Jet tempur apa yang paling unggul? Sebuah pertanyaan yang akan sangat sulit dijawab karena akan banyak faktor yang menentukan. Setiap pesawat memiliki keunggulan di satu titik dibanding jet tempur lain, tetapi di titik lain dia akan kalah.
Mengukur kemampuan jet tempur bisa dilakukan dengan melihat angka-angka tentang kemampuan mereka. Seberapa cepat mereka terbang, seberapa berat beban yang dia bisa bawa, seberapa jauh dia bisa terbang dan sebagainya.
Begitu banyak jet tempur canggih di langit saat ini. Baik yang dibangun Amerika, Rusia atau negara-negara Eropa. Beberapa dari mereka antara lain F-22 dan F-16 dari tanah Amerika, Rafale dan Typhoon atau yang juga dikenal dengan EF-2000 dari Eropa serta Su-30 dan Su-35 yang menjadi andalan Rusia. Sementara China juga mulai mencoba bermain di jet tempur dengan JF-17.
Bagaimana perbandingan pesawat-pesawat tempur ini? Data-data ini mungkin bisa membantu. Namun data ini belum termasuk F-35.
Normal take-off
- F-22A : 27,200 kg
- Su-35 : 25,300 kg
- EF-2000 : 17,000 kg
- Rafale : 15,000 kg
- JF : 6,586 kg
- F-16 : 8,570 kg
- Su -30 : 17,700 kg
MTOW
- F-22A : 28,120 kg
- Su-35 : 34,500 kg
- EF-2000 : 23,500 kg
- Rafale : 24,500 kg
- JF 17 : 12,383 kg
- F 16 : 19,200 kg
- Su -30 :34,500 kg
Internal Fuel
- F-22A : 9,330 kg
- Su-35 : 11,500 kg
- EF-2000 : 5,000 kg
- Rafale : 4,750 kg
- Sukhoi : 7300 with internal 2 tanks 9905 with 4 tanks
- JF 17 : 2514
- F 16 : 3430 kg
Maximal Payload
- F-22A : unknown
- Su-35 : 8,000 kg
- EF-2000 : 7,500 kg+
- Rafale : 9,500 kg
- Sukhoi 7700 kg
- JF 17 : 3283 kg
- F 16 : 7000+kg
Maximal Speed, 11,000 m
- F-22A : 2.00 Mach+ (2.25 ~ 2.42 Mach)
- Su-35 : 2.25 Mach
- EF-2000 : 2.00 Mach+ (2.25 Mach)
- Rafale : 1.80 Mach+ (2.00 Mach)
Maximal speed, 200 m
- F-22A : 800 kts
- Su-35 : 1,400 km/hr
- EF-2000 : 1.14 Mach
- Rafale : 750 kts
- Su -30 2+ mach
- F 16 2+mach
- JF 17 : 1.6 mach
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Climb rate
- F-22A : 350 m/sec, sea-level
- Su-35 : 280 m/sec+, 1,000 m
- EF-2000 : 315 m/sec+, sea-level
- Rafale : 305 m/sec+, sea-level
- F 16 : 254 m/s
- JF 17 : 249m/s
- Su -30 : 230 m/s
Operational Altitude
- F-22A : 70,000 fts
- Su-35 : 59,000 fts
- EF-2000 : 65,000 fts
- Rafale : 55,000 fts
- F 16 : 55,000 fts
- JF 17 : 55,000 fts
- Su -30 : 56,800 ft
Ferry range
- F-22A : 3,500 km (Internal Fuel)
- Su-35 : 4,500 km (Internal Fuel + 2000 L tanks*2)
- EF-2000 : 2,600 km (Internal Fuel)
- Rafale: : 2,100 km (Internal Fuel)
- F16 : 4,220 km
- JF 17 : 3,482 km
Acceleration
- F-22A : unknown.
- Su-35 : 13.8 secs from 600 km/hr to 1,100 km/hr, and 8 secs from 1,100 km/hr to 1,300 km/hr;with 50% internal fuel, standard A-A configuration, and height of 1,000
- EF-2000 : less than 20 seconds from 200 kts to Mach 0.9 (Twin-seaters with one 1,000 L tank and two ASRAAM, altitude unknown).
- Rafale : around 20 seconds from 300 km/hr to 1,000 km/hr at low altitude.
Normal upper G-limit
- F-22A : +9.5G
- Su-35 : +9.0G
- EF-2000 : +9.0G
- Rafale : +9.0G
- JF 17 :+8 g
- F 16 : 9+
- Su -30 :9+
Take-off with standard A-A configuration
F-22A: 244 m
Su-35: 400 to 450 m
EF-2K: 228 ~ 275 m.
Rafale: 400
Landing
- F-22A : unknown.
- Su-35 : 650 m with the help of braking and parachute
- EF-2000 : 500 to 700 m
- Rafale : 400 m with the help of braking only
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Radar’s range
- F-22A : Tracking target of RCS = 1 m2 at the range of 200 km away –> Detecting target of RCS = 3m2 at the range of 375 to 440 km away theoretically –> 329 ~ 386.
- Su-35 : Detecting target of RCS = 3m2 at the range of 350 to 400 km away –> 307 ~ 351.
- EF-2000 : Tracking target of RCS = 5 m2 at the range of 160 ~ 185 km away –> Detecting target of RCS = 3m2 at the range of 200 to 272 km away theoretically –> 175 ~ 239.
- Rafale : Detecting target of RCS = 5 m2 at the range of 130 ~ 148 km away –> Detecting target of RCS = 3m2 at the range of 114 to 130 km away theoretically –> 100 ~ 114.
- F-16C/D block 52 radar’s range is about 160 km
- JF 17 radar`s range is about 105 kms
- Su-30 has a 400 km search range and a maximum 200 km tracking range, and 60 km in the rear hemisphere
Maximal horizontal scanning angle of Radar
- F-22A: +/- 60 degrees
- Su-35: +/-120 degrees
- EF-2000 : +/- 70 degrees
- Rafale: +/- 60 degrees
Capability of multiple target engagement
- F-22A : Tracking 100 and engaging 6+.
- Su-35 : Tracking 30 and engaging 8.
- EF-2000 : Tracking 20+ and engagine 6 to 8.
- Rafale : Tracking 40 and engaging 4 to 6.
- JF : Tracking 40 targets and 2 vbvrs smtlensly
- Su-30 : tracking up to 30 targets and engaging 6