For those who don't know, the Su-T50 Is Russia's latest(and first successful) attempt at producing a stealth fighter aircraft.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA
Now, I'm not going to say I didn't have any experience with this aircraft, but I won't say I DID. Savy?
However, a cross examination between the F-22 "Raptor" and the PAKFA reveals some rather unsettling similarities.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor
Some, including President Putin himself, have begun suspecting that Sukhoi may have managed to acquire schematics for the F-22. An investigation was already underway when I moved. Any thoughts?
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Hmm, I hadn't even heard about this. They certainly look similar.
So if it's found that it's a knockoff, what do you think the consequences will be?
Lockheed-Martin could sue Sukhoi. Sukhoi would also, by certain legal statutes of the Russian Air Force, be cut off from military contracting. After these two actions, Sukhoi(being a design bureau for the military chiefly) would flounder and die.