:rolleyes: I thought India and Brazil are co-funding the program ? Indian economy is relative unscathed in the current crisis.
If its not a full-stealth aircraft then IAF may opt for F -35 which would be in production by the time PAK FA is supposed to roll out.
Congratulations on your use of the rolly eye smiley, something which is wholly condusive to balanced and reasoned discussion.
As regards Brazil, I read they were in the project a while back, but recently I read that this was no longer the case. Does anyone have the official word on this?
Anyway, as I said, Russian ingenuity and design expertise is not to be questioned. My only reservation, and that is not the same as having huge doubts, centres on whether or not they can mass produce a 5th generation fighter.
Time is going to prove that one way or another.
You guys are clearly underrating the su-27, i would love to see the Superbug doing 1700 km/h in a 1000km circuit…i bet even the f-22 can’t do it..but of course only in gossips and tales..i hope it will be a stealthy su-27, that should do the job..
Perhaps better would be to start a new development for a better design…the f-22 is becoming more and more in a f-104 program, just a bunch of aircrafts in a pre-operational service…that will be scrapped at the end, better to start with something else, something better, yes LM and Boeing wont like it, but better resolve the problem while you only have 120 airframes…
The Su-27 is a stunning aircraft, and I’m not underrating it. If they could keep that airframes performance levels and reduce its RCS to near F-22 levels, only an idiot would regard that as anything other than a triumph of engineering.
As regards whether or not the US should start with a clean slate rather than upgrade the F-22, I’m nowhere near being able to make a qualified judgement on that. I wouldn’t fancy being the one trying to sell that idea to the next US administration though…
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