• Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    I dislike Russian aggression as much as the next non tankie but can we agree the Su34 looks fucking amazing?

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      1 month ago

      IMO basically every Soviet / Russian jet has looked better than American jets.

      I like the look of the MiG-15, the 21, etc. But, IMO the jets really got beautiful right as the Soviet Union was collapsing.

      The SU-27 is a beautiful plane, the MiG-29 too. It just seems like with some of these jets, the American equivalents were designed by computer and manufactured precisely to spec. While, it feels like some of the Soviet planes involved guys with hammers trying to make a beautiful curved surface.

      It also helps that the Russians often use colourful paint jobs, while the US uses flat boring grey that shows every flaw.

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        1 month ago

        The raptor definitely looks better than the felon imo, but for 4-4.5 gen, yeah, I’d agree in terms of looks for the most part. Though there are a couple exceptions - the F-104 looks cooler than the MiG-21, imo.

        Edit: surprised nobody called me out for citing 2nd gen jets lol

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          1 month ago

          I dunno. The nose of the MiG-21 looks weird, but I really like the look of the delta wings, the rudder and the ailerons. The F-104 with nothing mounted on the wingtips looks like a dart, which is cool I suppose. With the typical big fuel tanks on the wingtips it looks like some kind of catamaran.

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      1 month ago

      It’s only natural to be curious. We’re human after-all. Just remember you can look but don’t touch. I’ll never forgive you if you cheat on F35-chan and break her heart.

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      1 month ago

      im more of an assman, myself.