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Pilot Popov: Russia does not need India and Italy to build a plane | POPULAR NEWS | Yandex Zen
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Russia does not need aircraft manufacturing cooperatives that could become an instrument of political pressure, military pilot Vladimir Popov expressed this opinion in an interview with Nation News.
Domestic aircraft industry does not remember so many cases of joint projects. One of the most famous is the joint Russian-Italian development of the training and combat attack aircraft Yak-130. At the final stage of development, the Italian company Aermacchi left the project, capturing all the technical documentation. Subsequently, they released their aircraft - M-346.
The FGFA program ("fifth generation fighters") was to unite the efforts of Russia and India in creating the fifth generation Su-57 fighter. However, after about 10 years of collaboration, India said that the fighter did not meet the technical requirements for the fifth generation and left the program.
The history of the Su-57 project is far from the first “focus” of India, recalled Honored Military Pilot of Russia, Deputy Chief Editor of Aviano Panorama, Vladimir Popov.
“India has already left several projects and, to put it mildly, does not behave quite correctly. For them, the MiG-29KUB was purchased in ship and ground versions. Then they either preferred Rafal or bought something else from the Swedes "I think that there is some political speculation. They are trying to put pressure on us, they want to get a high-quality modern product at bargain prices," said our source.
Russia possesses everything necessary, the pilot continued, to produce any aviation equipment independently. Our natural base is able to fully satisfy this need; there is only a lack of working hands and time lost in the 90s of stagnation.
Being behind the Iron Curtain, the Soviet Union learned not to count on anyone, independently covering all the needs related to the country's defense, Popov said. Soviet knowledge and experience was inherited by Russia.
"We have developed such a school that we have become one of the few countries that are capable of producing the entire line of technology autonomously. Who else can afford it? America, China and Russia. We have always been at the forefront of progress with regard to aviation, standing at the origins of its origin." - the journalist emphasized.
Vladimir Popov recalled that the Russian Federation is open to international cooperation if such an offer arrives. However, if this does not happen, it’s okay - the Russian school of aircraft construction and the developed technological solutions allow you to act independently, Vladimir Popov summed up.
Author: Arseny Ostrovsky
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