Mig-21 bison vs FC-1

Both the Mig-21 bison and the FC-1 are similar role aircrafts, both being BVR, capable and both being essentially from Russia.

And they arm air forces of nations hostile to each other

How do you suppose will they fare against each other :

Improvents on the baseline Mig-21 to make the bison :

>multifunctional coherent Doppler-pulse airborne radar “Kopyo” with slot antenna
> onboard digital computer
>helmet-mounted target designato
>double screen (HUD and CRT) display system
>stores management system
>inertial navigation system
>air data computer system, digital
>short range radio navigation system
>onboard radio command receiving equipmen
> new flare dispenser (26 mm 120 rounds)
>new electric power supply system, controlling and recording system
>Sextant’s TOTEM RLG-INS with NSS-100P GPS embedded GPS receivers
> El-Op HUD, infrared search and track system (IRST) from Russia’s URALs optical-mechanical plant
>two Sextant MFD-55 LCD displays
>autopilot
>radar warning receivers (RWR)
>new liquid air cooling system
>HOTAS controls

It has a mix of French, Israeli, Indian and Russian aveonics equipment.(like the MKI). It is claimed that the fighters are equivalent to any 4th Generation fighter, with the ability to lock on to 8 different targets at once.

It’s weaponry includes the not so commonly seen seeker module of the KAB-500Kr TV guided bomb, R-73and an R-77 BVRAAM carried underwing. The aircraft’s sophisticated EW suite comprises of a DRDO Tarang RWR/RHAWS, “Tempest” internal Self-protection jammer (SPJ) and the conformal CMDS.

Other features include a SURA HMS, a semi-glass cockpit and a Sextant Totem-3000 Ring laser gyro nav. system with GPS, to mention a few. Note the conformal countermeasure dispensers, the new Tarang RWR’s antennae on the tailfin and the single piece windshield.

and its being made more stealthier than ever before :

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is now adding stealth modifications to an existing $340m programme to upgrade 125 of its MiG-21bis fighters to MiG-21-93 standard. Sources for Jane’s Defence Weekly have revealed these secret events in a report published in today’s edition of the magazine.

Extensive tests to demonstrate Russia’s ability to upgrade Indian fighter aircraft with stealth capabilities took place in front of Indian defence ministry officials at the Sokol aircraft plant in Nizhniy Novgorod on 29th May 2000. The demonstration was highly successful and is understood to have resulted in the Russian government and RSK MIG urging the IAF to adopt the stealth modifications across its MiG-21-93 fleet.

The core of the demonstration saw two MiG-21bis–one upgraded with stealth technology and one without–being tracked by what is believed to be a Mig-31 in a controlled test of radar-absorbent materials (RAM) and coatings developed at the Moscow Institute of Applied and Theoretical Electrodynamics.

[u]During its flight the radar signature of the upgraded Mig-21bis was shown to be between 10 and 15 times weaker than the regular MiG-21bis. [/u]

http://www.janes.com/press/pc020116.shtml

and the FC-1’s details are available at http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/fighter/fc1.asp

Here’s my take :

BVR : Mig-21 bison wins (stealth + R-77 + latest aveonics)
WVR : FC-1 wins (metter manuverability)