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Bulgarian Military: India is ready to abandon the purchase of the Su-57 in favor of the F-35

Bulgarian Military: India is ready to abandon the purchase of the Su-57 in favor of the F-35
The Bulgarian military-themed portal Bulgarian Military, citing Indian sources, writes about India’s plans for fifth-generation fighters. At the same time, the publication voiced somewhat strange information.

Authors in the article from 2 July 2020 years write about, that India "may abandon the Russian Su-57 in favor of the American F-35". Strangeness at least, that India has not yet expressed intentions to acquire a fifth-generation Russian Su-57, whom, by the way, not yet in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Recall, that the Indian side withdrew from a joint project with the Russian Federation to create the latest fighter - FGFA, exhibiting a series of claims: from high cost to “engines not matching the fifth generation of fighter aircraft”.

From the article of the Bulgarian edition:

According to some reports, The cost of the updated version of the Su-57 will vary from 150 to 200 millions of dollars, and considering, that India plans to acquire several hundred fifth-generation fighters, obviously, what is it about billions of dollars.
Where did the authors of this material get data on “200 million dollars” for a Russian plane, one can only guess.

Moreover, a further phrase indicates, that the publication takes its numbers, what is called, "From the ceiling":

Considering, that the export value of american f-35s is about 120-140 millions of dollars, and this combat aircraft was seen during military operations, India, probably, really refuse Russian fighters.
At the moment, the export value of American F-35, according to the official data of the American manufacturer, fell below 100 million dollars. true, there is one caveat - this price does not take into account the future ultra-expensive service of the fifth generation fighter. One upgrade of its software costs several million dollars annually, not to mention the logistics of supplies of components.

Important moment: are the US ready to ship its F-35s to India, given her contract with Russia for the supply of S-400 air defense systems?

there is an opinion, what will pass and a few more years, and in the press, including indian, will still ponder, on which version of the fighter of India stop. At the same time, the Chinese neighbor of India will have dozens (or even hundreds of) new generation fighters.

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