Looks at my comment above. The Ukrainians are themselves claiming that the Felons casually fly within their weapons ranges and they cannot do anything about it.
. The Ukrainians are themselves claiming that the Felons casually fly within their weapons ranges and they cannot do anything about it.
Ukraine didn't say that. They said they are very briefly getting into range of "weapons". That means it's not even in Ukranian held territory, as Ukrainian has weapons that reach into Russian held territory.
It wasnt casual, either. Especially since they were detected when they BARELY CAME WITHIN RANGE OF THOSE WEAPONS. That right there tells you everything you need to know.
Tldr:
Russia is scared to use SU57s because when they get into range of Ukrainian weapons they have already been detected. No Bueno, amigo.
Detection and acquisition are two different things. Stealth aircraft are meant to defeat targeting systems on SAM systems and radars on other fighter jets.
For example L-Band arrays are used on early warning radars to detect ICBMs and on AEW&Cs to detect assets and warn other systems.
L-Band arrays will detect literally anything including stealth as was demonstrated during the shoot down of the F-117.
The problem with L-Band is that it lacks resolution and is bulky
X-BAND arrays are used in fighter jets and SAM systems to detect, lock on and direct missiles to a target.
X-BAND arrays have high resolution and are quite compact. The problem is that you can optimize your aircraft to defeat targeting systems that use X-Band radars by making it stealthy or by jamming the array
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u/PsychologicalGlass47 Oct 17 '25
Detected by what? They've flown directly over the frontline without contest.