The fifth-generation fighters deployed by today's major powers are the ceiling weapons of air combat power, and the three military powers of China, the United States, and Russia, when comparing the speed of the fifth-generation fighters, can reflect the difference in the comprehensive strength of the aviation industry and military industry research and development.
The American F22 flies at a speed of Mach 2.25
The F22 Raptor fighter is a fifth-generation fighter that began service in the United States in 2005, and it is also a fighter capable of flying at Mach 2.25, equivalent to a speed of 2,700 kilometers per hour. The Raptor is designed with two engines and a single seat, and because Loma has designed a strong stealth capability for this fighter, it is the most comprehensive fighter in the world.
According to the technology and materials at the time, as well as the equipment installed, the cost of each Raptor F22 fighter reached 150 million US dollars, and after the United States built a total of 187 fighters, because there were other military projects with money, it considered discontinuing the production of this fighter first, perhaps this is one of the most regrettable decisions made by the US military.
Because it didn't take long for the United States to discover that China's Jian-20 fifth-generation fighter was born, the United States originally thought that at least for many years, there would be no fighter of the same level, and the United States' fifth-generation fighter would dominate the scene, but this view turned out to be a wrong judgment and made the United States very panicked, because the technology of the fifth-generation fighter was overcome, which means that China's fighter technology will be enhanced more rapidly, and it also makes the United States feel that its fighter technology is not unique in the world and cannot maintain absolute superiority.
Therefore, the United States also began to want to upgrade the fifth-generation fighter, but the F22 production line wanted to be restarted, and it failed to do so after many attempts. Later, the United States had to focus on the simplified version of the F35 fighter and create multiple versions, but the strength of the F22 still has a good comprehensive performance, and it is also the strongest fifth-generation fighter in the United States.
Russian Su-57 fifth-generation fighter Mach 2
Russia has always had technical shortcomings in the research and development of complex aviation equipment, especially the Russian economy is not in a good mood, and it is also very difficult to invest in research and development funds.
The Su-57 fighter is a new type of fighter that Russia has built with great difficulty after eliminating difficulties, and it is also a heavy fighter with two engines and designed as a single seat, weighing 35 tons.
It has a strong intensity of destruction, but also has a very fierce combat capability, the fastest speed can reach Mach 2, the flight speed per hour is 2500 kilometers, the combat radius is 1200 kilometers, the fighter is set up with 4 ammunition compartments, can carry a total of 6 tons of various weapons and ammunition, combat strength is also not to be underestimated, can continue to launch fierce bombing and attack.
The Su-57 has a very fast response capability in air combat, and it is the first fighter with stealth capabilities built by Russia, which may still be insufficient in this technical field, so it is often criticized by the West as a fighter with poor stealth effect. However, according to the objective view of military fans, the Su-57 is still an aerial weapon with powerful hand-to-hand combat and strong duel confrontation capabilities. It is also a new fighter that Russia has been trying to increase its production capacity, because as of now, the production of Su-57 is too low.
Only a few aircraft can be delivered every year, and it is not possible to stabilize production, so the outside world is also speculating whether it is the lack of production capacity or Russia's own lack of confidence in this fighter, so the West's evaluation of the Su-57 is also quite controversial, and even believes that this fighter, the comprehensive level, can not reach the standard of the fifth generation fighter, and can only barely be regarded as the technology of the fourth and a half generation fighters.
The Chinese J-20 has a speed of Mach 2.3
China's J-20 fighter is equipped with the latest domestic aero engine, turbofan 15 engine, which provides strong power support and can have excellent endurance. As a fifth-generation air superiority aircraft, the J-20 has performed remarkably, especially its fast flight ability, which has given the outside world a view that how fast the American Raptor can fly, it seems that the J-20 can fly as fast as it wants, as if the PLA intends to hide its true strength in a low-key manner. Therefore, many netizens said that if the speed of the Raptor can be publicly stated to reach Mach 2.5, it is estimated that the J-20 will not show weakness and will also disclose this same speed.
Of course, these are all speculations made by military fans for the pride of the Continental Army, but judging from the current information, J-20, as a leading representative of the mainland's fifth-generation fighter technology, is also improving and upgrading, improving the shortcomings of fighter design, and at the same time has a variety of combat advantages in the air, which can achieve a strong stealth effect, and the test data of the fastest response speed shows that there is actually reason to believe that the flight speed of J-20 can reach more than Mach 2.5, and the most consistent view is that the speed can reach Mach 2.8.
The data of the flight speed of the J-20 obviously shocked the world, because once it had this flight capability, it proved that it broke through the thermal barrier value of the manned fighter. It has reached the terrifying flight control capability, and in such a high-speed flight state, it can also carry out various tactical strikes, which shows that the development level of China's aviation industry has reached a new height.