With the U.S. F-35 Grounded, Putin’s New Jet Beats Us Hands-Down

[Penguin]

Cash-strapped Russia is drastically cutting its planned fleet of 5th-generation fighter jets - Yahoo Finance

The Russian military has announced that they will build significantly fewer fifth-generation fighters than previously planned due to the country's current economic situation, Russia Beyond The Headlines reports citing comments from the Deputy Defense Minister in charge of Armaments Yuri Borisov.
Russia previously had plans to produce 52 fifth-generation T-50 fighters by 2020. However, these plans have been drastically scaled back. The Kremlin will now only procure 12 of the new jets.
"Given the new economic conditions, the original plans may have to be adjusted,” Borisov said. “It is better to have the PAK FA kept as a reserve, and later move forward, while squeezing everything possible for now out of the 4+ generation fighters."

Told ya so.

 

[flamer84]

Cash-strapped Russia is drastically cutting its planned fleet of 5th-generation fighter jets - Yahoo Finance



Told ya so.

Not only because of money,it's pretty clear that they order a small batch because of glitches which they hope to remedy before ordering a significant number.Just because in Russia they keep a tight shift regarding leakes to information of their programs and difficulties it doesn't mean those setbacks aren't there.t will be 2025 before Russia has a fully functioning 5th generation jet-most probaly inferior to the F35 due to the delay in tech which is obvious,i'm even skeptical it would match latest variants of the F16.What we see now are just prototypes,sort off where the F35 was 7-8 years ago.

Cheerleaders calling it better than F35 or F22 are just that ,cheerleaders .

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

With the U.S. F-35 Grounded, Putin’s New Jet Beats Us Hands-Down | The Fiscal Times
that the F-35 would be the dominant plane, should it ever come on line in the form its supporters have promised. But a continuous delay in production leaves Russia with the most dominant fighter jet on the planet.

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Let me add the last paragraph of the article you conveniently did the "...." for.

"There are some caveats, of course. It is unclear how many planes Russia could realistically expect to produce, given Putin’s push to increase investment in the Russian military. Whether or not Russia’s reported success in trials is wholly accurate is also in dispute. In 2013, the Indian Air Force was given the opportunity to test a prototype, and came away unimpressed, saying that the T-50 hadn’t lived up to the hype. But a lot can happen in two years. "

Edit: Apparently a lot "can happen" in two years for the Russian T-50....but can't happen in two years for the F35.