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MOSCOW: The number of fighters of the fifth generation Sukhoi T-50 PAK will be increased to 14 units from now on only three. Russia decided to increase the number of the most technologically advanced aircraft in the world to test fly deep.
Russian Air Force Commander Alexander Zelin on Monday, according to RIA Novosti, said, "There have been three fighters who took part in the flight test, the other three expected to be tested in the near future. Entire number of aircraft for flight test 14 units."

Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA developed in the program or Perspektivny Aviatsionny Aviatsii Frontovoy Complex (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) at the Sukhoi aircraft design bureau.

T-50 PAK FA first appearance to the public at MAKS-2011 Air Show near Moscow on August 17, 2011.

Fighters were developed with partners from India - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) - these make its debut in eastern Russia in early 2010.

Zelin said the Russian T-50 beyond the capabilities of the aircraft from the United States and China. Being able to fly in speed 2.2 speed of sound in stealth mode is a basic capability for the T-50 PAK FA.

For close combat, or Pugachev Cobra maneuver as you can do Su-27 or Su-30 Flanker, it is very easy to do T-50 PAK FA are already implementing navigation systems and facility management through a combat helmet and vision in the eyes of pilots.

"After analyzing the comparative nature of the plane from China we conclude T-50 PAK FA beyond the capabilities of the F-22 Raptor of the U.S. and J-20 stealth plane is in terms of maximum speed, distance flown, the maximum takeoff weight, and value of the carrying capacity maximum, "Zelin added.

Russia has been developing its fifth-generation fighter since the 1990s. A number of high-ranking Russian military says it's stealth fighter jet - flying distances up to 5500 kilometers on a standard version without reserve tank - could be entering a period of community service in the Russian Air Force in 2015.

According to data from RIA Novosti, the Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA uses multiple engines Saturn 117S (AL-41F1A) TRDDF turbo jet flying using afterburners with a maximum duration of three hours.

Arsenal aircraft which have been modified GSh-301 cannon with a bullet diameter of 30 millimeters by increasing the number of rounds burst and thrust force.

Besides T-50 has 10 hardpoints for weapons and bombs and rockets can be adjusted with additional rocket hardpoints so that the target can be further improved.

"Operation T-50 will be cheaper 100 million U.S. dollars or 2.5 times cheaper than the operation of the F-22 Raptor Lockheed Martin and Boeing," he told RIA Novosti.



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