Sukhoi T-50 Stealth Superjet Launched
Today Russia showed off its first stealth fighter jet. The fighter completed a 47-minute maiden test flight in Russia’s Far East and Russia proclaimed it a challenger to American military dominance of the skies.
This is the country’s fifth generation stealth, expected to face off against the USA’s F-22 Raptor. Russian press claim the Sukhoi T-50’s range is 3400 miles with production starting in 2015. The US F-22 Raptor began flight tests in 1997.
According to sources India is also due to take delivery of the stealth fighter in a development partnership with Russia. The test pilot Sergei Bogdan told that T-50 is “easy and comfortable to pilot”. The Russian television showed a film of the jet trail fight. Olga Kayukova, a spokeswoman for Sukhoi, said:
“All the tasks set for the first flight have been successfully met. The aircraft’s stability and controllability during the flight were rated as good. All systems and the engine of the aircraft worked smoothly.”
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