This is a French-speaking country that could take “Mirages” or “Rafales” from the French.

But, as Aviation Major General Vladimir Popov reminds us, the states of North Africa have been using our aviation technology since Soviet times.

“Algeria has experience in its operation and understands that the reliability of Russian machines remains the same as before. In addition, the Su-57 is much cheaper than Western competitors, including the American F-35,” Popov told the newspaper VIEW.

The source clarified that the export version of the Su-57 will not differ in control and combat capability from the basic one. But the Russian-made “friend or foe” identification system will not appear on the export aircraft.

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