly away costs are reportedly twice the SU-27 and MiG-29 models, cost far more per hour to fly, and require billions to be spent upfront to establish far more complex maintenance and logistic ecosystems, and then add the airframe and engines have quarter the service life of the competition. The total cost of ownership will price many a former customer out of the market, before you consider their utility to the customers, and the opportunity costs of buying Russian, opposed to US, European, Chinese, Korean, Turkish, ... offerings. The political and economic costs, of again buying Russian, has/will deter China, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Malaysia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and likely Vietnam, from funding these programs, raising unit prices for remaining customers, if they survive, and ensuring aftermarket access to spares will be harder. Of the existing customer base (potential SU-57 / 75 customers): Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Chad, Cuba, Czechia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Peru, Serbia, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Yemen. Who NEEDS a more stealthy fleet, than their existing SU-27 / MiG-29 airframes, to engage an immediate rival with an airforce and air defences, that who has no better kit or bigger friends, and who have BILLIONS to spare, per squadron, to build the infrastructure, import flight simulators, train maintenance crews, equip spares warehouses, and ammunition stores, to be able to consider a purchase of a dozen stealthier aircraft? Throw in many a developing nation has recently been favouring light attack / modified advanced trainer aircraft, that cost a fraction of a SU-30, let alone a SU-57, to purchase, build the infrastructure, acquire spares, munitions, fuel, learn to maintain, ... for. The likes of the JF-17, JL/K-8, KAI T-50, M-346, JL-10/L-15, T-7A, L-15, ... have been selling by the hundred to those seeking to satisfy the training, ground attack, reconnaissance, airshow display, ... roles of many a nation that occasionally flies aging MiG-29 or SU-27 variants, when spares are available, for far less cash. Add the programme costs; the reported costs of developing the F-22 was $67bn, the F-35s is given as $1,700bn, the FCAS / BAE Tempest is estimated to cost $40bn, the SCAF / FSAC is estimated to cost €45bn Then consider, in 2009, the US, with a then $15tn GDP, and a Tax Revenue as a % of GDP of 15%, its Congress cancelled the F-22 programme, due to costs. The F-35 programme is backed by the $30tn GDP consortium of the: US, Japan, UK, South Korea, Israel, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Australia, Poland, Singapore, Switzerland, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, ..., a consortium where the Tax Revenue, as a % of GDP, averages to ~20%, though there are still any complaints about costs. The FCAS / BAE Tempest programme is backed by the $10tn GDP consortium of the UK, Japan, Italy, Sweden, ..., a consortium where the Tax Revenue, as a % of GDP, averages to ~20%. The SCAF / FSAC programme is backed by the €10tn GDP of Germany, France, Spain, and Belgium, a consortium where the Tax Revenue, as a % of GDP, averages to over 40%. Russian GDP was $1.8tn and the Tax Revenue, as a % of GDP, was 11.6%, in 2021. It's looking to fund two 5th gen programmes, several hypersonic missile programmes, refresh its nuclear stockpile, build a new fleet of nuclear subs, nuclear torpedos, a new nuclear powered fleet aircraft carrier, manufacture several thousand T-14 tanks, and variants, build its own space station, put a man on the moon, ... . Without the CASH, from advanced export customers, ask yourself how is that going to work, given the combined programme costs will be a multiple of Russia's GDP. Then throw in all the promised sensor fusion, and electronic warfare capabilities, and then consider the current sanctions. There's only so much the IC's ripped from imported Washing machines can do, and unlike a refreshed T-62, a SU-57 or SU-75 without half the airframe being packed with electronic wizardry, that there are spares on base for, isn't going to offer much utility (remember the 2022 footage of SU-34 with Garmin GPS taped to the cockpit, as a substitute). Silicon fabs, if you don't have to spend a trillion or two reinventing the wheel, or lithography, over a couple of decades, due to sanctions, still cost a hundred plus billion dollars to create. Which again leads to question, given the existing sanctions regime, where is the CASH for the programmes to come from. The Russian National Wealth fund, used to finance Special military operations, budget deficits, pensions, special programmes, a few yachts and palaces, has $70bn in Gold and Yuan deposits left. Enough to sustain the war for another 18 months, OR pay a few pensions, OR stop taxes having to be raised in a pseudo-election year, OR fund one of the programmes, if liquidated. Where's the CASH coming from?

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The Su-57 composites may be subject to expansion. If so, we'd expect gaps until the aircraft has warmed up.

At 2 minutes in, my comment is quoted and replied to. It is not a logical fallacy to be sceptical. It simply means not enough evidence has been supplied to support a claim. I don’t remember the context I made that particular comment on, but I am sceptical of Russian claims regarding their weapon systems. They do make a lot of extravagant claims! Their ships seem to be particularly bad as demonstrated in the Black Sea, and their Air Force has failed to attain air superiority over Ukraine which originally only had old Soviet-era SAM systems. I realise air superiority is not the main doctrine for Russia, but it follows their aircraft could be equally bad as their ships. It suits Russian interests to inflate their capabilities to support export sales. The other things you mentioned have been demonstrated, NGAD is most certainly a thing as it has been a programme for quite a while.

The only "photonic radar" that I know exists is a normal digital camera... and it works for many devices that we use such as smartphones...

Good video, thanks. I really think we missed out with regards to yf-23. imo

I love "Answer the trolls" videos.

I think the fact that they didn't use them in Ukraine shows that Russia isn't very confident in it. Also no other countries are buying it, those 2 things are hard to overlook. By the time they have them in great numbers the f22 and 35 will be replace with 6th generation fighters.

I enjoy your content... Obviously more informed than me. Thanks for your time

That’s sugar coating 🇷🇺 😉 Compare it to its competitor, the F-35🤯 ….. which is now operating from 31 bases worldwide. With more than 980 F-35s delivered, over 2,250 pilots trained, and the fleet surpassing 768,000 cumulative flight hours, the F-35 continues to be a cornerstone of modern air power and international defense collaboration.

@ 6:37 The "Fire Exit" sign is in English. What facility is this?

Do you think the Su57 is a 5th gen ? im not asking what they call it .. asking if you think it actually is a 5th gen Jet . bc from what i found on the internet is looks more like a 4+ gen to me and the copy argument is not an argument is a fact . absolute FACT that does goes both ways ... whoever think USA doesnt does the same is s.a.f.

One advice for those who are interested in this topic and I think M7 knows this things. So if someone want to discuss , e.g. compare fighters must know that basic thing in that domain is ''energy''. I wrote so many times about ''energy -factor'' and I will repeat it again. There is 5 energy parameters when we write about fighters: 1. energy in flight-kinematics , 2. energy-maneuverability( read and learn about Energy-maneuverability theory that is a model of aircraft performance and it was developed by USAF fighter pilot Col. John Boyd and mathematician Thomas P. Christie), then 3. energy of engine/s ( SEP ,thrust to weight ratio or exactly given dynamic thrust to given in flight weight ratio), 4. energy of fighter's radar ( energetic capabilities) and 5. energy of AAM's ( energetic/kinematic capabilities ).

They are expensive and Russia has a defence budget not much bigger than Australia