Don’t remember if this was posted.
http://www.ruaviation.com/news/2011/9/16/540/
IrAero intends to acquire 10 MS-21s.
Good post Boom, thanks.
Russia and Azerbaijan have good relationship, hell they even sold them Favorit recently. IF anything Russian relations with both nations just decrease the likelihood of conflict in the area, though I am not sure as to actual Azeri intentions in regards to Armenia.
What is curios is they ordered both Mi-35M and this hideous South African upgrade….needless fleet splitting IMO. Does the front seater have ANY visibility with that installation ? 😮
The JH-7 isn’t particularly impressive, but neither is your comparison with….the MiG-29? What? Talk about random.
If we had star fighters in a deal akin to the MiG 21s Would they still be flying today like our Mig 21s are.
Uber Star Fighter New Radar BVRAAM :diablo:
There wouldn’t be any Starfighters left to fly ! 😮
I think emile is saying the opposite actually, he just uses translators, so it can be hard to get his thoughts across.
Nice pic, why do they keep PSing the bow?
Yes
…Plans to upgrade all Su-25’s to SM standard (about 200). 43 upgraded between 2007-2010
Now that is great news, if the entire fleet is actually overhauled. I thought the SM upgrade would run its course in the next 2 years. Any firm details on Su-25SM3? Hopefully it builds on Su-25SM, that upgrade is relatively modest.
On the other hand, the modesty means the funding and pace of the upgrade is more likely to be adequate.
Severodvinsk returned early from trials because of some minor technical issues. Trials 80% complete/
Anti-foreign object.
http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2011/1018/100010015/detail.shtml
NPP Polet won a tender to make the onboard communications complex of the An-70. Contract was signed with Antonov this month, sum was 90 million roubles.
Agreed but it does make the Fulcrum all the bigger and more intimidating looking. So much better looking than the old two seater, good grief.
UAV design at Tsagi, back in 2000s.

http://russianplanes.net/images/to57000/056765.jpg
I would kill for this photo in high res.
Some new MiG-35 stuff!
http://russianplanes.net/images/to57000/056746.jpg
http://russianplanes.net/images/to57000/056745.jpg
RuAF should order some on looks alone 🙂 .