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India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months

xmpcray writes "Less than four months from now, India's first stealth fighter will fly for the first time. It is called the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft, or FGFA, and is being developed in Russia by Sukhoi. Several of the technologies being developed for the stealth fighter have evolved from those used in the Sukhoi 30 MKI. Considered the most maneuverable fighter in the world, the Sukhoi 30 MKI uses thrust vectored engines, which deflect the exhaust from its engines to extreme angles, enabling the jet to pull off violent maneuvers like a flat spin — where the jet literally spins around on its axis."

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  1. "where the jet literally spins around on its axis" by BlueBoxSW.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    That would be one way to mix a martini, yes.

  2. Awesome maneuvers. by palegray.net · · Score: 1, Funny

    enabling the jet to pull off violent maneuvers like a flat spin â" where the jet literally spins around on its axis

    But what everyone here really wants to know is this:

    • Does it run Linux?
    • Does it blend?
  3. No thanks. by w0mprat · · Score: 4, Funny

    A flat spin killed Goose.

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    1. Re:No thanks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      A flat spin killed Goose.

      Compressor turbine stall killed Goose.

      Not to be pedantic, but a rather nasty blow to the head during ejection killed Goose.

    2. Re:No thanks. by MartinSchou · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you want to be really pedantic, it was the script writer, in the office, with a typewriter.

    3. Re:No thanks. by mortonda · · Score: 2, Funny

      If you're really going to be that pedantic, Goose is a fictional character and is not alive, and therefore can never die.

      Are we done yet? ;)

    4. Re:No thanks. by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, being the "happily married guy" in a gang-of-buddies action movie killed Goose.

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  4. Actually, they are just *saying* they have them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    And if no one can see them, that means they are extra stealthy.

    It's certainly a lot cheaper than actually making them.

  5. Re:Saw it Coming by Joebert · · Score: 2, Funny

    Guess what the F-22 can do?

    Take pictures ?

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  6. Re:Interesting stuff by Caffinated · · Score: 5, Funny

    s/Ob/Os/g

  7. Re:Interesting stuff by Admiral+Ag · · Score: 4, Funny

    "When was the last time you saw two armies face each other across a field in two long lines and start firing at each other?"

    The Democratic caucus factions have been doing that for the last 30 years.

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  8. Re:"where the jet literally spins around on its ax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which axis? Probably the axis of evil for all the editor knows...

  9. Re:Now Entering the Third Stage of Military Histor by icebike · · Score: 2, Funny

    First, we had the shift from hunting/gathering to agriculture.

    You know, its not always necessary to start at the beginning.....

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  10. Re:Interesting stuff by silentcoder · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity"
    Do you know a better way to make more virgins ?

    Classic quote gets classic rebuttal...

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  11. Re:Interesting stuff by Fred_A · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if enemy also has stealth?

    I'll have to check but I don't think he's allowed to.

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  12. Re:"where the jet literally spins around on its ax by fractoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, I'm sure that a flat spin would qualify more for 'stirred' than 'shaken'. You'll need to perform a multi-axis tumble in order to mix a really cool martini.

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  13. Re:Dangerous Thinking by fractoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    How exactly do you plan to strike a carrier?

    A group of 10-15 Stim-Pack equipped Marines and 5-10 Medics should do the trick nicely. Take out the drones and the carrier itself is nigh defenceless.

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  14. Re:Interesting stuff by smoker2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is that substitution global - he only used the word once.

  15. Re:tactics and weapons by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    The German gun was for firing at a relatively immobile target, commonly referred to as Paris.

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  16. Re:Huts and dirt roads and India needs a fighter? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Man, those christians - they eat everything !
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  17. Re:Wrong headline by Megane · · Score: 4, Funny

    So they outsourced it?

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  18. Re:Dangerous Thinking by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 2, Funny

    British vs US spellings

    Let's get ready to roeumble!

  19. Re:Stealthy? by thepainguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it just me or does anyone else think the Indian pilots won't be thrilled with flying a "PAK"-anything?

  20. That explains it! by rehtonAesoohC · · Score: 2, Funny

    That must be what they lost the Chandrayaan-1!

    Somebody accidentally hit the prototype stealth button, and POW, satellite gone.