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Friday, December 05, 2008

Su-30MKI voted best fighter

In July-August 2008 an Indian air force contingent with eight Sukhoi Su-30MKI combat aircraft participated in the international RED FLAG `08 advanced aerial combat training exercise in Nevada, USA, along with fighters from U.S. and French Air Force. It was the first time that the Russian-made Su-30MKI participated in multinational manoeuvres involving US and other NATO fighters.

The exercise results are widely discussed in the world aerospace media. In November 2008 the British Flight magazine offered their website visitors to pick the best fighter from the listed Su-30MKI, F-22 and F-15.

Russian fighter was voted the best by 59% of visitors. American 5th-generation F-22 got 37% of votes. The USAF base fighter F-15 was favoured by only 4% of respondents.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous7/2/09 11:30

    Against F22??

    Now that is surprising...

    Su 30MKI was made to counter the chinese threat to Indians (Specifically)

    But then..... you never know....the russians are like indians.....they can even pull out a rabbit out of a black hole

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