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One very sane and balanced reply,
we dont be getting F-22 because reviving that project will be very expensive. Further Americans have now put most of their marbles in F-35 basket. Now which are the other countries going for 5th Gen plane?
Chinese have two, one is J-20 which is a long range interceptor/ strike plane, It is not designed as a dogfighter.
There is J-31 which is the Chinese take on F-22 (twin engine)
The Japanese have theiir 5th Gen design, The koreans are thinking about it, and then for the rest, it seems to be the Russian PAKFA. Indian AMCA is still long way off.
For the Russians Su-35 is a stop gap measure to ensure supremacy at least on their side of the border.
Rafale is a whim of the IAF for a plane of their choice.
we dont be getting F-22 because reviving that project will be very expensive. Further Americans have now put most of their marbles in F-35 basket. Now which are the other countries going for 5th Gen plane?
Chinese have two, one is J-20 which is a long range interceptor/ strike plane, It is not designed as a dogfighter.
There is J-31 which is the Chinese take on F-22 (twin engine)
The Japanese have theiir 5th Gen design, The koreans are thinking about it, and then for the rest, it seems to be the Russian PAKFA. Indian AMCA is still long way off.
For the Russians Su-35 is a stop gap measure to ensure supremacy at least on their side of the border.
Rafale is a whim of the IAF for a plane of their choice.
Well no Doubt china is more experienced in designing their own 5th Generation aircrafts shows why in 2017 they bought Su-35 from Russia now it might be to copy the russian Engine tech for the new Chinese 5th Generation aircraft .
What are our option s we wont get the F-22 from the American s and the F-35 is still years away from export . PAK FA even the russian s are not sure when it will get inducted in their own airforce ..
Rafale looks more like a stop gap option for our Airforce before we start getting our own AMCA