First Clear Image Of Russia’s New Stealth Fighter Design Made Public

Checkmate at MAKS. Via Andreas Rupprecht

The Aviationist: Here’s The First Clear Image Of The “CheckMate”, Russia’s New Stealth Fighter Design

Markings suggest Russia’s new stealth fighter might be designated the Sukhoi Su-75 “CheckMate”.

Some new interesting images of the new Russian 5th generation aircraft, the “CheckMate” have started to appear online ahead of MAKS 2021 airshow which kicks off next week.

As we reported on Jul. 15, 2021, the jet, covered by black canvas, was first spotted as it was moved to the static display fueling various theories around the shape of the “CheckMate”, believed to be developed by the Sukhoi bureau with an eye to the international market.

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Update #1: Russia’s New Fighter Breaks Cover—It’s Got ‘Stealth’ Written All Over It (Forbes)

Update #2: Meet the 'Checkmate', the new Sukhoi lightweight stealth fighter that Russia aims to sell to Argentina, India, Vietnam, and the UAE (The Aviation Geek Club)

WNU Editor: This will be the first of many images in the coming days. I am waiting for the video.