Guys, stop it!

Any airplane is a compromise. If you say, “the more AAMs the better” that is you say “the less fuel the better”. So, designers (or more exactly, military people who prepare requirements for designers) have to specify some most typical task, for example, to deliver 6 missiles to 1,000 miles.

I do not know, how many K-77M missiles the PAK FA’s bay is able to fit (it is easy with larger ones — two pieces). My guess is that only two K-77Ms may be carried inside the bay or, less possible, three. Any way, this gives us 4-6 medium range missiles and two short-range ones.

BTW, typical weapons load for MiG 1.42 (larger than the PAK FA) was four K-77Ms plus four short-range missiles.

from what I know as of 1999 there were 20-30 SMT’s: http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita…/mig-29smt.htm

You said that before already. If your only argument is a link to GlobSec website, that is you have no arguments.

Russia has 20-30 MiG-29 SMT’s as of 1999 ….

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…we can credit the Russian federation with now having about 100 or so Mig-29 SMTs.

If so, please be so kind and let me know, where they are? There is no one MiG-29SMT in Akhtubinsk and Lipetsk test and conversion centres, no one in 14th IAP in Kursk, no one in 19th IAP in Millerovo, no one in 28th IAP in Andreapol, no one in 31st IAP in Zernograd, no one in 120th IAP in Domna, no one in 237th TsPAT in Kubinka. Maybe you know some secret place nobody else knows?

Peace, peace, peace!

Let’s back to the F-16. Poland chose F-16 over Gripen because it better suits Polish requirements which were, by the way, much higher than these issued by Czech Republic and Hungary. These countries requested an air-defence fighter to operate over their own territory. Poland has 32 MiG-29 for this purpose. New fighter was to be able to operate outside Poland in air-to-ground missions mainly.

Poland requested a wide range of air-to-ground weapons, NATO datalinks, navigation, EW, reconnaissance etc. suites. We bought 22 AN/AAQ-33 Pantera targeting pods, AN/ALQ-212(v)4 EW suites for 20 aircraft, seven Goodrich DB-110 reconnaissance pods and a large (still classified, so no details) number of AIM-120C-5 and AIM-9X AAMs, AGM-154C JSOW, JDAM, AGM-65G2 Maverick, GBU-12 Paveway II and GBU-24 Paveway III munitions. Is all this tested and available with the Gripen?

And don’t say us about Polish politicians – we have more troubles with them here inside than you outside Poland. Elections in a month…:)

the 1088 module zhuk at MAKS wasnt a mockup, it was “functional” but with a bad computer and they flew it.

… but no one at MiG or Phazotron knows that:)

The MiG has a good bit more than 575mm worth of room in its nose, they plan on increasing the size of the antenna, the prototype antenna is smaller because there simply isnt enough processing power for more modules. The Zhuk-Meh has a 625mm antenna I believe and there is still a bit of room left after that. They arent utilizing at least 50mm that are clearly available to them. The older Zhuk-M was actually a 700mm design I believe, so they might have a good 125mm they arent playing with.

That would be true if… the antenna mirror of Zhuk-ME and Zhuk-AE is in the same place. In fact, Zhuk-AE radar had to be moved ahead for some reason :diablo:

whats the difference between Sura-M and Sura-K ?

I would like to know, too.

MAW300 installation? Does it really cover 360degree in azimuth and elevation? I think there will be a small blind zone for the sensors directly in front of the aircraft.

Yes, it is. The question is, is this zone important.

No material I know mentions, what type of RWR it is but I guess it is L150 Pastel. Saab Avitronics presented systems for the MKM last year and enlisted then only MAW300, LWS310 and EW controller (EWC).

Probably, output from those systems is presented on one of three MFD screens installed in the cockpit.

Agree.

In several news items the Russians have mentioned that the Su-34 is not available for export.

So why it was shown in Farnborough in 2000, if I remember correctly? Every Russian tactical aircraft is being offered for export in some (downgraded) version. Su-32 is the export version of the Su-34.

Sukhoi mentions in its documents the I-21E, an export version of the I-21 or PAK FA.