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    India might scrap Russian Su-57 purchase — Here’s why

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    1. 1-randomonium on

      China has deployed two types of stealth fighter in the hundreds and is developing two other types and everyone else is still arguing about workshares for developing their own stealth fighters.

      Even if India joins either FCAS or GCAP they’ll still need a stealth fighter in hand as soon as possible. I expect them to buy the Su-57 as soon as the war in Ukraine ends or Trump further eases sanctions on Russia, whichever happens first.

    3. Rather_Unfortunate on

      >India’s interest in joining one of the sixth-generation fighter projects — either the British-Italian-Japanese Tempest or the French-German-Spanish FCAS — raises questions about whether it would realistically buy Russian Su-57s.

    4. pimezone on

      Su-57 is so stealthy, that no one ever seen it on the battle field of russo-Ukrainian war.

    6. syscall0x01 on

      I’ll try explaining this through an engineering lens:

      When a Department of Defense evaluates purchasing a fighter jet from a foreign developer, they’re not just assessing the aircraft itself, they want the entire ecosystem of supporting technologies, training programs, instructors, maintenance infrastructure, and proven battlefield performance.

      You’re not simply buying hardware, you’re buying a system of systems that is usable, maintainable, upgradeable to ever-evolving standards, and validated in real-world conditions.

    8. kishaloy on

      It’s not a proper stealth with exposed blades and the rest of subsystem EW, Fire control radar etc, India has better domestic options.

      India is better served to spend money on updating its Su-30 MKI with GaN AESA radars (in which India is one of the best worldwide), utilizing its huge nose and other system like missiles etc using domestic options to create the mini-AWACS Growlerski.

      That plus clean config Rafale to track Chinese J20s supported from behind by bomb trucks Jaguar, Tejas etc will be the IAF play till domestic 5th gen comes online in another 7-8 years.

      Not the best option but have to make do till our own 5th gen is ready. No F35 by the way.