Can a Stinger missile take down an F-15 Eagle?
The most dangerous missle for any aircraft is an IR missile because they are passive- and thus give you no indicator that they are locked on to you. Most of the US and Allied aircraft shot down in Operation Desert storm were shot down with IR Sams for that very reason. Your only way to detect such a missile would be with an IR sensor that detected the heat from the missiles exhaust. If any jet engine got hit by a stinger or similar missile it would shut down and possibly explode which would bring the plane down. The AC that would fare best against a missile hit would be an A-10 or Su-25. edit a bird or a rock getting sucked into a jet engine can cause a lot of damage imagine what missile shrapnel would do.
Can a Stinger missile take down an F-15 Eagle?
The most dangerous missle for any aircraft is an IR missile because they are passive- and thus give you no indicator that they are locked on to you. Most of the US and Allied aircraft shot down in Operation Desert storm were shot down with IR Sams for that very reason. Your only way to detect such a missile would be with an IR sensor that detected the heat from the missiles exhaust. If any jet engine got hit by a stinger or similar missile it would shut down and possibly explode which would bring the plane down. The AC that would fare best against a missile hit would be an A-10 or Su-25. edit a bird or a rock getting sucked into a jet engine can cause a lot of damage imagine what missile shrapnel would do.
Can the Russian S-400 missiles bring down F-22 Raptors and B-2 Bombers?
The answers to your question are CLASSIFIED. However, the real question is this: Can the F22 Raptor defeat the very best US-made missile defense system? Keep in mind that any US made system will be more advanced than the most advanced Russian systems in the same way that the F22 is more advanced than the Russian T-50 . . . You also have to ask: What TOP SECRET technology is the USA working on right now that no one knows about . . . Finally, you will also have to wonder about Edward Snowden and wether or not he leaked more than just NSA information to the Russians and Chinese. Regardless of anything; the real concern is this: in a real WW3 situation, who has the most CRUDE OIL to fuel the planes and who has the most NUKES and is willing to use them ? That is the real question you will need to answer.
Yes, it’s possible… though it’ll be a lot tougher to do than shooting down any of today’s fighter jets.Stealth is the plane’s abilities to reflect LESS energy back to the sending radar. This means the plane has to be much closer than the others before the radar can ID it from the background clutter. Since it’s the fall season and our forests are vibrant with leaves turning color, I thought I would use this photo as a good visual example.It’s easy to discern the individual leaves in the foreground due to color and closeness and you can discern those that are a different color half way back. But, it’s impossible to discern one leaf in the background where they all seem to be red.Don’t forget that it’s easier for a fighter jet to detect a radar than for the radar to detect the jet due to how only some radar energy is reflected back and and processed by the radar. Visually we can see this in the following night time photo of Europe where the largest cities are bright & easy for your eyes to notice them and that’s how the fighter would see the radar. The much smaller lights represent what a fighter jet would look like to the radar. The smallest lights are what a stealth jet would compare to.Depending on the F-35’s mission and munitions it could launch and turn before the adversary can process it’s signal return, see it and attempt to shoot it.
Might be S-400 or S-500. F-117 was shot down in Serbia by a obsolete SA-3 “Goa”. And F-117s were retired shortly afterwards. S-500 is still in development. Comes down on tracking and detection of RCS. Tough to say as these systems haven't faced off yet and will not possibly.
Yes it can -- but as in many real-world situations, some caution is advised -- & in the case of the F-22 pilot -- be careful what you wish for is very appropriate. The F-22 pilot may think --"Aha, I've got you" -- but he is the position of a dog that has cornered a porcupine.In BVR the F-35 has a very significant advantage. It can find, track & engage the F-22 well before the F-22 can do likewise. Both fighters are stealthy against the high-frequency radars that they carry, & while the F-22 has a lower integrated all-aspect RCS, the F-35 is very close to the F-22 in head-on RCS. The F-22 has a larger & nominally more powerful radar (AN/APG-77), but the F-35's AN/APG-81 is a generation newer & despite lower total radiated power, it has higher radiated power/TRM & it has significantly better resolution -- they are about equal in LOD against each other. The killer difference in favor of the F-35 is its DAS, which can find the F-22 at very long range -- far beyond the F-22's ability to radar-acquire the F-35. The DAS is nominally a warning device but it has fire control capability. It can target the F-22 & cue missiles without radar -- leaving the F-22 radiating noise in search of its quarry & totally unaware that missiles are already inbound from the silent F-35.In the case of WVR there is no reason for such an engagement to occur between aircraft such as these unless both are reduced to short-ranged weaponry. The F-22 has nearly all of the kinematic advantages, but here comes the porcupine in the F-22's wish list. The F-35's DAS will see the F-22 approaching from as much as 150nm -- no surprise appearance & it can maneuver to be in position for a first-shot kill. More significantly, with its DAS, EOTS & HOBS missile suite it can target & shoot in any direction at all, including behind itself. That coupled with a huge advantage in forewarning leaves the F-22 pilot in a quandary -- if he actually puts eyes on the F-35 his butt should be severely puckered -- because the F-35 pilot has already killed him -- it just hasn't arrived yet.