Bump due to new MiG 1.44 news.

Isn’t it implied that America’s going to foot the bill for it in some way 🙂

is there a such thing as Su-39? i thought there was only a Su-35/37 Super Flanker and S-37/Su-47 Berkut

The Su-39 is an upgraded Su-25. It’s also known as Su-25TM. It’s predecessor design is the Su-25T, which Ethiopia apparently has.

Of course. But I derive pleasure from his continuous stream of non-answers and ridiculous statements. “Evasion training” is the latest in dumb-assery. 😀

Oh really? What about the quality of engine. Does it really produce the

intended power according to its specification after some use or wear and

tear is degrading it quickly. I am sure i read about GE engines somewhere

but could not remember now.

Complete bibberish.

Why acceralation is not important to engage and disengage.

Then why don’t you all tell us about it then? Let me guess: because you don’t know, and are just throwing out whatever pops into your head to try and evade responsibility for making your own argument.

You made a claim about Flanker superiority in flight perforomance over

F-16 without backing up.

No, *you* made a claim regarding “acceleration” without bothering to back it up. It’s not incumbent on me to prove your claims for you. As for your thinking that the F-16 could possibly be anywhere close to the Flanker in flight performance, I suggest you take some medication for your condition, as I’m not going to bother explaining for the umpteenth time why a heavy fighter beats a lighter fighter, especially an Su-30MKI.

i have something from FAS site.

Only someone of your calibre could treat that as a mark of distinction.

F-16 has only 2sqfeet of extra space while F-15 has 15 sqfeet of space.

So it is obvious.

I’m getting tired of having to explain uncontroversial facts to you- the F-16C was *designed* with space for an internal jammer, space that the USAF did not use, despite the jammer being available.

African nations do not count. They don’t have the adequate evading

training.

ROFLMAO!!!! The abject stupidity of this quote speaks for itself. Please provide your evidence that “African nations” do not have “evasion training”.

Exercises donot mimick reality.In war other vairables are involved.

Describe these variables. See, it’s called “you fight as you train and you train as you fight”, and it’s what gives military forces an edge. Clearly this is lost on you.

And if you do subscribe to this ridiculous idea, then I’m sorry but AIM-9X hasn’t been proven in anything. Sorry.

There is no reason for him to be biased among US, EU and Russia.

Oh, of course not, after all, he’s just the designer of the SD-10, he’s a paragon of objectivity.

:rolleyes:

Before we all get carried away, I’d remind you that the Russian government will most certainly not give MiG a free-hand to hand over a 5th gen fighter design to another country purely for their own commercial gain. If its not in Russia’s national interests (and unless PAK FA falls out of favor, which it wont, it isnt), any talk of the 1.44 going to China is pure pipe-dream.

The PAK FA range requirement is a 1,200km combat radius (to operate from the few airfields in more remote regions of Russia)- similar to that of the Su-27 (which is given as 1,200-1,500km, depending on the source). That’s the range requirement before it was reported that it’ll be the size of the Su-27 and that it’s weight was reported back in 2002 as “heavier than previously planned”.

Course, it’s a rare thing for a fighter to not put on weight during development. They’ve already said they’re going for “better than the F-35 and equal to the F-22”, so a new Flanker-class isn’t surprising.

They’re crazy- there’s no way it’ll be cheaper than PAK FA, not at that weight.