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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia test-flew a long-awaited new fighter aircraft on Friday, determined to challenge the United States for technical superiority in the skies and impress weapons buyers.

The "fifth-generation" stealth fighter -- Russia's first all-new warplane since the collapse of the Soviet Union plunged the defense industry into poverty and disarray -- flew for 47 minutes, planemaker Sukhoi said.

Link: New Russian stealth fighter makes first flight - Yahoo! News

just what the world needs from Russia.:rolleyes:

They're responding to the united states becoming militarily more aggressive with a stated doctrine of pre-emptive warfare and using force to protect us interests china is responding as well. Did you expect them not to respond or there to be any other kind of response? It's sad-for a while there it looked like the era of arms races might be over.