Comments by "Bob thebomb" (@bobthebomb1596) on "How Good Is Russia's Newest Stealth Fighter 'Checkmate'?" video.

Pretty poor effort and unworthy of Forces News.
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@goranmarkovic6002 We are talking about the Mig 25 back in the 1980's. The only means of delivering a wide area EMP pulse was a high altitude nuclear explosion. Even now, start knocking out long range radar systems with EMP and the only conclusion is that you are about to launch an ICBM strike.
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@Nownowthen The only use of an EMP pulse that would affect fighter aircraft is as a prelude to a nuclear strike, by that stage we were all doomed.
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It wasn't really the nuclear bomber that caused chaos. Both America and Russia worked on a nuclear powered bomber. The US produced two engine designs; one was underpowered the other too dangerous to use. The Russians actually flew a modified bomber with a nuclear engine (of the type the US considered unsafe), but it was not a viable system. Both countries eventually came to their senses. The bomber that caused chaos in the US was the original Bison A, a four jet strategic bomber. At the time the US was shocked by it's (supposed) performance, which lead to the apocryphal "bomber gap" As it turned out both the performance figures and production numbers were wildly exaggerated
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