C’mon, it was written in the context of the that “greatest” ever fighter stuff.
What the experts believed based on their superior intelligence was that a rotten Russia was far behind and broken that a 5th Gen fighter was likely to appear/unveil in the 2015-2020 timeframe. But the PAK-FA came out in 2010. That was the point I was making.
Also, Russia sort of wasted couple of years waiting for India to join the project so as to lessen the financial burden. There was/is nothing else that India could have contributed to the PAK-FA project regardless of what fanboys may want to claim! Since the PAK-FA was a critical national project for Russia, they did not waste any more time and went ahead solo. What the Indian “experts” have not yet realised w.r.t to Russia in the military/projects is the priority level that Russia attaches to various projects/JVs. Russia doesn’t wait indefinitely for any highly indecisive partners which have the potential to thoroughly mess up their national projects which are critical to the forces.
Then pardon and in that context I can fully agree … esp. on Your comments to India.
However – and that should be an explanation if not an excuse – I did not read the whole posts before so it was an easy misunderstanding. If You had added a certain smiley it would have been clear from the beginning.
Sorry for that,
Deino
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