Posted on 07/21/2021 12:56:43 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Russia: Russia on Tuesday (Jul 20) unveiled its new Sukhoi stealth fighter jet designed to compete with the US F-35 and capable of striking six targets simultaneously.
Dubbed "The Checkmate", the plane was first shown to a reportedly "pleased" President Vladimir Putin before the launch at a biennial airshow outside Moscow.
Reports first surfaced that the jet was being manufactured in May last year. According to the launch video it was developed "in record time".
(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...
It looks like an Irish basking shark.
CC
Nothing developed in record time works.
The Pentagon is a prime example.
The “unveiling” seems to have been of a mockup for the purpose of drawing interest from potential foreign investors and customers. Russia does not seem to have an actual flyable prototype, let alone a production model. On balance, a Back to the Future type time machine in a DeLorean chassis is more likely to enter production than Russia’s claimed new model fighter.
I wonder why they have a sigh boasting “Continuous supersonic flight” written in English at their unveiling ???
Yea, it’s a great plane with great tech that can defeat ours, but does is accommodate a pregnant man who wants to breastfeed during a dogfight while menstruating?
Signed,
US SecDef
I imagine it’s because the useful idiots in the US media don’t read Cyrillic? Just a thought
Priorities.
I wonder why they have a sigh boasting “Continuous supersonic flight” written in English at their unveiling ???
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Could it be that English is the international language?
Russia’s Checkmate Light Tactical Fighter Is Officially Unveiled (Updated)
After a much-hyped buildup, Russia’s latest fighter jet design has arrived on the international stage.
By Thomas Newdick July 20, 2021
Excerpt:
"Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov was in a bullish mood at MAKS, claiming that the core markets would be India, Vietnam, and in Africa, and projecting global demand for 300 examples of the fighter."
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