SU-30-Vectored Thrust

This was fascinating! This video shows this plane doing things I had no idea were possible in a jet. You will be amazed. Read the stuff below before you watch.

Russia now has #1 fighter plane in the world... SU-30-Vectored Thrust
with Canards...
As you watch this airplane, look at the canards moving along side of,
and just below the canopy rail. The "canards" are the small wings
forward of the main wings? The smoke and contrails provide a sense of
the actual flight path, sometimes in reverse direction. This video is
of an in-flight demonstration flown by the Russian's-30MK fighter
aircraft. You will not believe what you are about to see. The fighter
can stall from high speed, stopping forward motion in seconds. (full
stall). Then it demonstrates an ability to descend tail first without
causing a compressor stall. It can also recover from a flat spin in
less than a minute.
These maneuver capabilities don't exist in any other aircraft in the
world today... Take a look at the video with the sound up. This
aircraft is of concern to U.S and NATO planners. We don't know which
nations w ill soon be flying the SU-30MK, hopefully China isn't one of
them...
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Note: Friends worked with
advanced aircraft flight control systems and concepts for many years
as an extension of stability control and means of control. Canards and
vectored thrust were among many concepts examined to extend our
fighter aircraft performance. Neither our current or next generation
aircraft now poised for funding & production can in any way match the
performance of this Russian aircraft NOW FLYING in any near combat
situation Somehow the bankrupt Russian aircraft industry has out
produced our complex politically tainted aerospace industry with this
technology marvel. Scratch any ideas of close in air-to-air combat
with this aircraft in the future.