[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Why do all or most of Russia’s aircraft look suspiciously like our prior model and in this case, the F-22?

[Rashputin]

I'm sure they look at what works, but, there's also the fact that design thought in aerodynamics seems to come in waves with everyone reaching similar configurations based on the latest advances in what works with what's possible. If they see something already working no doubt they avoid a lot of what they may have tried otherwise and the similarity increases.

Sorta like at one time everyone had planes similar to the the Bee Gee, then poof, that was gone and if you mention it around younger folks they say, "The band ? Don't you mean BeeGees? They had an airplane?"

Then again, if you can get the design work someone else has done already and start with that, sure, why start from scratch and try things that have been tried and rejected for good reasons? Lenin knew where to buy rope, everyone on the planet also knows how to get blueprints and research data, so it's really just another black market to a much greater extent than people think.

[Arlis]

As you indicate - complete design straight from our F-22 blueprints and specs - freely donated to both the Russians and Chinese by our Marxist government......all dimensions exact to the nearest .001 inch. ......or .01 mm......

[Azeem]

If so, we’re screwed. The F-35 is a POS. The AF should have stayed with the F-22.

[shotgun]

Or the F-15 before that?