Aerospace

Putin SHOWS OFF SU-57 killer fighter jets as UK unveils F-35 warplanes -but who would win?

....But as a video surfaced showing Mr Putin’s ‘Flying Kremlin’ presidential plane being escorted by no less than six of the planes, and with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier now equipped with F-35 jets - which fighter has the upper hand? The footage taken from Mr Putin’s IL-96-300PU, and his escort was reported to be roughly half the total number of these advanced fighter jets currently in Moscow’s air force. The state-of-the-art Su-57 has been slow in development over a decade or so and their appearance alongside the presidential Ilyushin is a sign that they are now fully in service...

At the end of last year the Russian air force boasted around a dozen of the planes.

The comparison is particularly timely because Turkey is facing the prospect of being barred from purchasing a US-built fleet of F-35s over its decision to purchase Russia’s S-400 missile system - a move Washington has grave concerns about.