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Video: Putin meets 'Stealth': PAK FA T-50 fighter jet presentation
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Posted on 06/17/2010 9:04:20 AM PDT by kronos77

Russia's Defense Ministry will order at least 50 fifth-generation fighters from 2016, a senior official said on Thursday.

"At the first stage, there will be dozens of planes, more than 50," said Vladimir Popovkin, deputy defense minister for arms procurement.

He was on hand as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin observed the test flight of a prototype fighter and later talked to the pilot, Sergei Bogdan, who said it was the fighter's 16th test flight and more would follow shortly.

Popovkin said that based on the outcome of initial tests, the Defense Ministry would purchase the first six to 10 aircraft after 2012.

He said the fighter will be superior to U.S. analogs.

"The requirements we are setting on this plane are well above those for the U.S. fifth-generation aircraft," he said.

Putin said the Russian fighter will be about three times as cheap as its foreign analogs.

The prime minister said 30 billion rubles (around $1 billion) had already been spent on the project and another 30 billion would be required to complete it, after which the engine, weaponry and other components would be upgraded.

He said, factoring in modernization and upgrades, the fighter will have a service life of 30-35 years.

As Putin climbed into the cockpit of the plane, Bogdan began telling him about the aircraft's unique features, in particular the yoke that was very convenient, especially during overloads.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: military; russia; sukhoi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5t6R9faLf8&feature=player_embedded
1 posted on 06/17/2010 9:04:20 AM PDT by kronos77
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To: kronos77

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5t6R9faLf8&feature=player_embedded


2 posted on 06/17/2010 9:04:38 AM PDT by kronos77 (Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem. No Serbia without Kosovo.)
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YF-23.

Why are there people in it?

I thought this was all vaporware, but I see they have working prototypes.

Still neat..! Let’s see how many are bought, once (if?) it enters production.


3 posted on 06/17/2010 9:13:06 AM PDT by gaijin
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Lots of rivits.
4 posted on 06/17/2010 9:18:44 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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Funny thing, this weapon production program they have.

We are destroying our production, they are still expanding. Odd that.


5 posted on 06/17/2010 9:23:57 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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Either obama is getting to me or I'm having Soviet flashbacks. I had to read this three times b/c the first two times I read:

"...unique features, in particular the yoke that was very convenient, especially for overlords."

6 posted on 06/17/2010 9:28:05 AM PDT by GBA (Resistance is Constitutional!)
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Wonder which american democrats stole and sold to them the stealth technology?.. or the chinese or BOTH?...


7 posted on 06/17/2010 9:31:10 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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Stealth my ass!


8 posted on 06/17/2010 9:52:23 AM PDT by Mr. Jazzy ("I AM JIM THOMPSON and moderates make me PUKE!!!")
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