Fourth T-50 Stealth Fighter Flies

[arp2041]

5 gen fighter is the core secret of a nation's interest. If Russia approve India refit the avionics of T50 means India will let other foreign vendor to get close to T50. Both China and USA are strictly restrained the F22 and J20 from access by others, why Russia willing to let India do so?

Very confused move by Russia.

Mate, T-50 though started as a Russian project is no more just Russian, now India is an equal partner in it, Every decision is taken with other's consent.

+ no tech. can remain a state-secret for long, be it nuke weapons or 5th gen tech. every nation knows that, besides India is only involving it's trusted friends into the project.

 

[Skull and Bones]

5 gen fighter is the core secret of a nation's interest. If Russia approve India refit the avionics of T50 means India will let other foreign vendor to get close to T50. Both China and USA are strictly restrained the F22 and J20 from access by others, why Russia willing to let India do so?

Very confused move by Russia.

Or T50 is not the final one Russian air force will go for?

You have to realize T-50 will be for sale to external customers.

 

[帅的一匹]

To be honest , existing t50 is not the best Russia could bring out. Wait and see

You have to realize T-50 will be for sale to external customers.

China keep J20 and sell J31, USA keep F22 and sell F35. I don't believe Russia won't keep one
And sell all it has without conservative.

 

[The A-5]

have they solved the non-flat belly problem?

Thats not any problem.

The arch incraeses fuselage lift that is very useful in many situations, it was part of the design since the
very beginning.

 

[Skull and Bones]

China keep J20 and sell J31, USA keep F22 and sell F35. I don't believe Russia won't keep one
And seek all it has without conservative.

For India, we'll have medium weight AMCA for strategic purposes, while FGFA will be for numerical 5th Gen superiority.

 

[帅的一匹]

What is the RCS of T50, and reliable source?

 

[The A-5]

To be honest , existing t50 is not the best Russia could bring out. Wait and see

Mate you are being too quick to judge. There are 3 more prototypes of the T-50 to go, and the final
production-grade Su-50 may look different - and the Indian version PMF too many look different.

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In the case of F-22 & J-20, these are one-nation projects, but PAK-FA was built with 50% Indian funds
and the FGFA will have 25% D&D from India, along with 50% funds again.

Therefore PAKFA is a shared platform.

What is the RCS of T50, and reliable source?

No accurate info but someone said 0.5 square meters for the 1st prototype that flew in Jan 2010.

But the all the 3 T-50 prototypes that flew so far and came to be public domain don't have any RAM
or other stealth materials etc. that wouuld be found the completed plane, so we can't take that
for the binding figure.

 

[Skull and Bones]

What is the RCS of T50, and reliable source?

You don't expect official sources for these classified information, but according to military experts it's in the same level of F-35.

 

[帅的一匹]

Russian's financial dilemma render India a big chance to make a jump. Somewhat Russia military industry is financial paralyzedA. It need money from India and China to make it operational.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Russian's financial dilemma render India a big chance to make a jump. Somewhat Russia military industry is financial paralyzedA. It need money from India and China to make it operational.

True, they offered India all their aerospace secrets if we selected Mig-35 for MMRCA.

 

[帅的一匹]

Will india set up PAKFA assembly line in India
In the future? Will Russia transfer the know how of PAkFA to India without any waterdown?

True, they offered India all their aerospace secrets if we selected Mig-35 for MMRCA.

That's a cheaper way to go.

 

[Koovie]

True, they offered India all their aerospace secrets if we selected Mig-35 for MMRCA.

We had access to their latest tech. before the outcome of the MMRCA contest- with the FGFA deal.

 

[The A-5]

Will india set up PAKFA assembly line in India
In the future? Will Russia transfer the know how of PAkFA to India without any waterdown?

FGFA assembly line will be located in Ozar,,,somewhere near where the Su-30MKI is currently
produced.

MKI production will continue till 2017, after which production will switch over to FGFA after a 2-year
overhaul of many needed infrastcruture.

 

[Koovie]

Will india set up PAKFA assembly line in India
In the future? Will Russia transfer the know how of PAkFA to India without any waterdown?


That's a cheaper way to go.

Yes, they will be manufactured by HAL.
The only thing Russians want is money. AFAIK we are involved with 30 billion dollars

 

[帅的一匹]

President Putin is not happy it's allies just invest in military and resource sector of Russian economy. He can't help but accept it.