SU-57 CHECKMATE: THE BEAR'S GAMBIT?
Russia pulled a sneaky on everyone. While every military analyst has been focused on China's J-20 , Russia has upped the ante by unveiling the Su-75 "Checkmate". One look at it tells you all you need to know, this aircraft will be a direct competitor against the F-35; both in the skies and the marketplace. More modest than the J-20 and Su-57, the Checkmate utilizes a single-engine design that obviously strives for stealth. Unlike The Shenyang FC-31, which simply looks like the twin-engine F-35, the Su75, simultaneously looks like nothing else in the air whilst also being hauntingly familiar. Why does it look so familiar? Because the Su-75 utilizes elements from two fighter designs that lost to the F-35. The most... Interesting design choice has to be that front engine intake. A similar intake appeared on Boeing's ill-fated JSF contender, the X-32. This very intake earned the aircraft its infamous nickname: ...