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Friday, July 24, 2015

Russia may have to scrap it plans to build a fifth-generation stealth bomber

PAK-DA bomberRussia's new fifth-generation bomber project has been put on the back burner and the plane won't enter production for nearly a decade, Zachary Keck reports for the National Interest citing Russian officials.

The Kremlin planned on introducing its fifth-generation PAK DA bomber into service starting in 2023.

However, the PAK DA project has been pushed back and Russia will instead focus on production of an updated version of the Soviet-era Tu-160 supersonic nuclear bomber.

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1 comment:

  1. Unknown24/7/15 13:34

    I feel Russia is released a bit off from financial clutch when Iran was let out of cage.

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