‘Not Stealth’: Russia’s Air Force Is Now Decisively Falling Behind the West in the Most Important Area of All

‘Not Stealth’: Russia’s Air Force Is Now Decisively Falling Behind the West in the Most Important Area of All

Russia’s air force is now decisively falling behind the West in the single most important fighter technology of the modern era: the Active Electronically Scanning Array radar. While the United States fields AESA radars on the F-22, F-35, F-15EX, F-16E/F, and F/A-18E/F—and every modern European fighter from the Eurofighter Typhoon to the Rafale to the Gripen has one too—Russia has produced just one AESA radar, the N036 Byelka, and only on the tro…