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The big problem: what's wrong with the Su-57 fighter - Hi-Tech Mail.ru:
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Russia lost the first production Su-57 fighter, why did it happen?
Promising Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57, which produces the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAZ) named after Yu.A. Gagarin, who produces this aircraft, crashed on December 24 in the taiga 111 kilometers from Dzemgi airfield. The pilot managed to eject - he was not injured, and he was already discharged from the hospital.
According to sources, the cause of the disaster was the failure of the tail control system. The plane spontaneously entered a steep descending spiral at an altitude of 8 km, the pilot did not manage to level it.
Is there any serious problem behind the fall of pride in the domestic aviation industry? Military expert Vladislav Murygin said that the accident was a regular situation, from which "no car is safe", recalling similar incidents with the American F-22 and F-35. However, before that, US experts spoke out on the underfunding of the Russian fighter.
The American publication The National Interest believes that the Russian Ministry of Defense will not purchase a fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in large quantities. Despite the fact that journalists call the Russian aircraft “beautiful” and “a rock star in the world of armaments,” the fighter is too expensive for mass production and purchase.
The National Interest does not name the exact or approximate cost of the new aircraft. Presumably, the price of the Su-57 can be compared with the American F-35 - about $ 100-110 million for one fighter.
Aviation expert Vadim Lukashevich, who worked at the Sukhoi Design Bureau in the late 80s, refused the Su-57 the right to be considered a fifth-generation fighter. The device has high maneuverability, but it still has not received the engines of the second stage (“Product 30”), which would allow it to move at supersonic speed in the afterburner mode. Indicators of stealth aircraft also do not correspond to the level of the fifth generation.
The attitude to the Su-57 was probably influenced by the economic situation. The development of the aircraft and its testing were carried out under other circumstances. Now Russia will have to cut its military budget, and the Su-57 may simply not fit in there. In addition, in 2018, India ceased to cooperate with Russia, which planned to get a fifth-generation fighter based on the Su-57. As a result, the plane lost some of the funding.
Last fall, the head of the State Duma commission on legal support of the Russian military-industrial complex, Vladimir Gutenev, said in an interview that Russia would not buy Su-57 for its airborne forces. At the same time, Gutenev noted that the new aircraft has "excellent export potential."
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