Key Point and Summary - PAK DA promises a stealth flying-wing bomber, but Russia’s wartime behavior says otherwise. Sanctions, thin supply chains, and engine/coatings hurdles make a reliable fleet ...

The PAK-DA is Russia’s planned next-generation strategic bomber, a subsonic flying-wing concept designed around stealth, long range, and heavy missile carriage rather than raw speed. It is meant to ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For now, despite a full-sized wooden mock-up and talks of a prototype under construction, Russia’s PAK DA exists as little more than another Russian paper... Here’s ...

Russia’s PAK DA bomber will reportedly undergo trials at a flight test and development center outside Moscow in the middle of the 2020s.

The timely introduction of the PAK DA bomber appears to be an unlikely prospect. While the U.S. Air Force continues to make progress with its next-generation B-21 stealth bomber program, other nations ...