If 22+35=57, Is Russia’s Su-57 Warplane Better Than Both US’ F-22 Raptor & F-35 Stealth Fighters?

 

It is indeed true that the Su-57 is a competent aircraft with shallow observability features, powerful engines, greater payload, and even crazier maneuverability. The defining feature of the ‘fused wing and body’ Generation 5 jet is the radar array spread all around the aircraft, allowing it to practically ‘look’ in all directions possible. In November 2018, Chief Designer and Director of the Sukhoi Design Bureau Mikhail Strelets claimed that the Su-57 could fully perform air-to-air and air-to-ground tasks, unlike the F-22 and F-35, which were designed for a particular role. The F-22 was mainly found incapable of carrying larger air-to-ground munitions in its internal bays after the Americans realized the constraints imposed by a purely air-superiority/air dominance fighter. Strelets then pointed to the coincidence of the sum of 22 and 35 is 57, maintaining that they “specifically didn’t choose” the numerical designation for their jet.