Putin hoped to kill F-35s with new stealth fighter jets. But it’s turned into a disaster
Russia’s ambitious Su-75 “Checkmate” stealth fighter has hit another major setback. As the war in Ukraine drags on, soaring defense costs and severe supply chain bottlenecks are crippling Vladimir Putin’s next-generation fighter jet program.
In this video, Christoph Bergs, Research Analyst for Airpower at RUSI analyses why Russia’s low-cost single-engine 5th-gen fighter continues to face production delays, how the financial drain of the Ukraine invasion is forcing the Kremlin into an unsustainable cost war, and what this means for the future of Russian military exports.
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