"Sukhoi T-50 Can't Compete With the F-35" LOL.
"Can't compete"? Really? Business Insider has a Lockheed-Martin PR piece article on how the Russian T-50 "Can't compete" with the F-35 . It consists of little more than a few sentences accompanying a slide show. This piece is so full of mistakes and inaccuracies as to be nearly useless. Nice pictures, though. First of all, the T-50 is the designation for the prototype. The production aircraft is known as the PAK FA. Here, in its entirety is the article's argument: "Though the T-50 tops out at 1300 mph compared to the F-35's 1200 mph, the American fighter can launch internal missiles and smart-bombs while flying faster than the speed of sound" Um... The PAK FA tops out at over 1,500mph, and it can still launch bombs and missiles at that speed. "Both jets can slip into thickly defended ground targets, but the F-35 will be better at taking them out. But the T-50 is better suited for air-to-air battles" Okay, ...