Air Force may deploy F-22 warplanes near Russia's border

Source : http://www.presstv.ir

The United States is planning to send warplanes to Europe in order to stop Russia’s “aggression” in the region, says US Air Force Secretary Deborah James.

Describing Moscow as “the biggest threat” in the region, James said it is “extremely worrisome on what's going” on in Ukraine.

"I could easily see the day -- though I couldn't tell you the day exactly -- when the F-22, for example, rotates in is a possibility. I don't see why that couldn't happen in the future," she was quoted as saying by Military.com.

Washington relations with Moscow are icy over the conflict in Ukraine. The Kremlin is accused of supporting pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.

The New York Times reported last week the Pentagon is ready to station heavy military equipment in countries on Russia's border to face a possible “Russian aggression.”

Unnamed officials said the weaponry, which includes battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, was enough for as many as 5,000 American troops.

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an announcement following the Pentagon’s decisions for deploying more military equipment in Europe.

Putin announced that his country would add intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year.

“More than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles, able to overcome even the most technically advance anti-missile defense systems, will be added to the make-up of the nuclear arsenal this year,” Putin said.

"It does concern me," Kerry said. "Nobody should hear that kind of announcement from a leader of a powerful country and not be concerned about what the implications are."

In an interview with Press TV over the weekend, American political commentator Stephen Lendman warned about Washington’s aggressive policies against Moscow, saying tensions with Russia may spark the flames of another world war.

“This is a willful provocation along with previous ones, along also with repeated belligerent military exercises, provocative events, provocative things going on to literally try to get Russia, to do something stupid to provoke a confrontation that America could blame on Russia,” Lendman said.

“The idea that America should continue theses provocations risk the possibility that we literally could have what I call the unthinkable another global war,” he added.

Russia's fifth-generation smartplane PAK FA T-50: Total eclipse of F-35

Source : Pravda.Ru

Russia's fifth-generation PAK FA T-50 fighter jet is a "flying robot, a smart plane," advisor to Director General of Radio Electronic Technology Concern, Vladimir Mikheyev said. The pilot does not play a significant role for the new fifth-generation fighter jet. The pilot, the official said, is "an integral part of the aircraft," RIA Novosti reports.

In addition to its advanced design, PAK FA has a number of other advantages over foreign aircraft. For example, PAK FA T-50 fighter remains maneuverable and stable at supercritical attack angles.

According to Mikheyev, the wing of the aircraft serves as the "active defense station "Himalayas"". The station is housed inside the wing and ensures not only flight, but also protection characteristics as it confuses enemy radars and conducts radio detection, Pravda.Ru reports.

According to many experts, Russian stealth fighter jets are superior to Western analogues. According to Australian experts, the Russian fifth generation T-50 stealth fighter is in many ways superior to state-of-the-art models of American fighters F-22 and F-35.

In comparison with the US fifth-generation F-22 and F-35 fighter jets, the Russian T-50 has a more advanced guidance system of on-board weapons. This technique is known as "entry into enemy's rear hemisphere." In addition, the T-50 has a revolutionary technology of optical-radar detection. The new radar of the PAK FA T-50 is based on this technology and is thus superior to F-35 radars.
 

The serial production of the PAK FA T-50 is to start in 2016.

Russia's new fifth-generation fighter jet raises serious professional interest in the US military. At the same time, US officials fear that it will exceed similar models of state-of-the-art US fighter jets, Pravda.Ru says. 

"The analysis that I have seen on the PAK-FA indicates a pretty sophisticated design that is at least equal to, and some have said even superior to U.S. fifth-generation aircraft. It certainly has greater agility with its combination of thrust vectoring, all moving tail surfaces, and excellent aerodynamic design, than does the F-35," former U.S. Air Force intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula told the National Interest.  

Another senior US military official said that, in terms of performance, Russia's PAK FA "looks competitive" when compared with the F-35. 

The head of the US Air Force Mark Welsh said that Russia and China were rapidly closing the gap with the US military technology. 

"China and Russia are two good examples of countries who will be fielding capability in the next three to five years; if they stay on track, that is better than what we currently have in many areas," Welsh told Fox News. 

Welsh acknowledged that China and Russia may outstrip the United States in the field of air force technology soon. The official called upon the US authorities not to cut spending on national defense, because "enemies" of the United States - Russia and China that is - may surpass Washington in air defense quickly, US Air Force Chief Mark Welsh said. 

Mark Welsh paid an inspection visit to the US Air Force base in Langley, Virginia, where he was disappointed with the aging fleet of US fighter jets. According to the official, most countries prefer to purchase aviation equipment from Russia. If China joins these projects, the two countries will become serious competitors to the United States in already eight years, Welsh said.  

Noteworthy, the ambitious project of the US Department of Defense to build Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has found itself on the verge of failure. It was revealed that the engine of the aircraft was so unreliable that it could put the entire project into question, Pravda.Ru reports. 

As a result of detailed inspections, it turned out that aircraft engines manufactured by Pratt & Whitney (a division United Technologies Corp.) were twice as worse as producers announced it to be. 

Last year, the US military suspended the flights of the F-35 followingfuel leak and fire during takeoff. For the same reason, the United States did not even send the new fighter to the air show in Farnborough in the UK last year.