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7/8/2025, 6:02:28 PM
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>He doesn't know
Anon, this has been the Russian model for financing any new miltech since the collapse of the Soviet Union. They make a couple prototypes for the parades and exhibitions, hoping to attract some thirdie paypig to actually bring the project to completion. Russian DoD is notorious for demanding everything practically for free, Sukhoi and the rest are stuck with fixed price contracts that were basically at cost a few years ago and are now actually losing them money because of inflation, the only way for them to make money is selling to foreigners.
Su-57 was actually originally a joint Russian-Indian project called the FGFA, however India pulled out in 2018 saying that the aircraft flat out didn't meet the criteria for fifth gen in terms of stealth and radar performance. So Russia was basically left funding the whole thing by themselves, leading to tiny production numbers for a decade.
>He doesn't know
Anon, this has been the Russian model for financing any new miltech since the collapse of the Soviet Union. They make a couple prototypes for the parades and exhibitions, hoping to attract some thirdie paypig to actually bring the project to completion. Russian DoD is notorious for demanding everything practically for free, Sukhoi and the rest are stuck with fixed price contracts that were basically at cost a few years ago and are now actually losing them money because of inflation, the only way for them to make money is selling to foreigners.
Su-57 was actually originally a joint Russian-Indian project called the FGFA, however India pulled out in 2018 saying that the aircraft flat out didn't meet the criteria for fifth gen in terms of stealth and radar performance. So Russia was basically left funding the whole thing by themselves, leading to tiny production numbers for a decade.
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