I love the rhetoric out of Russia, "Our is better than yours". Looks like an F-22 knock-off made in Hing Kong. Don't worry though, the Russians will probably build only seven of them (personal opinion).
last I read about this, the engines they put in it were nothing compared to what we had developed....like their shuttle, it'l fly once and then be turned into a childrens playground.....
ok, not a playground....but this too was touted as better then ours......
Can't help wonder where they get their money. Gotta give them an A for effort, but Russia's annual GDP is roughly comparable with what NY states' was before the financianl crisis. Suppose that they would gladly sell them to the Iranians or Venezuala. Can't imagine they would make any more difference than Saddam's Mig-29s did.
First flight is more than 3 years behind schedule. The T-50, the prototype for the Sukhoi PAK FA, does not appear to have all the stealth features of the F-35, let alone the more stealthy F-22. Production plans for the Russian AF are very uncertain, minimal, and this does not appear to be a solid production aircraft, more of a make-work and keep up the technological capability project. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100617/159464671.html
Its only possible future is for export to the wealthier anti-US countries.
Not sure that can't be said about the F-22 with some justice....
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