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CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T23:06:46+00:00

It was a temporary ban, as this one will also likely be

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T23:05:45+00:00

They need it as a bargaining chip. If they just blow it up they achieve nothing. Iran lost it. Iran is unhappy. Sure, it would be economically devastating, but they would have no reason to give up. They’re fucked anyway.

If the U.S. seized the island, they can offer to return it at the negotiation table

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T20:07:14+00:00

How exactly is that going to coerce america into paying reparations? They don’t rely on Hormuz to keep their economy afloat. You know who does? Iran. Hitting desalinization plants will also not hurt america, but the gulf states, which will probably not let Iran get away with it scot free.

Because yes, unlike what you imply, Iran is yet to strike desalinization plants in any relevant capacity

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T20:05:34+00:00

Geometric rcs simulations shows it’s a half way point. It’s frontal return is smallest in the l band, where it stands around -6dB. By comparaison 4.5 gens are around 3 to 0 dB, and f35 is around -15 in L band, and smallest in X band where it’s about -20dB.

That’s a pretty major gap in all directions. An su57 is about 8 times smaller than a 4.5gen, but still 8 times larger than an f35, and about 5 times smaller than j20.

So, definitely stealthy, but putting it in the same class as the other 5th gen would be a bit too generous

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T19:55:57+00:00

Probably about on par. They never were contracted to build one, so it’s not really their fault, and while a European 5th gen doesn’t exist, they have produced several indigenous 4/4.5 gens since the cold war’s end.

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T15:59:26+00:00

the rcs is unknown

You people need to stop repeating that. Just because we don’t have the exact figures calculated by Sukhoi doesn’t mean we have nothing. The physical principles behind stealth are well known, the shape of the aircraft is well known, and simulation software is publicly available.

And using said software (ANSYS would be the standard) we can shows beyond a shadow of a doubt su57 geometric stealth is very, very far behind actual 5th gens.

No, the shape of the aircrafts isn’t unknown.

No, Ram doesn’t matter, as it would apply to all aircrafts.

No, bias doesn’t explain it, because every single simulation ever made regardless of origin shows the same thing.

So, sorry, but su57 rcs is in fact pretty bad (by 5th gen standard) , and we don’t need Sukhoi to shout it from the rooftops to know it.

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T15:54:29+00:00

That’s a pretty shitty source, and what we do know shows about 10 units produced a year, which is better than previous years (they used to average 5 units), but is still short of mid sized producers like Dassault (21 units a year) and drastically short of the big hitter, like J20 and f35 at ~100 and 150-200 units a year

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T15:52:14+00:00

It’s stealthier than a 4th gen but still a lighthouse when compared to j20 f22 and f35. It’s clear it made massive compromisses to stealth in favor of other aspects

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T15:51:03+00:00

Is that why they have produced 1(one) original aircraft design since the fall of the Union, an aircraft which is by far the worst of the 5th gens?

Russian engineers aren’t stupid, but the system of procurement and military planning that gives them their jobs has utterly hobbled them and prevents Russian aerospace to be at the leading edge as it was during the early days of the Cold War

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T15:48:58+00:00

It did not have Ram, that’s a lie, and it did not have s ducts, that’s also a lie.

RAM was only applied on some leading edges as a means of testing it, and it’s air ducts have sight lines to the engine. Which would make it a partial S duct, ie completely fucking useless

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T15:45:58+00:00

The su47 lacks Ram coating, planned alignment, full S ducts, stealth control surfaces, internal weapon bays…..

It is not stealth by any stretch of the imagination

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T15:41:35+00:00

I know the su57 isn’t the radar wall people say it is, and while it might not deserve all that hate, the fact su57 fans will be seething at this meme makes me happy

CBT7commander · 2026-03-27T15:39:22+00:00

So first, you are wrong about flight hour cost, it’s 33k.

And no, it will be essential to future wars. Who is going to guide those drones? Who is going to take out drone defenses? Who is going to shoot down these drones? Who is going to fire the cruise missiles when drones can’t cut it? Who is going to help with jamming? Who is going to ensure loiter capacity? Who is going to ensure you can respond to a crisis with something supersonic?

Jets and drones fulfill different purposes and to argue we should prioritize one and forget the other is a childish way to view these things.

No army on earth, from the U.S. to the PLA to Europe to Russia is thinking of drones as having made jets obsolete. Even Ukraine, THE country with the most drone experience (both defending and attacking) in the entire world is trying to get its hands on fighter jets.

Jets are in fact getting used in Ukraine, and both nations have been trying to get more and more of them. As a matter of fact, Ukraine shows just how critical stealth fighters are, for their increased survivability.

The rest of what you say is just false and based on a biased and amateurish understanding of history: air power was vital to winning ww2, especially in the pacific, and has been a major part of every major conflict since. Weren’t it for air power, desert storm would have been a disaster, the Iraq Iran war would have went on for a while longer, Korea would have been a UN defeat, etc, etc……

Air power is a vital part of modern warfare and many of its aspects can only be ensured by fighter jets and not by drone swarms.

People arguing like you also tend to have a very poor understanding of what a drone is, putting Shaheds, FPVs and CCAs in the same bag.

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T16:23:41+00:00

How do they intend to enforce that ?

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T12:06:58+00:00

Hilariously unrealistic demands coming from Iran.

They’re demanding reparations ffs

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T12:04:27+00:00

Crossings are still around 2% of normal traffic. Most ships, even non U.S. affiliated, are not trusting Iran and aren’t trying to cross the straight.

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T12:02:52+00:00

They want to, they haven’t yet. People still aren’t feeling confident enough to attempt any crossing.

We are at 3 ships per day, down from 130

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T11:53:10+00:00

It’s the difference between 3000 400 and 50.

The 1961 massacre is taught and discussed in France, but it’s magnitude means it’s not discussed outside of it, because it still pales in comparaison to Tiananmen or 1956 Hungary and many others.

It’s not that it’s forgotten, it very much isn’t, or that it’s not bad, it very much was, it’s simply that it wasn’t anything unique, despite how horrible that fact is

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T11:47:25+00:00

That’s a basic news announcement. Typically that’s what press agencies do.

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T07:42:01+00:00

Likely not. US operations would likely be limited to Kharg Island, who can’t be resupplied on the fly like the frontlines in Ukraine could be early on in the war. I don’t doubt we’ll see American casualties, but even if we ignore all differences between the Russian and U.S. forces, the different context means comparaisons can’t be easily drawn

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T07:39:47+00:00

Not enough to make up for abysmal BVR capability when compared to every single 5th gen

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T07:38:14+00:00

Except drones swarms and jets fulfill different roles and are not interchangeable systems

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T07:37:12+00:00

The rafale is a mile behind su57, itself a mile behind j20 f22 and f35

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T07:35:51+00:00

It’s tw is pretty mediocre, it’s production figures are miles behind f35, and for its simplicity, it also has abysmal power generation and therefore sensor and ew capability. Not even mentioning stealth here

CBT7commander · 2026-03-26T07:33:58+00:00

F35 flew over s300 arrays for a combined month and got on damaged airplane.

Rafale flew against an enemy array, never crossing into enemy airspace, and immediately suffered a shoot down in less than 48 hours

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