The situation with the Russian fighter of the SU-57 fighter is much worse than with the American F-35 Lightning II, the Polish edition of Defence24 writes.
The publication tells that by 2028 Russia plans to build 78 SU-57 aircraft, which are currently not in demand in the international market. Defence24 argues that India refused the Russian aircraft in favor of its own development, and the UAE, the only Arab country, which the United States was allowed to buy F-35 Lightning II, immediately agreed to do it. “To export SU-57E, at the Idex-2021 exhibition, none of the Arab countries showed deep interest,” says the publication.
Defence24 Notes that the old Soviet aircraft is still used in many countries around the world because of their “success”, but due to the lack of funds for their replacement. Moreover, as the publication assures, the Soviet light supersonic front-line Fighter MiG-21 pilots of foreign countries call the “flying coffin.”
According to Defence24, the fact that the United States under the NEXT Generation Air Dominance program (NGAD) began to create a sixth generation fighter does not mean that F-35 Lightning II does not suit the US Air Force (Air Force). The publication recalls that the NGAD aircraft is designed to replace the F-15 Eagle and F-22 Raptor, while F-35 Lightning II is a typical multitasking “workhorse”.
In this way, in Defence24 commented on the criticism of their own publication by the Honored pilot of Russia Vladimir Popov, who in an interview with Polyrostria stated, in particular, that the MiG-21 fighter still flies in some countries of the world “, and” F-35 And the Americans themselves did not need. “
In August, the Defence24 portal wrote that the Russian Air Force is located in the “last moment before the great regress.” “The military-air forces of the Russian Federation continue to remain the second largest air-air forces of the world, but every year their position is becoming weaker. Hundreds of aircraft inherited from the Soviet Union will inevitably be forced to stop the service, and their nothing will replace. By financial and technical reasons, as well as due to the weakness of the Russian industry, “said the publication publishing.