Does Russia have a equivalent to the F-35?

Russia's new 'Checkmate' fighter jet
The warplane, given the project name "Checkmate", is likely to be touted as a rival to the US F-35 stealth fighter, said Oleg Panteleyev, head of the Aviaport analytical agency. Reports first surfaced that the jet was being manufactured in May 2020.
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What is Russia's answer to the F-35?

The Sukhoi Su-57 – Russia's Answer to the F-35 or a Big Mistake? - 19FortyFive.
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Do other countries have the F-35?

And Western European countries are deploying their own F-35s into allied countries and airspace in proximity to Russia, in places like Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania and Romania. Some are American military planes and others are owned by allies, like the Netherlands.
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What is the Chinese equivalent of the F-35?

The J-20 is the only operational fifth-generation stealth fighter jet in the world apart from the American F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and Russian Su-57. As of 2021, China was known to have built 150 J-20 stealth fighters.
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Is Sukhoi better than F-35?

The F-35 has a technological edge over the Sukhoi Su-35 because of its advanced avionics and technology, but it lags behind in terms of speed and maneuverability.
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Russia Unveils New Fighter Jet Viewed As Competitor To America's F-35



Are US fighter jets better than Russian?

The report said the Russian Air Force has 273 Su-24, 192 Su-25, 350 Su-27/30/35 and 125 Su-34. The Russian fighters accounted for 7 per cent of the global combat aircraft fleet with the US topping the charts with 15% of the total.
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Does Russia have 5th generation fighters?

The Su-57 jet is Russia's proclaimed fifth-generation fighter aircraft that has been cast as a competitor to systems such as the U.S. F-35.
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Is FC 31 A copy of the F-35?

Chinese Learned to Copy

The single-seat, twin-engine, medium-sized, multi-role FC-31 has taken this even further that some military analysts have suggested that it is little more than an F-35 that is stamped “Made in China” on the airframe.
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Does Turkey have F-35?

Turkey was also removed from the fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet programme by the Pentagon in 2019 due to concerns over possible Russian espionage through potential backdoor surveillance in the S-400 system.
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Which countries have f22 Raptor?

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is an American single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF).
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Is Germany buying F-35?

A file photo of an F-35A fighter jet. (CNN) Germany has announced that it will buy 35 US-made F-35A fighter jets, the first major arms purchase to be publicly confirmed since Chancellor Olaf Scholz committed to ramping up his country's defense spending in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Who is considered the best pilot in the world?

Erich „Bubi“ Hartmann

Erich Hartmann is the most successful fighter pilot of all times – with 352 kills. A number that will never be surpassed. His nickname „Bubi“ means „little boy“ – and it's easy to find out why he was called like that.
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Does Russia build fighter jets?

Billions of dollars have been poured into Russia's warplanes over the past decade. Between 2009 and 2020 the air force gained around 440 new fixed-wing aircraft, as well as thousands of drones.
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Is the Su-57 superior to the F 22?

However, the Russian Felon edges out the Raptor in range, as the Sukhoi aircraft has a reported 3,107 miles to the 2,000 miles of the Lockheed Martin – while the Su-57 can exceed the 50,000-foot ceiling of the F-22, reaching an astonishing 65,617 feet.
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How many Su jets does Russia have?

The Russians as of 2021 possessed around 122 Su-34s in several regiments. Even taking into account losses, by 2030 the air force could operate nearly 200 Su-34s. The plan, all along, has been for the Su-34 to replace the 1970s-vintage Su-24, around 70 of which linger in service.
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Does Russia have jet bombers?

Russia's main bombers are still the Tupolev 95(Introduced in 1956), Tupolev 160 (introduced in 1981) and the Tupolev 22M (introduced in 1972).
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Are Russian planes good?

Soviet planes are often known as being 'jack of all trades, but master of none. ' This means that they are all rounder planes, good at everything but great at nothing. Russian fighters can become very good if the pilot exploits his enemies weakness, and uses it against him.
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Which country has the best fighter jet in the world?

Most Powerful Fighter Jets: A List - US Made F-22, China Made Chengdu J20 and More. USAF F-22 Raptor fighter jet is widely considered the most powerful fighter jet and is not being sold to other countries.
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Can Russia run out of missiles?

Is Russia running out of missiles? Russian tactics in the first months of the war mean that their stocks of precision munitions are now seriously depleted, according to some analysts and Western officials.
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How many MiG 35 does Russia have?

As for 2021, 30 MiG-35s are operated by the Russian Federation.
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Does the SU 34 have a toilet?

No, there is neither a toilet nor a kitchen on an SU-34. The first picture in your post is of the "relief tube", which the crew can urinate into. It's not a toilet, though, and can't handle feces.
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