Seems like there are spoilers for the main weapon bays based on that CAD drawing.

Any reasonable theories about why Pogosyan ended his UAC presidency early?

I think it’s talking about trade offs of F-22 style nozzles, i.e. some thrust loss but reduced IR signature. As with all things aviation everything is a compromise.

well first off they are volunteers and Ukrainian ex-berkut members- although many died in the “first days.” I do know for a fact that no one forces the russian veterans to go to Ukraine- its just they either have family there or were born there. i know of many people who did not yet get their red specnaz barrettes and dropped out and left for Ukraine. Many of those are in high up command positions. others like the Chechen people there follow Kadirov and they simply remember how the cia was giving money to the chechens to fight against Russians during the Chechen wars– so they are there because of their past. there have been rumors of GRU there – which i would not be surprised. Hence why the “batman” commander was one of the first to start gathering militia (a bat is the main part of the logo for GRU)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Intelligence_Directorate_%28Russia%29

i also know that now there are allot of shoulder mounted AA and strelas which are more then capable of shooting down low flying attack planes- so i think that strategically ukraine is making the right choice of not flying missions in that area

there has been only 1 chase of a convoy or 3 bmps crossing the border. none since then. if ur talking about the aid convoys- they are being checked by osce and ukrainians before entering

chechens and why they are there sorry not in eng (battalion of the “wild one”)

You got some evidence to support that malarkey?

The discussion of lasers brings up an interesting point. What is the effectiveness of active radar guided missile in WVR combat? In other words, can you have a highly maneuverable HOBS missile that’s active radar homing instead of infrared? I believe such missiles, when combined with DRFM, may also be able to home-on-jam. I don’t think DIRCM works against such missiles, and lasers powerful enough to disable them may have serious potency against aircraft.

Also, I know some will bring up the AMRAAM for HOBS, but it’s still not in the same class as the AIM-9X in WVR kinematics.

Seems like the text was mangled by translation software like Google Translate. Care to share the original link?

a hypothetical fighter able to sustain 9g at 30k ft is immune to current and future missiles at any range,
and could simply fly a circle until everyone is bored of trying

That is a profoundly ignorant statement, and doesn’t even begin to consider missile speed and element of surprise, and developments around the corner like ramjet missiles and dual pulse motor. Oh, and that quote in your signature, you do realize that it’s for missiles to match the turning radius of the fighter, right? I’ll let you think about the implication of that. That doesn’t even touch on how missiles like the IRIS-T and AIM-9X can hit 60g.

None of this mean speed and maneuverability aren’t important, but your perception of how BFM works seems awfully limited.