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Even putting the Rafale deal aside, had they gone ahead with the local assembly of the Su-57 and not demanded that Russia basically develop and finance an entirely new plane that they weren't going to use, they’d have been miles ahead by now.For starters, they would have already operated 5th-gen jets and used the experience gained from this and the local production-assembly to boost the AMCA program in every imaginable way possible, making it arrive much sooner and more capable from the start.People like to criticize the Su-57 for its inferior low observability compared to other 5th-gen jets, but they forget that it also comes with its own unique set of advantages. Additionally, its RCS isn’t as large as it’s often exaggerated to be.
Even putting the Rafale deal aside, had they gone ahead with the local assembly of the Su-57 and not demanded that Russia basically develop and finance an entirely new plane that they weren't going to use, they’d have been miles ahead by now.
For starters, they would have already operated 5th-gen jets and used the experience gained from this and the local production-assembly to boost the AMCA program in every imaginable way possible, making it arrive much sooner and more capable from the start.
People like to criticize the Su-57 for its inferior low observability compared to other 5th-gen jets, but they forget that it also comes with its own unique set of advantages. Additionally, its RCS isn’t as large as it’s often exaggerated to be.
