The Russians have been using figure for an average RCS, which is completely different thing to a front angle RCS that is typically used by Western sources. Davidenko, the chief designer of PAK FA, himself gave F-22 an _average_ RCS number of 0,3-0,4. Even stealth planes have angles and sectors (like directly…

Your comment is useless. Average number is what the Russian document used and I simply explained it. If this is too complicated for you, stay out of the discussion.

I wasn’t answering to you on that post. And if you are going to throw a tantrum for me claiming that F-22 shows more similarity to F-15 than PAK FA to Flanker, then be my guest. It is quite clear if one studies the aircrafts, but it is no way a knock on F-22. Quite funny that I get blamed for audacity for making that…

I don’t know why you keep clinging on the size, it clearly not relevant. F-22 is similar size as PAK FA and yet its RCS on tiny fraction of Super Hornets. PAK FA also shows all the required RCS reduction measures to be in completely different realm compared to SH. It may be that PAK FA doesn’t emphasize all-aspect…

So your answer is to repeat all the out of the air claims that have no basis in reality. In other words drown the rational side with huge number of bs claims, because obviously it takes a lot more effort to take apart and counter all the nonsense with common sense and facts.

No, overrall average. So it includes right angles which give very substantial return. If radar looks at F-22 right underneath it, there will obviously be very large return from the flat bottom. Those kinds of returns rises the average number, even though from certain front sector the radar cross section can be indeed…

There is more structural similarity between F-15 and F-22 than Su-27 and PAK FA. The fact that PAK FA currently uses a variant of Flanker engines gives it that one visual cue which seems to distract some people. PAK FA is a clean-sheet design, there can be no doubt about it among serious people. Of course Sukhoi uses…

Size is not relevant. F-22 or B-2 are bigger than Super Hornet, doesn’t mean it somehow evens out their stealth characteristics. PAK FA utilises a radar blocker (device 9) for dealing with the compressor issue. Boeing’s F-32 did that too and they designed the aircraft to meet USAF set stealth requirement (very low…

It is absolutely ludicrous to claim that Super Hornet is anywhere near PAK FA in terms of signature control measures. PAK FA shows all sorts of shaping and construction solutions designed to lower radar returns, that SH simply lags. Even if you don’t have the knowledge to understand things like faceting and planform…

Quite delusional claims. According to american sources like Office of Naval Intelligence released figures, already early Akulas were about the same level as Los Angeles class. And of course there were improvements during the production series. Not to mention the same happened during building of the Severodvinsk. You…

Russian military spending dropped 50% on dollar terms, when ruble collapsed, but it had practically no effect on the real Russian military budget, which is in reality larger 2015 than it was 2014. Russian military operates on rubles not dollars, the dollar value has no meaning and is only misleading. Russia is…