Russia Commits Itself To Build A New Strategic Bomber

Russia Speeds Up Development of New Strategic Bomber. © RIA Novosti. Grigoriy Sysoev

Russia Speeds Up Development of New Strategic Bomber -- RIA Novsoti

SOCHI, November 28 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will begin the full-scale R&D work on its future strategic bomber in 2014, a senior aircraft-manufacturing industry official said Thursday.

The project, known as PAK-DA (an acronym meaning “future long-range aircraft”), has been in the works for several years but was given the formal go-ahead by the Russian leadership last year.

“A decision was made this year to expedite the development of the PAK-DA aircraft,” Mikhail Pogosyan, head of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation, said at a meeting on the future of the Russian air force chaired by President Vladimir Putin.

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Update #1: United Aircraft to Start R&D on New Strategic Bomber in 2014 -- Moscow Times
Update #2: Work on PAK DA will be intensified - head of United Aircraft Corporation -- Russia Beyond The Headlines

My Comment: This news is a surprise. The Russian government and air force has been talking about it for years .... and now they are in a rush to develop one.