Almost 30 years after the American stealth jet F-117 Nighthawk was introduced in 1981, the Russian and Indian Air Forces are finally testing their own version of a stealth plane.
And, what a piece of junk…
“It’s just a prototype lacking new engines and a new radar,” military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer told the Associated Press news agency.
Originally scheduled for 2007, the T-50’s maiden flight was repeatedly postponed because of technical problems.
Observers of Russia’s recent military modernisation drive say it has been plagued by delays and quality problems.
Did Boeing have anything to do with the plane’s development?
