During the Cold War era, the United States and the Soviet Union staged a back-and-forth rivalry and suppression competition in the field of air force, in order to suppressF-15 "Eagle"., designed by the USSRSu-27 "Flanker".
In order to regain the initiative in technology, the United States came up with its own technological masterpiece on the eve of the end of the Cold WarF-22 "Raptor"., the Soviets, who learned about this, also began to bet on their ownStealth fighter, ready to compete with the United States again.
F22 fighter].
However, in December 1991, the Soviet Union, which was troubled internally and externally, collapsed, and its successors faced their own problems and could not continue the development of Soviet-era fighters, and the F-22 "Raptor" suddenly "lost its opponent" and became a standout existence among the fifth-generation fighters.
Due to the long lack of "opponents" with their own expensive,As a result, in its long-term service, the only result of air combat could only be a high-altitude balloon floating into the United States.
Balloon incident. It was not until the new century that Russia, as the heir to the largest legacy after the collapse of the USSR, came up with its own"A new generation stealth fighter" Su-57 "Super Sukhoi" (
Su-57 fighter.
But time has passed, the United States has stopped producing the F-22 "Raptor" for many years at this time, and the latest fighter has also become the F-35 "Lightning II", so that when many people mention the Su-57, the first thing they will compare with is itF-35 "Lightning II".
F35 fighter.
Actually,The Su-57 "Super Sukhoi" and the F-35 "Lightning II" are not suitable for comparison, their functions and mission positioning are not the same, and it can even be said that they are far from each other, and the aircraft that is closest to the positioning of the Su-57 "Super Sukhoi" is still the opponent of the year - the F-22 "Raptor", which was born as an air superiority fighter.
But for these two fifth-generation aircraft, there has always been this F22 against Su-57 on the Internet, but it's just a one-sided **, so is this statement really correct?Don't worry, let's break it down one by one.
1. Super maneuverable
The F-22 "Raptor" is undoubtedly the strongest American aircraft in terms of maneuverability, and its power consists of 2 unitsF-119-PW-100 twin-rotor small-bypass ratio afterburner turbofan engineProvided, the output of a single unit is up to 155 kN (the total output of the twin engine is 310 kN).
The F-119-PW-100 turbofan engine, which has been the object of catch-up since birth.
Back in the 80s, they designed for the F-22Binary vector spoutsto increase maneuverability as much as possible while ensuring stealth performance.
Although it is only possible to change the thrust vector of the engine in the vertical plane, this is quite advanced for an aircraft designed in the 80s, which increases the controllability and maneuverability of the aircraft.
At the same time, in order to ensure stealth performance, the nozzle is also designed with additional cooling flaps, which, according to the information, reduces the infrared and radar signature of the nozzle (although it sounds ridiculous, but at least the Americans do claim it), but alsowill reduce the effectiveness of binary vector spouts
AL-41F-1S (sometimes referred to as the 117S engine).
The Su-57 Super Sukhoi is slightly inferior in terms of output, and its power is provided by two AL-41F-1S engines, with a single output of about 142 kN (twin-engine total 284 kN), although the output is smaller than that of the F-22 Raptor.
But the advantage of being a latecomer letsThe Su-57 is equipped with a more advanced multi-thrust vectoring vent than the F-22, which allows it to be more agile and maneuverable in air combat at medium and close ranges.
2. Stealth performance
Truth be told, the two have never actually announced themselves from all anglesRadar launch areaThe credibility of the data in the mixed public information is also generally not high.
It can only be said that, according to different sources **, the radar reflection area data of the F-22 is from0.0001 to 03-0.4m²There are, and about the radar reflection area of the Su-57, in different simulated tests, from0.1 is 05㎡data of both.
In terms of open data,The F-22 may be more dominant, but it does not determine the conclusion.
Su-57 with radar antennas plugged all over the body
The radar on the Su-57 "Super Sukhoi" differed from that on the F-22.
It is equipped with the N-036 "Belka" integrated radar system, which includes a range of radars, including: the N-036 forward-looking radar system (X-band), the N036B-1-01L and N036B-1-01B (X-band) side-looking radar systems, and the N036L-1-01 (L-band) radar system located on the leading edge of the wings, with additional tail radars and other enemy seeking systems.
According to published data, the N-036 "Belka" in the face of the enemyEffective discovery can be achieved at a distance of 400 km(Note: According to the practice of Soviet and Russian radars, it should be faced with an enemy with a radar reflection area of 2.)
Caption: The AN APG-77 radar, which is occasionally on display, is very compact in size, which makes the F-22 lighter and limits future upgrades.
And the F-22 "Raptor", as a fighter that entered service in 2005, is equipped with:An APG-77 active phased array radar。This state-of-the-art radar at the time guaranteed that targets with a radar reflection area of 1 could be detected and tracked at a distance of up to 225 km.
Although the radar and microelectronics industries have always had the upper hand of the US military, the F-22 "Raptor" has been due to itsFirst-mover disadvantageIn the 30 years since its first flight, it has never received an upgrade of its radar and fire control system (not that the U.S. military does not want to upgrade, but because the upgrade is too difficult to abandon), which further restricts the F-22's armament upgrade plan.
To this day it is difficult to say whether the radar of the F-22 "Raptor" will have any advantages over the N-57 "Belka" of the Su-036
After the F-22 entered service, it was never able to make any upgrades on the radar.
From the above three combined, these F-22 "Raptor", which has been in service for almost 20 years, are the same as the Su-57 "Super Sukhoi", which is now a cutting-edge new talentIt's hard to talk about absolute superiority
So what would happen if the two sides were piloted by pilots of similar strength to fight each other?In fact, it is likely to be very much worth looking forward to.
F22 with Su-57
Nearly 20 years after the F-22 entered service, Russia has a fighter that can match it, which in itself is a recognition of the F-22 "Raptor".
But for most people at this stage, this question is actually completely subconscious"Whoever wants to win".As for the question that is common on the Internet, it is believed that the Su-57 "Super Sukhoi" will face off against the F-22 "Raptor".It's just going to be one-sided, but you don't have to
Su-57 unmanned wingman test.
After all, when the hard data of both sides can't close the gap,The biggest variable will only be people- And how can the plane be blamed for the fault of man?
References:
1] China.com, "The U.S. F-22 Launches a Sidewinder Missile to Shoot Down a "Chinese Surveillance Balloon" or Set the Highest Shooting Down Record
2] Association of Russian Exporters (AL-41F-1S turbofan jet engine).
3] Lockheed Martin's official website "25th Anniversary of the F-22 "Raptor" fighter
4] Russian Air Force "Su-57 Fighter - a Failure of the Russian Domestic Aircraft Industry or an Advanced Fighter?".》