Saturday, June 26, 2010

Russia to sell PAK-FA T-50 for 33% of $ of the F-22

The 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force...
I think they will SELL VASTLY MORE than, let alone deploy for themselves, the 187 F-22's which apparently are all the USA will ever produce on the now ended production.


Unless SecDef Gates plans to deploy some super secret weapon like a mini EMP pulser which will make such planes FALL OUT OF THE SKY (in which case we yank all the F-4's out of the AZ desert?), or some super aircraft driven by anti gravs HE IS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DELUSIONARY


GERTZ:

Russia offers fifth-generation fighters for much less than cost of F-22


MOSCOW -- Russia plans to offer its advanced fighter-jets at a cost far below those of its Western counterparts.

Officials said Russia would offer fifth generation fighters for one-third of the cost of comparable Western aircraft. They said Russia was developing fighters that would be superior to current European and U.S. aircraft.



Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walks away after inspecting a new Russian fighter jet after its test flight in Zhukovksy, outside Moscow, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The new jet, Sukhoi T-50, is Russia's response to the latest U.S. F-22 Raptor fighters. AP/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool

"It will be a machine superior to our main competitor, the F-22, in maneuverability, armament and range," Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

On June 17, Putin toured a Russian aerospace facility that was developing and testing a fighter-jet prototype, designed to have a shelf life of up to 35 years. Officials said the unnamed aircraft completed 16 flight tests in a program costing a reported $1 billion.

Putin said the fighter-jet program would require another $1 billion investment. He said engineers were developing the engine, avionics and weapons for the aircraft.

Russia's Sukhoi has been working on a fifth-generation aircraft called Paka Fa. The prototype of the aircraft, called T-50, was designed to surpass the performance of the U.S.-origin F-22.

"The requirements we are setting on this plane are well above those for the U.S. fifth-generation aircraft," Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said.

Officials said the program, begun in 1999, was meant to produce a stealth fighter with a range of up to 5,500 kilometers. They said Pak Fa, armed with advanced air-to-air, air-to-ground and air-to-sea missiles, would begin service in the Air Force in 2015.

"At the first stage, there will be dozens of planes, more than 50," Popovkin said.



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4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi guys.
Here's a bit about the T 50 with vid.

Pastorius said...

Hey, we can always buy our military supplies from Russia, right?

That's sarcasm, if it is not apparent.

Epaminondas said...

That's sarcasm all right but the idea of those planes wearing the Star of David may not turn out to be

33% of an F-22 would be around the price of an F-35.

Black_Rain said...

the Russian stuff is crap, wont be parts avaible or manuals in English.. parts are inconsistant. why do you think they are giving them away... at least they can tow their submerines...

i worked on the F22, it will be the last fighter/bomber with a pilot in it..

UAV's will take over air support

thefutureofthings.com/pod/6239/x-47b-first-navy-stealth-uav-ready.html

spacedaily.com/news/plane-x47a-01a.html

F22 isn't really a fighter, it is a weapons platform, it can take out anything while still way out of the enemy's range. it takes out the radars first, planes second, bomb target, enemy never detects them
it can see the radar sweeps in 3 dimension, like a video game, weave over, under, around them.

with 'Metal Storm' storm pods it can take out small widely spaced targets like a big ink jet printer, all done by computer on the ground, using satellite gps.
F22 will cover till the un-manned planes are designed and built.

you have no idea what they are capable of.