[donozark]

Being that the Su-35S is so “...highly maneuverable,” perhaps a not so veiled hint to Turkey?

[jsanders2001]

> MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. Russia’s newest Sukhoi Su-35S fighters, redeployed to Syria, will be flight-tested in real combat conditions and make a contribution to destroying terrorist targets on the ground, the former chief of the Lipetsk air pilots training center, Major-General Alexander Kharchevsky, has said.

Well now we know why Obama wanted to quadruple the military funding to repel the Russia military's advances over there. His buddies are getting a$$e$ kicked by the Russians.

[jsanders2001]

> MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. Russia’s newest Sukhoi Su-35S fighters, redeployed to Syria, will be flight-tested in real combat conditions and make a contribution to destroying terrorist targets on the ground, the former chief of the Lipetsk air pilots training center, Major-General Alexander Kharchevsky, has said.

Well now we know why Obama wanted to quadruple the military funding to repel the Russia military's advances over there. His buddies are getting their a$$e$ kicked by the Russians.

[Jewbacca]

I see no veil at all. See post above.

[RicocheT]

the Su-35S is an older design than our F-35, but a more useful fighter and ground attack jet. The 35S can maneuver better, carry more ordnance and has a cannon with more rounds. The F-35 is more stealthy, but advances in radar are lessening that advantage. The F-35 has more advanced electronics, but these need a lot of debugging. The F-35 costs much more per plane, so we can’t afford very many. The F-35 has a short take off variant, but still is a turkey. The US should regard the F-53 as a design trial, learn from it and move on to a new design competition for fifth generation jets.