聯合研發五代機 印度推動與俄羅斯的談判

India pushes talks with Russia for 5th-generation fighters and ‘Super Sukhois’

印度推動與俄羅斯就五代戰機和“超級蘇霍伊戰機”展開談判

NEW DELHI: India is finally taking forward the negotiations with Russia on stalled mega projects to jointly develop a futuristic fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) as well as upgrade its existing Sukhoi- 30MKI jets into ‘Super Sukhois’ with advanced avionics and weapons.

印度最終提出來，與俄羅斯就停滯的大型項目展開談判，這些項目是聯合研發五代戰機，以及用先進的電子裝備和武器，把現有的蘇霍伊30MKI戰機升級爲超級蘇霍伊戰機。

Though India and France are now close to inking the estimated 7.8 billion euro deal for 36 Rafale jets, the defence ministry acknowledges that just 36 fighters will not be enough to stem the country’s haemorrhaging air combat power.

雖然，印度和法國即將簽署78億歐元的36架陣風戰機合同，然而印度國防部承認，只有36架戰機不足以彌補印度大量失去的空戰力量。

The IAF is down to just 33 fighter squadrons — including 11 obsolete MiG-21 and MiG-27 squadrons slated for retirement — when at least 42 are required to keep the “collusive China-Pakistan threat” at bay.

印度空軍已經縮編爲只有33個戰機中隊，其中有11個過時的米格21和米格27中隊，註定將會淘汰的那種，而要牽制中國和巴基斯坦，印度至少需要42個戰機中隊。