Russia unleashes latest deadly weapons as arms race intensifies with the West

Russia unleashes latest deadly weapons as arms race intensifies with the West

Russia unveiled the fifth model of the Sukhoi warplane on Tuesday after the launch video claimed it was developed “in record time”. The Kremlin’s state arms maker, Rostec, has said the fighter jet can fly twice as fast as the speed of sound and revealed it cost up to $30million.

The new plane, known as Checkmate, was designed in May to challenge the American F35 fighter jet.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, inspected Checkmate at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky.

The 68-year-old said: “Russian aviation has great potential for development”.

And the General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yury Slyusar, said the Russian President was “pleased” by what he saw. The nation’s deputy Prime Minister, Yuri Borisov, expressed hopes for foreign investment into the fifth-generation Sukhoi warplane.

The Kremlin suggested it is eyeing up selling the new fighter jets to India, Vietnam and several African countries.

Nearly 300 orders are expected to be made in the next fifteen years.

‘Checkmate’ is not scheduled to take to the skies until 2023 and the first batch will be produced in 2026. Developments in Russia also came with new warnings for the British armed forces.

In one of the English-language advertisements produced in Moscow, the Royal Navy’s HMS Defender was pictured in the jet’s line of sight with the caption: “See You”.

HMS Defender was recently involved in a confrontation with the Russian Navy after it sailed past the Crimea last month.

However, not all of Russia’s adverts were threatening.

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