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The editor -in -chief of Defense Express Oleg Katkov notes that Russia often man...

The Russian Federation has not lost the ability to produce fighters and can increase their production - an expert

The editor -in -chief of Defense Express Oleg Katkov notes that Russia often manipulates the figures of production of new equipment, including combat aviation. However, oil and gas income still has potential and allow the MIC. The Russian Federation has the opportunity to increase the production of fighters of the SU family. Oleg Katkov, the editor -in -chief of Defense Express, told this.

According to the expert, the Russian aviation industry has a fully closed cycle for the production of SU aircraft. In addition, the occupiers have learned to circumvent or buy analogues in the civilian market. "It should not be forgotten that all these fighters are the modernization of the Soviet SU-27, which has long been produced, so there should be no problems with components," Katkov said.

For his part, the military-political observer Alexander Kovalenko reported focus that due to the lack of access to Western technologies, the characteristics of new Russian fighter jets are much worse than ten years ago. "The Russian Federation really has the ability to increase the production of serial fighters, but because of sanctions, with other, much worse characteristics. It may even be basic models.

For example, the French company Thales Group has supplied electronics to the Russian Federation, which at one time managed to build Su-30sm fighter jets or Su-35C, "-says focus the expert. It should be reminded that on July 11, the First Deputy Director General of the State Corporation "Rostekh" Volodymyr Artyakov reported an increase in the production of fighters of KB dry.