Top Gun: Sukhoi’s Revenge

April 20, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

Interesting video of Russian(?) origin that demonstrates two types of counter-air mission profiles: the usual defensive run (B-52s escorted by EF-Typhoons) and, more interestingly, a counter-ISR attack on an E-3 and its escorting Typhoons.

Granted, it’s a bit too easy for the Russkie jets but then again western commercials aren’t any less lopsided (JSF anyone?).

Now of course some people will inevitably argue “okay, replace the Typhoons with F-22/F-35s and the Sukhois are toast”. Well, maybe. As the (by now infamous) RAND report and the frequent updates by APA reminds us, stealth tech & tactics are neither omnipotent nor invincible, and in fact technologies and tactics to counter them exist and proliferate (our past readers know this already). So who knows…

(Kudos to Steve Trimble!)

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Bostonmyk on April 20th, 2009 1:59 pm

Pretty cool video although the odds of seeing a B-52 doing anything like this anymore is probably pretty slim. Figure for high end spectrum stuff its going to be cruise missile shoots entirely and if I was Sukhoi whatever thats the engagement I’d be selling:)

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