In response to the US F-22 Raptors and F-35 Lightning II, the financially difficult Russian has opt for Indian Government's commitment to jointly design and develop a new 5th-generation fighter jet. The Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA fighter jet is the outcome of the partnership and it was a prototype jet that made its maiden flight on 29 January 2010.The T-50 fulfills what the so-called 5th-generation fighter requirements: Stealth, Supercruise, Super-agility and beyond-visibility target shooting.
This jet, however, is projected to replace the current 4th-generation fighters in the Russian inventory such as Mig-29 Fulcrum and Su-27 Flanker and it costs about USD100 million each, a big margin cheaper than the Raptors at USD137.5 million and most importantly, it is available worldwide in the military market.
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