VonNeumann
New Member
Recently I've been mired in debates about Russian and American 5th gen fighter jets, which quickly spread out to other areas, like missile systems, surrveilance etc. This has all been very interesting for me, but since I am a completey n00b in this area I thought I might as people who know more than me.
So my question is:
In a scenario where a war would erupt between Russia and Nato members (fought on the russian european border), who would be able to establish air dominance? Suppose that Russia and Nato have the same weapons and technology as today, with the addition of a full F-35 fleet for NATO and T-50 fleet for Russia. Assume that on the ground neither side prevails, so the front remains at the current borders.
Particularly, I'm interested in the role of F-22 and F-35, to what extent will they be used in air to air and air to ground missions, especially F-35. Also, what will be the use (if any) of legacy (4th and previous gens) fighters on both sides (assume they are still around). And since I've noticed that american (by extent Nato) missile system are in general older than russian, will they be rendered useless by the T-50 and will russian missile systems be able to take out american fighters?
Thank you for your answeres, and please excuse my ignorance. If this kind of thread is not allowed here or if it has already been posted, feel free to delete it.
So my question is:
In a scenario where a war would erupt between Russia and Nato members (fought on the russian european border), who would be able to establish air dominance? Suppose that Russia and Nato have the same weapons and technology as today, with the addition of a full F-35 fleet for NATO and T-50 fleet for Russia. Assume that on the ground neither side prevails, so the front remains at the current borders.
Particularly, I'm interested in the role of F-22 and F-35, to what extent will they be used in air to air and air to ground missions, especially F-35. Also, what will be the use (if any) of legacy (4th and previous gens) fighters on both sides (assume they are still around). And since I've noticed that american (by extent Nato) missile system are in general older than russian, will they be rendered useless by the T-50 and will russian missile systems be able to take out american fighters?
Thank you for your answeres, and please excuse my ignorance. If this kind of thread is not allowed here or if it has already been posted, feel free to delete it.