Crag_r, on 19 June 2012 - 11:52 AM, said:
Just saying, the SU-35BM can use the R-37, which is a Phoenix missile on steroids with up to 150 km of range on a stationary chassis and can possibly even 350 km of range. The PAK FA can use that too, but the 35BM at least passed prototype stages. MiG-31Ms used it first tho, but they use the R-33 most of the time.
The Raptor is armed with the AIM-120, which has a range of 180 km if you consider the AIM-120D. If it wasn't for the F-22's high stealth, it would be fodder to the SU-35BM's R-37s. Not to mention how unreliable Russian aircraft are compared to US ones and how the Raptor can actually keep its max speed.
If we took the R-37 away tho, we'd settle with a fight involving amraamskis (Russian's AIM-120s) and AIM-120s. Raptor wins at that point since it would get detected much much later.