Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Can anything match the F-22 in 2022?" video.

F-22 has 2D thrust vectoring, Su-57 has 3D.
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But Russia did archive their objectives in Syria while US did not... So western command must be brain dead or something.
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God's Creature Syria is not an oil producing nation. So such objective is a bit of a joke. The actual objective was to remove Assad and replace him with US friendly dictator. Russia prevented that. Rebels are locked into a single province and Assad controls almost all of Syria. Re read US "red lines" and what exactly they wanted.
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AIM-260 is US version of Meteor. Chinese already have that, its called PL-15. As for JATM, Chinese are very close to initial operational capacity with PL-21. So it feels China is clearly leading US in missile tech.
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@patrickweaver1105 b/c Russians aimed a bit too high, the article 30 engine is even more efficient (on paper) then then one in F-35. That is a giant leap to make.
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@Schdcdd They explained in detail how they do it. Nothing magical. You fly low, use terrain masking etc. Even F-16s can sneak next to S-400. Does not mean S-400 is bad or anything. Also Syrians do not have S-400. They have S-300. And given their record of using AA systems as well as Israeli ideas of how to fly I doubt they down too many planes. Nothing here is "special" and does not prove anything. No other system in the world would perform any better. Also why would Israel fly close to SAM sites to test them? That would be epic stupid. They would never fly in a way that they knew could even have slight chance of getting shot at.
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@Schdcdd They are deployed to the Russian base. The S-300 are Syrian operated and cannot protect a huge area which includes mountains. When needing to attack where S-300 are you fire from Lebanese airspace something called "cruise missile". Once missile is off you dive back low. There is little need for F-35 here, F-16s do well. The one F-16 shot down was due to pilots being confused and not diving. If you plan your missions well and know where SAM sites are you don't have to worry too much - it does not matter SAM is S-300, S-400 etc. or anything else in the world.
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@303Pinker Russia was given option to have stealthy engines... price tag was astronomical. Price tag is so high no one else, even F-35 has it. F-22 was just "I don't care about price point".
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Wait, US has its own Meteor missile coming into operation this year with 200km range. Why would US buy something it has? See Aim-260. China has even better - PL-21 coming in. And Russia has their AESA based (so indeed they can make these) missiles.
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