European company "Dassault Aviation" introduced the concept of a fifth-generation fighter.

In the near future, Russian, American and Chinese fighters of the fifth generation may have a competitor. This was announced by the leadership of the European company "Dassault Aviation", introducing a conceptual version of the fifth-generation fighter of its own production.

This caused heated discussion among European citizens who believe that with the advent of the newest fifth generation fighter, the threats from Russia and the PRC will be completely dispelled, but independent military analysts are not so optimistic.

"Taking into account the statement made, it can be stressed that to date, the company" Dassault Aviation "has developed only a conceptual version. The development of the aircraft itself, its creation and testing - all this will take at least 10-12 years, while still about 10 years will be required to rearm the European Air Force. It can be stated with certainty that if a fifth-generation European fighter appears, it will not happen before 2030 - by this time China is ready to adopt the unmanned and manned version of the sixth generation fighters, and in Russia's armed forces, the sixth-generation aircraft will appear before , as the countries of Europe will want to rearm. Europe is again a few steps behind », - emphasize the specialists.

Nevertheless, European analysts believe that the development of the fifth-generation fighter can be fully combined with the creation of the sixth generation aircraft, which obviously will lead to a significant breakthrough.