Western Aviation Journal: None of the MiG fighters received as much attention in Russia as The Checkmate from the Sukhoi Design Bureau
The Western press continues to discuss the presentation at MAKS-2021 of a promising Russian single-engine fighter called The Checkmate. Experts of the specialized aviation magazine HushKit drew attention to the pomp of the presentation of the aircraft from the Sukhoi design bureau, noting that now the situation with the development of the MiG fighter line is becoming completely confusing.
From an article by a Western author:
In the publication HushKit they write that now questions arise with the future of a particular fighter from the MiG - MiG-35. This plane, as the foreign author put it, now “will definitely be in the shadow of the presented fighter from the Sukhoi company.
The author expresses the opinion that now the United Aircraft Corporation (United Aircraft Corporation) "can finally opt for those successful Sukhoi products that are already showing themselves, and not on new concepts from MiG."
From the article:
At the same time, the presentation of the promising fifth-generation fighter The Checkmate was called "very successful in terms of advertising" in the material.
The author argues that not only the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam or India, as was initially assumed, can show interest in such aircraft, but also, for example, Turkey. It is extremely important for Ankara to get progressive technologies, first of all, for the development of its own next-generation aircraft under the conditions of American sanctions.
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