✈️ After a period of stagnation Russia would face the beginning of a new stage in the stormy development and evolution of combat aviation, the likes of which might not have been seen since 1970s-1980s.

The crucial challenge for Russia, which has strong competencies in this area, is to maintain its lead. Those who manage to stay on the podium will be rewarded for their efforts through military- industrial cooperation, will develop their engineering capabilities and aligned scientific areas, and will gain firm guarantees of national security.

Although we do not talk about our plans as much as the West might, we can say that work on the Okhotnik UAV and the Su-75 concept are efforts in the right direction, writes Alexander Yermakov in the Valdai Paper #117.

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