Blockers or S ducts can’t be a simple choice. Requirements may be different. Requirements may even change during development. And perhaps something that was achievable by S ducts can be achievable with blockers. But also if requirements are changed so only certain radar wavelengths are required to be protected against, then it may be more prudent to go with one method over the other, if there’s weight savings or what not involved.

Basically, we’ve got insufficient data to conclude anything.

Very trainery. I like it a lot. Not sure why twin tails are needed though. Are they perhaps closer to center of mass than they are on other trainers? Is the plane quite short?

6,504 lb figure is A) clearly a placeholder figure where “not to exceed” has little to do with actual figure. or B) pertaining to something else, not just the engine. Doesn’t matter where it’s been written, there is no logic to it. All other modern engines have a quite different T/W value so it’s beyond silly that F135 suddenly drops to 1960s tech levels in that regard.

If you want to refer to the max tow weight, you are probably in the 560 N/m of torque. I recentely had to quickly design a leight weight/high capacity trailer and I was amazed… (it could tow customer thing on mud with some slope!) 😉

No, i was actually asking about the exact model of the truck towing NG’s plane because of length measurement. I’m not sure how long the truck is… should be around 6 meters but there’s tons of Ford pickup variants.

While I am sure there are other aspects of the modernization that are worth the money, I am not sure how effective the satnav and computer aided sight like on su24m are for a plane like tu-22m. Su-24 can often fly low and achieve fairly good accuracy using the system since the bombs don’t need to fall 5+ km. Precision should be fairly good. Tu22m, however, performs almost exclusively from high altitude (If i am not mistaken) and using the same system at 5-10 km will yield several times greater miss distances.

As long as it was a secret base, even deliberate bombing means they’re safe from public repercussions.

Also remains to be seen just how many pak-fa will be needed by then, with all these su30/su35/mig35 contracts and plans.

Have we seen a plan to increase the number of training squadrons? To increase the number of combat pilots? That might indicate additional combat squadrons years down the road…