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So as long as Russia can deliver a minimum degree of supercruise ( which they can easily do with that flattened Su27 frame - so called "Pak Fa T-50 1st prototype", powered by 117s) and reasonable RCS reduction plus some RAM ( "stealthy", slightly better than ET, rafale etc 4+ gen), it can then say to India see this is "5th gen". In fact, it could be 4.6 gen, 4.78 gen. 4.82 gen... no one could take Ruskies to an int'l court for any disagreement on those with ambiguous terms. What India would do then? Cry?
^^^That was a waste of space and my time, bring something that makes sense or that is technical rather than the above nonsense.
After India bought it, Indians could then try to copy -paste their own FAGA according to it. Then whatever happens later would be India's biz, Ruskies can say that they have delivered the contract. LThen later , Russia would put the best tech into their own either PaK FA block 2 or completely another airframe thus Indians will have no claim on it whatsoever according to the old contract.
For your sake you do realize that the FGFA will be designed specifically for India and that India will also be involved with the design? The part about India copying and pasting the PAK-FA makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, not in this universe, not in any. Unlike some countries India doesn't blantently copy, even if it wanted to Russia would be able to control the situation by setting certain clauses including not providing source codes.
By the same token, China's J-20 can be said, with almost certainty, to be technologically superior to "Pak FA" (what India buys).
What on earth are you talking about? The FGFA has not yet been completed and India will receive all or almost all the same avionics as the Russian version if they wish, if Russia wants they can deny India sourse codes to protect their technology but that is up to Sukhoi and all the consortium of companies involved with the PAK-FA/FG-FA. If for whatever reason Russia doesn't want to give India their best avionics systems than Countries such as Israel and France will sell some of their most advanced avionics to India.
Pak Fa is a smoke screen. Whether it's 5th gen or 4.6 gen ( no one can judge as long as it has arguable "4s", minimum though) doesn't matter to Russia at all. Russia won't give a hoot about it. It is no more than a commercial deal to make $$$, got it?
No i don't 'get it', last heard Russia has already invested 30 billion into the project, India is involved because it will help with the cost much like partner nations in the F-35 program. Sukhoi will make money obviously but the PAK-FA program was devised by the Russian government and not Sukhoi, Sukhoi just happened to get the contract, which beggs the question, what is your point because you seem to not have one.