Rejecting the serial production Su-57, Moscow actually recognized the gap in the creation of a fighter 5 generation, It leads to Lenta.ru statement by the expert in the field of combat aircraft of the British Institute of Defense Studies Justin Bronk.
In Russia, virtually admitted defeat in the creation of a possible fifth generation fighter, said Bronk.
The main reason for failure of the launch of a series of promising aircraft he called the lack of funding for the project, which is caused by the suspension of the joint Russian-Indian program to create a fighter 5 generation.
Although the Su-57 costs only $ 40 million., that more than 2 times cheaper American F-35, for Russia, this price is still high compared to the cost of other aircraft. Concerning, Russian defense industry, likely, just hung his older fighters, "a lot of fancy radars and missiles".
The expert concludes, against the background of Russian projects on modernization of submarines, tanks and nuclear weapons Su-57 fighter was "the first victim of the budget crisis". A rapid development of military aviation in China are being relegated to the margins of Russia in the "world's first-class armies".
Recall, in July of this year, the deputy chairman of the Russian government said Yuri Borisov, what, as the Su-35 to date, "it is considered one of the best aircraft in the world", it makes no sense to force work on the series production aircraft 5 generation.
earlier it was reported, that the delivery of the initial batch of Su-57 to the troops (12 machines) It must learn to 2019 year.
