Putin, Soviet Russians Create Super Fighter Jet
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(Reuters) – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin climbed into the cockpit of Russia’s newest fighter jet on Thursday and said it would trump a U.S.-built rival, the F-22 Raptor.
Politics | Russia
Putin watched a test flight of a “fifth-generation” stealth fighter, dubbed the T-50 and billed as Russia’s first all-new warplane since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
“This machine will be superior to our main competitor, the F-22, in terms of maneuverability, weaponry and range,” Putin told the pilot after the flight, according to an account on the government website.
Putin said the plane would cost up to three times less than similar aircraft in the West and could remain in service for 30 to 35 years with upgrades, according to the report.
Successful development of the fighter, built by Sukhoi, is crucial to showing Russia can challenge U.S. technology and modernize its military after a period of post-Soviet decay.
Russia also plans to manufacture T-50s jointly with India.
The F-22 raptor stealth fighter first flew in 1997 and is the only fifth-generation fighter in service. Fifth-generation aircraft have advanced flight and weapons control systems and can cruise at supersonic speeds.
According to the government website, the test pilot told Putin the controls of the T-50 allowed the pilot to operate most of the plane’s systems without taking his hands off the joystick, which he said would be very useful under high forces of gravity.
“I know, I’ve flown,” Putin replied. Sukhoi has said the plane should be ready for use in 2015.
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1:58 am
….MY GOD….Hopefully Sarah Palin inherits the presidency so that war may be made upon this ungodly nation before the aircraft is mass-produced! Dirty heathen communists.
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12:58 pm
Inherits the Presidency? When did we change from a Constitutional Republic to a Monarchy?
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2:13 pm
well USA never been a “republic since nixon/reagan” its become a didactorship and sadly a lot of fellow american follow those skullhead everywhere
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5:01 pm
Don’t mess with him…
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7:31 pm
http://you-fail.me/
Press button to denounce the Christwire website, harr harr.
Finally Russia is becoming a greater world power.
Heavy Weapons Guy would be proud of his motherland.
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8:33 pm
in my books:
Russia > USA
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9:08 pm
I wish this were the 1950s, so we could try you for treason, Jonny.
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Yeah, because Freedom of Speech was erased from the Constitution just last night. Idiot.
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9:41 pm
so you wish you were at war (or at least risk of war) just for the sake of being able to have those who do not hate them for not being american be traitors.
i didn’t know you could be an exstremist patriot. seriously loveing your country enough to kill people in it’s name for the sake of killing people in it’s name is fucking hardcore.
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10:22 pm
why you Think freedom of speech need censorship
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1:09 pm
Beautiful plane. The Soviets have ALWAYS had planes on a higher or equal level than us. It’s a good thing we’re kind of ALLIES with them and we actually TRAIN our pilots.
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