"forties" wrote in message
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Thank you. And does it means that russians will produce 2 types of
future a/c: MFI and LFI .. or they are still looking for the right
choice between two concepts to accept in in RAF then?

What the Russians are exhibiting interest in and what they can actually
produce are two different things. There is not really much likelihood of
their making any significant purchases of any new fighters for the
foreseeable future, based upon their financial problems (look where the new
Su-30's are going--not their own Air Force, for the most part). They are
having enough difficulty just getting enough money to give a portion of
their existing pilots sufficient flight hours to meet the most minimal of
proficiency standards, are tangling with trying to keep up their end of the
joint program with the Ukraine for the An-70 (which last I heard they are
again claiming they will buy...if they can scratch some funds together),
etc. Can't see any way they would be able to support development of two
major combat systems--the only way they will be able to develop *one* is to
get significant outside funding (i.e., India).

Brooks