Russia unveils new Checkmate fighter jet
Russian President Vladimir Putin has received a sneak peek of a new fifth-generation lightweight single-engine fighter jet at an air show just outside of Moscow.
Russian aircraft makers unveiled a prototype of the stealth fighter dubbed Checkmate for the 68-year-old leader at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, ahead of its official unveiling later on Tuesday (local time), according to a statement from Rostec, the state-owned military giant which is responsible for exporting Russian technology.
The head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, and the general director of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Yury Slyusar, presented the warplane to Mr Putin at the exhibition pavilion of the Sukhoi company.
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