Russian Defence Ministry Posts It's First Video Of Its 5th-Gen Su-57 Jet Flying In Syria

Business Insider: New video shows Russia putting its most advanced stealth fighter to the test in war-torn Syria

* Russia has been using war-torn Syria as a testbed for its most advanced stealth fighter — the Su-57.
* The aircraft has flown ten sorties over Syria, the Russian Ministry of Defense said Monday in a statement accompanying the first official video of the aircraft's activities in Syria.
* The Russian fifth-generation fighter, which is still in development, is meant to rival the proven US F-35 and F-22 stealth fighters.

A new video from the Russian defense ministry shows the country's most advanced stealth fighter flying sorties in Syria.

Fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighters have flown 10 sorties over war-torn Syria, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement accompanying the footage, the first official video to publicly highlight the aircraft's activities in Syria.

Satellite images from February first indicated that Russia had deployed Su-57 fighters to Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia, Syria. The Ministry of Defense later confirmed the deployment. The Russians are admittedly using the bloody civil war in Syria to test some of their latest weapons. The plane has a "need to be tested in combat conditions, in conditions of resistance," Russian officials previously explained.

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