NEW DELHI: India and Russia will jointly manufacture 250-300 fifth generation fighter aircraft over 10 years, Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony said on Thursday.
Fifth-generation aircraft are invisible to radar, have advanced flight and weapons control systems and can cruise at supersonic speeds.
The Russian plane, first test-flown by Sukhoi in January, is Moscow's answer to the U.S.-built F-22 Raptor stealth fighter -- the world's only fifth-generation fighter yet in service -- which first flew in 1997.
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