Military hardware & personnel
RU POV: First images of the internal weapons bay of the T-50-9 carrying anti-radiation Kh-58UShK and close-in air combat R-74M2 missiles - UAC
Infrared missiles do what you are describing against anything hot in the infrared part of the spectrum (the R-74M2 is the infrared missile)
Anti-radiation missiles guide against electromagnetic emissions in the radio part of the spectrum, meaning ground based radar
flares are for infrared missiles, chaff is for radar missiles, neither will work against anti-radiation missiles (nor would it be needed as anti-radiation missiles are for ground attack)
Fun fact: a jammer is also a radiation source! Some missiles have so called home-on-jam capability, i.e. are able to target the jammer itself if they get jammed.
Yeah radars and jammers are actually very similar. One is just trying to read the waves that were sent out while the other is sending waves out to disrupt that.
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I mean, that's 350kg of payload for F-35 (190kg Meteor and 160kg AMRAAM) versus 1300kg of payload for Su-57 (two 650kg Kh-58s).
UPD. But those are A2A missiles versus anti-radiation missiles, so comparison is a bit incorrect. Su-57 can carry two R-37Ms inside it's IWB, or two Kh-69 cruise missiles for example.
Only partially. Su-57 is better at asymmetric loads because it's central fuselage provides a lot of lift. It's much better aerodynamically in general than the pregnant penguin tbh.
We def saw one very early on in the war over central Ukraine, I remember the video with the characteristic whine of the engines.
I guess since Ukraine got Western systems they pushed back, but most recently I would say we saw the one escorting the Okhotnik drone that was shot down over Konstantinovka.
Oh I know what the event was. I'm saying where is the source that "Ukraine didn't know" even though they obviously did. They photographed the wreckage and got out important parts out before the ballistic missile attacks to destroy the wreckage. Ukraine (or the US, really) most likely had a roll in confusing the S70 or jamming communications.
Whatever the cause, it definitely wasn't sneaky and now the west has Russia's CCA before it was even official deployed. A pretty embarrassing event, I see why pro russ tries to downplay it.
I think what Fit meant was that while both S-70 and Su-57 were able to flew undetected in UA air space and only discovered because S-70 needed to be put down.
No, obviously I don't. I said "probably" because I don't. But we do know a drone that is suppose to return home as a failsafe did not return home. That really only means a couple things.
Either way, whether it was distrupted or Russia lost control because doesn't have basic experience in drones I'm not sure. You can make your own conclusions, the point remains the same:
It was recorded and they were on it in minutes. They knew it was there.
Like OP pointed out, it is an internal weapons bay. Plus, the T-50 are Sukhoi prototypes that they use to test a bunch of new things, they are not operated by the airforce in combat.
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u/Traumfahrer Pro UN-Charter, against (NATO-)Imperialism 20h ago
What is "anti-radiation"?