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Originally Posted by winny

Otklanyayemi Vektor Tyagi, It's what we call deflection thrust vectoring

Go (didn't quote the video) to see it in action At 5mins 40 is it does super cobra which is very impressive.

They've pretty much changed the translation to "orbital vectored thrust" lately.
The engine nozzles can be rotated independently to 15 degrees on each side, up-down, top-bottom, allowing crazy angle of attack and moves that make the old cobra look pedestrian.

I'm not sure if the mig ovt does this, but su-35 can also independently regulate the thrust of each engine, which allows it to keep the thrust outside the center of mass on turns and get crazy rotation power. It can do cobras that end in double backflips and do flat spins that barely lose altitude. It can also end tailslides sideways and has its own combat maneuver called "cobra roll" that uses the engine differential.

Why is ovt a good counter to stealth, because it stakes out the low-speed visual range combat, whereas stealth is based on higher-speed and beyond-visual range. The f-22 and f-35 are good fighters, but against the sukhois they would have to use high-speed tactics because they can't corner as well at low speed. That positions the stealth planes as more offensive, and the sukhois as more defensive, though they are still pretty fast.