Arsalan
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i guess the engine will be 117S,with lower performance about stealth compare to F-22 ,so is PAK-FA ,unless Russia already master the plasma stealth technology .......but i don't think it's necessary to have a stealth performance like "F-22" if you pursue defensive policy , "F-22" is too expensive for any country beside US
it is even way too expensive for the US also!
the recents debate in US congree is a proff of it. infact the F22 project has become indigestable for US now, after spending billions of dollars on its development they cnnt simply dump it and neither they are in a position to spend billions more to get the required numbers!
apart from being expensive plane in itself, it is also a maintainance nightmare with millions od dollars required of rmaintaining its engine and RAM!
infact i read a report and from it, it can be said that maintaining a F22 after flight is more expensive then buying two or three new JF17
regards!