Russia: “Checkmate” jet is a basis for building fighters in West Asia

According to the Fars News Agency International Group, a Russian defense official stated on Wednesday that the fifth-generation “Chek Mate” fighter will become the basis for the design of joint fighters in the Middle East.

According to the news agency “Tass”, “Alexander Mikheev”, CEO of the company ” Russobron Export said at the 2024 defense exhibition in Saudi Arabia: “The Czech Mate tactical fighter may be the basis for the development of a new jet together with the Arab countries.” He said: “This light tactical aircraft of the fifth generation was shown for the first time at the Dubai Air Show in 2021.”

It is also being built with this fighter.

Checkmate has the latest systems including its configuration and unique artificial intelligence technologies. This new single-engine fighter is equipped with a variety of air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles based on stealth technology and carries seven tons of ammunition and can hit up to 6 targets at the same time.

Some time ago, the American magazine “National Interest” wrote in describing this fighter, Chek Mate is a single-engine, single-seat multi-purpose stealth fighter of the fifth generation and a light tactical aircraft developed by Sukhoi. The fighter appears to use the expected Russian engine and has a modern glass cockpit with a design very similar to that of Russia’s fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 fighter.

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