“These are aircraft such as the F-35 and Su-57E.”, — write: www.unian.ua
These are aircraft such as the F-35 and Su-57E.
These planes showed their skills for the countries of the Middle East / UNIAN collage, photo WikipediaF-35 fighters of Lockheed Martin Corp. and Su-57E of the Russian company United Aircraft Corp. met at a rare air show at the Dubai Air Show to compete for Middle East defense budgets. This is reported by Bloomberg.
“The F-35 was the first to appear in the sky over Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, completing an eight-minute flight on Monday morning, and the Russian plane appeared about 90 minutes later. The flights of the planes are a major part of the air show, where Airbus SE, Boeing Co. and defense companies demonstrate their latest developments,” the publication explained.
The United Arab Emirates previously wanted to buy the F-35, but suspended talks in 2021 due to US demands to remove Huawei Technologies Co. from its telecommunications network and take other measures to distance itself from China.
At the same time, US President Donald Trump said on Monday that America will sell the F-35 to Saudi Arabia, but there are still years of negotiations and approvals ahead.
“Israel is the only state in the Middle East that operates stealth fighters, the cost of which can be about 100 million dollars apiece,” Bloomberg said.
In turn, the Su-57E has not yet been sold for export, and the cost of one aircraft is still unknown. According to the statement, the company offers local production for foreign customers, and the sale will include technology transfer. Also, little is known about the characteristics of the twin-engine Su-57E, which complicates its assessment.
“Stealth aircraft are more complex and expensive to operate than standard fighters, which forces some countries to focus on replenishing their arsenals with less advanced models, rather than buying just a few stealth aircraft. Since the United States and Russia are on different sides of the war in Ukraine, their aircraft manufacturers rarely appear on the same site. These aircraft were first presented at the Aero India 2025 exhibition in February,” – reminded in material
Other aviation newsEarlier, the mass media disclosed which missiles were equipped with Ukrainian Mirage 2000 aircraft. These are Magic-2 missiles to counter Russian air targets. As it became known, these missiles are used by Mirage 2000 fighters, as well as other aircraft integrated with French weapons control systems.
“The combat part of the missile is high-explosive fragmentation, with preliminary notching of debris for the most effective damage to air targets. Magic-2 is designed to destroy enemy aircraft and helicopters, including fighter jets, attack aircraft and other enemy air assets,” said “Military”.
At the same time, The Wall Street Journal wrote that France is ready to produce up to 100 Rafale fighters for Ukraine, but there is a problem. According to journalists, the question of who will pay for it remains unresolved. As the publication suggests, neither Kyiv nor Paris have the funds to finance the production of these fighters.
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