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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."
Whoops. Maybe I posted to soon. Another google hit gave me a stealthy looking aircraft:
http://flareout.blogspot.com/2009/05/fifth-generation-fighter-aircraft-fgfa.html
I don't see any pylons here for missiles, or other radar bouncing structures. Definitely not what was shown in the earlier photos.
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If you have no idea how a stealth aircraft works then why do you think you're qualified to say "that's not stealth"? Just because it looks a little different from past stealth aircraft doesn't mean jack shit.
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Just keep digging yourself deeper idiot.
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Because the people with mod points are as stupid as you?
How we know is more important than what we know.
I wouldn't bother arguing. Chances are he also believes Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11, has never heard of the School of the Americas and thinks Fox News provides fair and balanced news coverage.
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