Russia has new fighter the SU-30 vectored Thrust

I am continuing to post stuff on the resurgent Red Army Russian Army.  We are drawing down and Russia after being embroiled in internal conflicts since the fall of the Soviet Union..seems to be making a comback.  We also have China sabre rattling.   Interesting and ominous times are afoot and Obungler is cutting the U.S. Military but entitlements are untouched.  If I didn't know better I would think he wants us to be defeated and  knocked off our perch as the lone superpower.

Rather Interesting

This is ominous!

The red smoke coming from the wingtips is only there to demonstrate

to spectators on the ground the direction the plane is actually moving

through the air. Normally the smoke wouldn't be there. When the

smoke is streaming behind, the airplane is moving fast forward etc.

When the airplane is engulfed in smoke, it means the airplane is almost

stopped in mid-air. The maneuverability of this plane is incredible.

This plane would be nearly impossible to defeat in a dogfight.

READ BEFORE VIEWING

Russia now has #1 fighter plane in the world... SU-30-Vectored Thrust

with Canards.

As you watch this airplane, look at the canards moving along side of, and

just below the canopy rail. The "canards" are the small wings forward of

the main wings? The smoke and contrails provide a sense of the actual

flight path, sometimes in reverse direction.

This video is of an in-flight demonstration flown by the Russian's-30MK

fighter aircraft. You will not believe what you are about to see.

The fighter can stall from high speed, stopping forward motion in seconds.

(full stall). Then it demonstrates an ability to descend tail first without

causing a compressor stall.

It can also recover from a flat spin in less than a minute. These maneuver

capabilities don't exist in any other aircraft in the world today.

We don't know which nations will soon be flying the SU-30MK, hopefully

China isn't one of them.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Note: Friends worked with advanced aircraft flight control systems and

concepts for many years as an extension of stability control and means of

control...

Canards and vectored thrust were among many concepts examined to extend

our fighter aircraft performance. Neither our current or next generation aircraft

now poised for funding & production can in any way match the performance of

this Russian aircraft NOW FLYING in any near combat situation.

Somehow the bankrupt Russian aircraft industry has out produced our

complex politically tainted aerospace industry with this technology marvel.

Scratch any ideas of close in air-to-air combat with this aircraft in the

future.

Take a look at the video with the sound up. This aircraft is of concern to

U.S and NATO planners. Maximize your screen for best viewing.