The best Russian fighter jet was not ready for a war against the Japanese Air Force.
The Russian Su-35 fighter was simply not ready for an armed conflict between Russia and Japan. According to the journalists of the Russian information publication "Military-Industrial Courier", in the event of a conflict, the losses of the Russian Su-35 can be very, very large - in fact, we are talking about the defeat of the strongest Russian fighter.
“The Air Force of the Land of the Rising Sun is also about half the number of Russian fighter aircraft. But there is a nuance - Japan, with its advanced technologies, was a pioneer in the introduction of aircraft radars with an active phased array (AFAR) into operation, today its aircraft in target detection range are mainly superior to Russian ones, minus the Su-35 and MiG-31. In terms of the sum of its qualities, only the Su-35 can really withstand the Japanese modifications of the American F-15 and the products of the Japanese aircraft industry - the Mitsubishi F-2 in all types of combat. But in the group of modern fighters, the Japanese already have a numerical superiority, our Su-35s are in the minority. Moreover, the Russian Federation had problems with modern missiles, and the supply of air-to-air missiles with which it is really possible to go out against such an adversary has just begun. The Japanese have no such problem. In addition, the question of the possibility of deploying sufficient forces of Russian aviation in a region with a not dense network of airfields remains open - Japan is much easier with this ", - about it сообщает Russian edition "Military-industrial courier".
On the other hand, in this direction, Russia has deployed just a huge number of short, medium and long-range air defense systems, which nullifies all of Tokyo's advantages.
“As soon as Japan tries to invade Russian airspace, it will almost immediately lose half of its air force. Considering particular cases, Tokyo probably has a number of advantages, however, in the general picture, such advantages are less obvious. ", - the expert Avia.pro marks.
It should be noted that recently, Russia has deployed its Su-35 fighters on the Kuril Islands group specifically in case of a possible confrontation with Japan.
"I have a knight's move in reserve!", - V. Vysotsky sang
And the Japanese know about it.
The K-37 missile has been officially in service since 2014 and today has the maximum launch range among all air-to-air guided missiles in the world. And there is also the R-33 rocket ensures the destruction of air targets flying at speeds up to 3 km / h at
maximum distance up to 160 km. So let's not talk about the "missile lag".
The thesis "Japan can destroy all SU-35s" should not be presented as a fait accompli, but it turns out "they have not left, but have already arrived." Phased radars have already been mastered by the Russian military-industrial complex and it seems that the aircraft fleet is already being modernized. And then, that Japan is going to fight with Russia?
In the event of a military conflict, Japan will simply disappear from the face of the Earth, along with all its weapons. And very quickly.
I agree. And actually, sooner or later, the United States and Russia will have to join forces for the third time.
And how about 4 YARS for Japan, how will it be about the defeat ????
Why should they smash? After all, we do not claim their territory? We don't want to fight anyone at all. We do not need to worship the sacred Mount Fuji. We have everything. And we have known for a long time that the Japanese need islands not to live there, or to fish, America told them to do this in order to close the exit of our warships to the Pacific Ocean.
Author, you cannot destroy the plane!
Neither the SU-35, nor the F-16, nor any other.
You can destroy a country, an army, a squadron, but not an airplane!
For some reason, Russia is too fixated on two countries supposedly going to conquer almost half of the territory of Russia. This is how we understand it - Turkey and Japan. This suggests that Russia's foreign policy think tanks are in weak positions and have chosen the wrong priorities. Russia must once and for all clearly define its real enemies. The main and most dangerous threat to Russia in the near future comes only from CHINA. Sooner or later, Russia will have to face China head-on, ... it's just a matter of time.
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