A year on and Russia is winning!

 Ukrainian Bragging?

It is unlikely that the Ukraine will beat Russia in a war of any kind, since the deployment of the hypersonic Sukhoi SU-50 and its variant's will obliterate any western aircraft that might be deployed against it and what the west is providing Kiev in now old stock?

Russia has raced ahead in the field of hypersonic and the United States has lagged behind, due to financial crises that has plague the states since the end of the era of President George Bush.

These new types can our run and gun any other aircraft and if the U.S. and Europe were to deploy the good tech such as the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning and the Typhoon, Swedish JA-27, they still would be no match for this unique aircraft.

New Kids on the Blocks?

F-22 and F-35.

The entry of the new U.S. fighter jets the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightening are a revolution in aircraft design and technology, but they have come at a cost with delays and many teething problems? It is not clear what these problems actually are, because of all the secrecy surrounding their potentiality?

But they are state of the art and with the ever increasing threats from Iran, and N-Korea, if not Russia and China who respectively have developed their own sophisticated fighter jets N.A.T.O. nations such as the British Royal Air Force are in need of this equipment!

The main factor is no longer speed in the new fighters, but manoeuvrability and not to be seen, much of this came from the development of the F-117 and B-2, who were invisible to radar. 

Russia has its Sukhoi SU-35/50 fighters which are a match for the U.S., while China has developed its own stealth jet, of which little is really known about. These nations have a history of great design and capability.

Aircraft Carriers Viability. One.

Real estate at Sea.

The United States today posses the largest fleet of Nuclear powered aircraft carriers in the Nimitz class, these ships carry several hundred aircraft of various types from fighter jets, to ELINT and AWACS. They also carry a host of different helicopters from Anti-Submarine warfare ASW to medium transport and the CH-47J the latest version of the Boeing-Vertol Chinook to the CH-53.

Many other nations have smaller carriers such as Brazil, France, China, Russia, Britain, Australia and India, Spain and Italy. Some are nearly as big and nuclear, while the others are conventional diesel and have to be replenished at sea.

These ship carry up to 5000 crew, combing air arms, marines, seals, commando's with their military equipment  and vehicles than can be landed by landing craft or large transport helicopter's?

The military philosophy one would think is the same, but every nation has their own take on how to deal with the foe and these ideas have been developed over the last one-hundred years from the first British one decker's right up to the mini carrier six aircraft VTOL jump jets and six rotary wing.

 

Defence is provided by sophisticated missile systems both anti-aircraft, missile and ship to land such as the Tomahawks. Raptor and Predator drones along with others such as Helli star and Scout/rangers are also used to cut the risk of loosing valuable pilots in hostile territory