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Russian Stealth Fighter Makes Its First Flight

Posted by kdawson on from the can-you-see-me-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The long-awaited Russian stealth fighter, codenamed PAK FA or T-50, has had its first test flight today. This Google translation of a Russian article has a photo of the jet. Production is supposed to begin in 2015; the AP reports that India is helping with development. It's reportedly designed to compete with America's F-22 (first flight: 1997). Relatedly, according to Wikipedia, Japan is planning to fly its own stealth fighter, the ATD-X, which we have previously discussed, in 2011."

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  1. Stealthy ? by daveime · · Score: 5, Funny

    has a photo of the jet.

    So not *that* stealthy then ? Of course, I guess if it was that good, the pilot would never be able to find where he parked the thing.

  2. That's nothing! by codeButcher · · Score: 4, Funny

    My country has also developed a stealth airplane. It's so stealthy nobody has seen it yet.

    Or the tax money used to develop it....

    --
    Free, as in your money being freed from the confines of your account.
  3. Compulsory picture by janwedekind · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stealth fighters can be detected by the characteristic pattern of reduced precipitation below the body of the aircraft:
    http://www.roe.ac.uk/~jkd/stealth.jpg