Sukhoi Su-57 Meta Thread

Russia has only produced 4 production grade Su-57s so far:

tass.com...

a reply to: anzha

4 that they are telling you about.

They can keep secrets just like the US can.

F117 was kept very quiet for a decade.

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The Russians are modernizing the Su-57 into the Su-57M:

www.ruaviation.com...

a reply to: anzha

Seems to be more of use to them as test mules for technology than actual combat aircraft..I havent seen any news on them being involved in Ukraine .

a reply to: Blackfinger

There was a report they were used once or twice in Ukraine to do strike (!!!) missions.

a reply to: anzha
Same heard rumours.Strike would make sense if the target had low AA protection..Wonder if NATO picked them up on radar?

a reply to: Blackfinger

The production Su-57 coating looks a lot better than the prototypes, but there still isn't any evidence that they're even close to the F-22 or F-35 in terms of RCS. So there's a pretty good chance that the AWACS in the area did.

a reply to: Zaphod58
Thanks Zaph.

More Su-57 delivered:

www.flightglobal.com...

There's a video of an Su-57 strike in Lugansk oblast, Ukraine blowing up a bridge. I'll try to find it to post. Not sure it's really a Su-57 though rather than a photoshop job. Engine noise sounds off.

Su-57s have been used in Ukraine, but at standoff ranges. Can't be much of a wunderwaffe if the Ukrainian air force is still flying:

www.flightglobal.com...

originally posted by: anzha
Su-57s have been used in Ukraine, but at standoff ranges. Can't be much of a wunderwaffe if the Ukrainian air force is still flying:

www.flightglobal.com...

Ukrainian air force is only flying behind its S-300 shield. This is a testimony to how powerful the S-300 is more than to how weak the Russian Air Force is.

NATO has nothing like it.

This video has some of the best declassified material on Su-57 to work through including visual proof of airframe stress tests and audible proof of speed and altitude capabilities (that I still have to calculate and work through) and tertiary proofs of radar capabilities. For instance the Su-57 has about 1550 T/R modules in its AESA the NO36, the F-35s APG-89 has about 1660 T/R modules. Just a comparison, we don't know specifics of either modules yet.

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