Russia Delays India’s 5th-Gen. Fighter Program

[IND151]

The author must have a look at F-35 program before making such comments. In complex projects like these some delay and cost escalation is invariably expected and even IAF is not hoping to get its hands on first prototype before 2015. Some patience would help here. I suppose as of now Rafale, LCA (& variants) and remaining Su 30 MKI are a priority for IAF, FGFA is still some distance away and there is no point in loosing our sleep over it.

exactly

and the price of PAK-FA was bound to increase. You cant get a 5th gen plane at 100 million dollars, even super MKI will cost around 110 million dollars

PA FA will cost at least 145 million dollars

 

[DeathInvader]

India is utterly humiliated as Russia scams money from poor Indians

So sad...Why dont you guys copy it even before the Russians can make it...You can call it Chengdu-T50C. ohh and you guys have a country as a huge market.....just saying....

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

So sad...Why dont you guys copy it even before the Russians can make it...You can call it Chengdu-T50C. ohh and you guys have a country as a huge market.....just saying....

Indian logic , copy Russian T-50 before Russians can make it? you don't even know what you're talking about. And yes Russia can scams the ungracefull that turn the back on Russians and cozy Americans...your so call Indian 5th gen fighter is more least share the same fate as your Viki carrier.

 

[SR-91]

It's okay.... LCA can be modified into a stealth fighter.... the most advanced in the world.... and carry Brahmos.... the most powerful missile in the world!

No doubt and its sole mission is to land a mk1 version on Hongwu's arse....

 

[GCTom]

Despite the U.S. encouraging India to join the fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter consortium, New Delhi committed itself to the Sukhoi/ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) FGFA variant of the Sukhoi PAK FA PMF T-50, also known as the “perspective multi-role fighter.”

When have the US officially encouraged India to join the F-35 consortium?

The best chance of India getting a 5th Gen Fighter is from Russia and India knows it too. As other have said on this thread, 5th Gen fighters are expensive and are getting more expensive too. Just look at the F35, how it is costing more and more. So, India will have to pay the realistic price if it wants that kind of high tech power.