The competency factor is something that online commentors greatly undervalue. The US, for all it’s faults in many places, is extremely competent. It’s an institutional world history anomaly. No one comes close.
And that’s the source of the “Greatness” of America that the billionaire-bro class just doesn’t understand and is actively poisoning. They think they are going to own “American Greatness”, but they don’t understand, can’t understand, that they are actively poisoning the institutions that made them rich. They are turning America into Russia (that is literally their expressed goal), but when they do there went be another America left to keep the world order in place.
To circle back to the Su-57, I don’t believe any of it’s advertised capabilities are real. Which is why everyone that was going to order them (India) has greatly pulled back their orders.
And I promise you, the F-35 is definitely not bullshit. But if the programs and institutions that support it aren’t diligently maintained, then in 20 years every plane will be worthless.
Which is why everyone that was going to order them (India) has greatly pulled back their orders.
Well that and much of the world is pressuring India to move away from Russia.
And I promise you, the F-35 is definitely not bullshit.
I am not saying the F35 isn’t a capable aircraft physically, I consider it a failure at a program level.
I ultimately agree the Su-57 is a vaporwave plane, a glorified demonstrator, but that doesn’t mean the airframe itself isn’t highly capable, rather it makes that potential advantage categorically irrelevant.
When it comes to a F-22 vs Su-57 the idea that there would ever be a fair fight vastly misunderstands the competency mismatch of the militaries that possess them, the difference in performance specs on paper is irrelevant, the Su-57 loses end of story.
The competency factor is something that online commentors greatly undervalue. The US, for all it’s faults in many places, is extremely competent. It’s an institutional world history anomaly. No one comes close.
And that’s the source of the “Greatness” of America that the billionaire-bro class just doesn’t understand and is actively poisoning. They think they are going to own “American Greatness”, but they don’t understand, can’t understand, that they are actively poisoning the institutions that made them rich. They are turning America into Russia (that is literally their expressed goal), but when they do there went be another America left to keep the world order in place.
To circle back to the Su-57, I don’t believe any of it’s advertised capabilities are real. Which is why everyone that was going to order them (India) has greatly pulled back their orders.
And I promise you, the F-35 is definitely not bullshit. But if the programs and institutions that support it aren’t diligently maintained, then in 20 years every plane will be worthless.
Well that and much of the world is pressuring India to move away from Russia.
I am not saying the F35 isn’t a capable aircraft physically, I consider it a failure at a program level.
I ultimately agree the Su-57 is a vaporwave plane, a glorified demonstrator, but that doesn’t mean the airframe itself isn’t highly capable, rather it makes that potential advantage categorically irrelevant.
When it comes to a F-22 vs Su-57 the idea that there would ever be a fair fight vastly misunderstands the competency mismatch of the militaries that possess them, the difference in performance specs on paper is irrelevant, the Su-57 loses end of story.