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Is India About to Give Up on Building Stealth Fighters with Russia?
« on: October 28, 2017, 02:51:40 am »
Zachary Keck

India’s Air Force is pushing the government to abandon a massive deal with Russia for a fifth-generation fighter aircraft, citing its inferiority to America’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

This week, Defense News reported that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been pushing back against the proposed nearly $10 billion agreement for India and Russia to jointly develop and produce a fifth-generation fighter aircraft, or FGFA. A senior IAF official told Defense News, “IAF is not keen to continue with the program,” adding that the service had raised its concern with the Ministry of Defense.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/india-about-give-building-stealth-fighters-russia-22944
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