Check your numbers. The F125 is rated at more than 9000 lbf of wet thrust, depending on sources (and variants I guess) up to 9500 lbf. Per engine of course.

The F404 is very reliable, true. But not that economical.  This should come as no surprise considering its low bypass ratio.
Compared to an R-25 turbojet, any modern turbofan is a fuel sipper.

Hi Eagle, I think most turbofans for fighters of the 1970s had a low bypass-ratio. I have in mind F404, RD-33, RB199 and M53. I’m not sure if the F404 has  worse specific fuel consumption compared to the others? If I had to guess, I’d say that the M53, with its single shaft, is the engine with the disadvantage, we’d want to find the figures, though. 

without foundation and makeup

Wrong thread. That’s a USAF F-22…:rolleyes:

There seems to be talks about a new business option for the MiG-29s and 35, discussed in relation to Malaysia. Russia would get the currently inoperative MiG-29 and sell in exchange the -35 at a reduced price.

This may in fact be quite interesting, if applied on a large scale:

– The customer would benefit from reduced prices and make some use of their otherwise obsolete or inoperative fighters
– MiG-35 would be sold easier than having to compete in equal terms with other competitors.
– Russia could use the old MiGs in a variety of ways: first, doing a basic overhaul and selling them at air forces in need of almost anything flying for very friendly prices, almost for free or in exchange of other “currency”, be it economical or political, that can be of use. Given many of Russia’s allies are under extreme economic pressure, it is not hard to find countries which would be among the ones who would benefit the most: Syria, Serbia, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela all would benefit from having the MiG-29 in a reasonable state either to have some form of fighter force at all or to boost it accordingly to the increased threats. Second, they could be upgraded heavily and sold to India for instance in order to boost their number of operational squadrons.

They would not make trillions but would load their repair factories, get business for the MiG-35, keep customers and get further profits through the maintenance of an expanded MiG fleet. Maybe it works, who knows.

There have been also comments that the contract with Egypt for the MiG-29M was finally closed at this year’s MAKS.

Malaysia are going to buy MiG-35s? I thought they were buying Kuwaiti AF F/A-18s second-hand?

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/05/31/malaysia-to-buy-used-kuwaiti-fighter-jets-to-expand-fleet/

STOL performance, proven

Or maybe the aircraft was just very light, little internal fuel? Impressive none the less…

How are they rapidly relocating ? IOW, is this because of some recent technological advancement ? I say this because, most SAMs do not carry enough fuel to change their location, frequently in order to engage the target.

I think he is referring to their launchers and not the missiles themselves. Many Air Defence systems are mounted on vehicles these days, especially the shorter-ranged systems.

Can someone explained to me why MIg-23 is often seen as a failure unlike Mig-21 or Mig-29

Not really considered a complete failure. Most of those countries which received aircraft from the Soviet Union were short of cash after the Cold War. They could barely afford to operate the MiG-21 – never mind the much more complex and high-powered MiG-23 – the ’23’ had to go…

MiG-23 early modifications had insufficient maneuverability. MiG-23ML and later one of the best fighters in its class

That’s wrong. I don’t think anyone was really complaining about the MiG-23’s turning ability – it was hardly any worse than that of an F-4 – and whatever improvements were made to its maneuverability in later versions it was still not the ‘best in class’.

I love these arguments.
Not one iota of information on the public domain on how these systems would fare against each other… But one and a half pages and we are already on industrial fisheries!
Can we stop the thread? There’s no available information in order to make any meaningful insight. The end.
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I have to agree. They have really ruined this forum – they haven’t a clue what they are talking about, I’d say.

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F-4E crashed into the sea last week.

The Iranian fighter jet crashed after a technical malfunction. Both pilots ejected safely.
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