• Jumuta
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    1 year ago

    why do Russian jets all have to look gorgeous (su34, su30, su27, etc)

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      1 year ago

      They had a specific point in their designs where literally everything was just a silver tube with wings. SU-7, MiG-19, Su-17, etc.

      Seems like sometime after that they figured out how to make everything look badass.

      • vettnerk@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Russian aircraft are like volvo. Suddenly one day the designers decided to use curves. What tubes is to russia, boxes are to Volvo.

        Source: I own a '96 Volvo 940. Ot’s a station wagon, and therefore one of the most aerodynamically challenged vehicles in existence.

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        1 year ago

        SU-57 is the best looking sexiest. Its beauty cannot be hidden from an AA radar acreen.

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          Agreed completely, the Felon gets me and my AA bricked up.