Russia, France to Develop 5th-Generation Warplane

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Russia, France to Develop 5th-Generation Warplane

Russia and France are embarking on a project to develop a fifth generation warplane, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov announced Sunday.

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Russia and France are embarking on a project to develop a fifth generation warplane, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov announced Sunday.

"Yesterday the French prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, andI had an exchange of opinions on the possibility of developing such a plane," Kasyanov said during a visit to the first international naval show in Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg.

He noted that the two sides had signed an agreement on protection of information in Toulouse, France, last autumn so thataircraft developers of the two countries would feel themselves comfortably.

"The implementation of this project is showing a high degree of confidence between our countries," Kasyanov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying.

However, he said it remained unclear, whether the plane would be based on French or Russian technology.

Another project on development of the MiG-AT training jet "willbe definitively certified within the next few weeks and will be ready before autumn," Kasyanov was quoted as saying.

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