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After India opts out, Russia orders fifth- generation Sukhoi-57s

The first batch of Sukhoi-57s will enter services in 2019, stated Yuri Slyusar, chief of Russia's umbrella United Aircraft Corporation, under which Sukhoi operates

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Sukhoi 57

Ajai Shukla New Delhi
In a reminder of what the Indian Air Force (IAF) is missing, the Russian Air Force (RAF) has placed its first order of the Sukhoi-57, the Russian fifth-generation fighter that New Delhi recently decided not to co-develop and co-manufacture with Sukhoi. 

“The first contract for 12 [Sukhoi-57] aircraft will be signed soon, and the deliveries under this contract will begin shortly,” said Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexey Krivoruchko on Saturday, according to Russia’s Sputnik News. The minister was visiting Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Sukhoi’s biggest plant that will build the Sukhoi-57. 

The first batch of Sukhoi-57s will enter services in 2019, stated Yuri

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