nice video showing APU exhaust doors opening and closing prior to engine start-up sequence, probably featuring the AL-31FN(or its chinese clone) with engine gearbox and the gtde-117 gas turbine power engine unit arranged at the bottom of a/c…
Rumour wise it is said to be an engine by ‘MMPP Salut’. Al-31FMx variant? :confused:
thats definitely the best looking LCA!

So mock-ups they are. Wooden I assume?
In the last contest, Swerve won the contest and received a prize (actually some one else beat him but Swerve was the runner up). If you’re lucky maybe he’ll show what it was
Part 2.. Predict the winners for these contests:
Brazil FX2: (Super Hornet, Rafale, Gripen, Su-35?)
Indian Helo: (Ch-47, Mi-26)
Indian Transport: C-27, C-295, Il-112
Indian SARS: Shin meiwa US-2, Beriev Be 200, Bomberman 415
Malaysian MMRCA: (Typhoon, Rafale, Gripen, Super Hornet, maybe some Russian type)
Swiss AF: (is it really Gripen or will Rafale come out of nowhere?)
Korean FX: Eurofighter, F-15, F-35, others?
The first Su-35 export customer will be?winner will be the one who gets most of them right.
Selections in bold and first Su-35 export customer? Vietnam
Edit : Vietnam or Venezuela
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Acc. to Media quotes:
————-Agni 3—-Agni 5
Length——-16.7m—–17m
Dia.———-1.85m——2m
Weighs——48tonne—50tonne
Only a small change in dimensions but quite a jump in range. Impressive. I am getting a feeling the official 5000km is the politically correct range and this thing could go fair bit more… 
Anyone have the list of deficiencies pointed out by Chinese TV when showing the Agni 5 launch?
huh? 
is it just my eyes 😮 or the 5000km Agni-V actually looks no bigger, if not smaller than its predecessors?
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and so now they promote Su-35 to WTF? vietnam, I dont know some russian being this deperate and pathetic.
Vietnam is a very logical market for the Su-35. They already operate Su-30MK2V and have been buying a lot advanced Russian hardware including Yakhont missiles.
The Phazatron statement regarding range for the smaller, old array was actually that they tracked numerous targets @ 148 kilometers.
Just going off that I would imagine Zhuk-AE has some good figures by now.
RCS of target is unknown, either 5m2 or 3m2 likely.
Think it is 3m^2 target @ 250km (From one of the Aero India shows). Initially it was 130km then 200km with increased T/R modules and then 250km with the original number of modules but improved processing capabilities.
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Total impossible, just like China buying anything from Russia.
Like engines.
Buying full Su-35 is different from buying engines. They could have bought upgraded flankers in the past but they didn’t. Su-35 maybe the most advanced flanker around but they can be satisfied with the J-11B variants. Engines are are a completely different story. PRC needs Russian engines not just because they more advanced but simply, No engine, no flying 😀
When will we see some EF-Typhoon Vs F-35 DACT? :diablo:
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What is that last attachment of yours.
thats classified :p
Pakistan selling Shaheen II blueprints to NKorea? :confused: Thats odd! Usually NK is one selling missile blueprints, and it looks nothing like a Shaheen II.
is it an ICBM? :confused: