India may abandon American F-35 aircraft and create its own fifth-generation fighter for $ 1.832 billion

India has completed the design of its own fifth-generation fighter.In order to

that the country may refuse to buy American F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

What is known

According to local publication The Times of India,development must be approved by the Safety Committee. The head of the agency is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The project of a new generation aircraft was sent for consideration to the Committee.

If development is approved, the first prototypethe fifth generation fighter will appear in four years, and it will be possible to start mass production no earlier than six years after that. The cost of the program is estimated at $1.832 billion.

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The Indian plane will be several dozentimes cheaper than the first fifth-generation fighter. Thus, the United States spent more than $66 billion on the creation of the F-22 Raptor and $74 billion, taking into account the cost of mass production. The development of the F-35 Lightning II cost $55 billion.