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"Supermaneuverable Su-35S fighters started to carry out military tasks last week", Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told journalists.
He noted that all Russian warplanes have recently been conducting operations with an obligatory cover provided by Russian and Syrian fighter jets as wells as modern air defense systems including the S-400 Triumf.
Citing a military source, Russian Kommersant daily reported Monday that Russia was preparing to test the next-generation Su-35S fighters in Syria for the first time.
Russia commenced a military operation against terrorists in Syria at the request of President Bashar Assad on September 30.
The 4++ generation Su-35 is characterized by supermaneuverability and has features of a 5th generation aircraft.
350 mph slower, 1,000 miles less range, lighter weight and less carrying capacity as the SU35, the US's F-35 is a miserable failure in the arms race. Not just another greed and corruption stained product, this one sticks out like a sore thumb that has been repeatedly hammered. Washington's hegemony slipped on a banana peel on this one.
Still, you wouldn't know it judging from the level of smug arrogance, foaming at the mouth War talk, endless provocations of a nation too big and powerful to fall for empty threats and pathetic bluffs.
You certainly wouldn't expect the US to be simultaneously poking and prodding Beijing, but there it is.
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