if by wiggle you mean fly in zick zac pattern then that wouldnt work at all , the same method being used by ESM system again stationary target on ground to determine range but it have 2 big disadvantage :
1-take significant time
2-not accurate enough for weapon target
again moving air target that would be useless

Zig zag is the words you meant. I think he meant to describe tracking a target over time and determining range by the change in the view. Subtle angle changes, frequency shifts in color, and other anomalies will give fairly accurate guesses, with guesses becoming more accurate linearly with time.

Increased temperature materials. Lighter materials. The same modernization going into the PAKFA engines, only on the NK-321 program.

The engine sounds like it would be a good basis for a single engine MiG-31 replacement, only without it’s exceptional Mach 2.83 sustained performance.

It also sounds like the core will be used on a civilian engine, which can only improve the economic viability of the program.

Indonesia should ask for Su-35 twin seaters with dualie IRST and the probe down the center just to be different. And they got to have MAWS before the Chinese make it widespread. But leave out the integrated targeting pod, because you want room for upgrades…

I have a feeling there could be room in a J-11C for both MAWS and a faceted integrated targeting pod under the nose, if they tried hard enough.

But Gripen predates Super Hornet. 🙂

Basically the contradictory of design begins with their tech being anything save for fifth generation. Since the Super Hornet has any other modern LO design followed area ruling? The engines of the US and EU designs could push supersonic speeds using dry thrust alone if the aircraft was a soup can shape. Fifth generation fighters have exceptional dry thrust to weight ratios. The idea is to avoid situations that require wet thrust. The skins typically impose far more limitations on the aircraft’s top velocity than the engines, most of which don’t flatten out too terribly bad above Mach 1 since the centrifugal turbojets.

No matter what eagle wants to argue about, the fifth generation is using wet thrust less and less. The dry thrust is where it’s at for getting to a good combination of range and low supersonic speeds. Wet thrust is cool to see, but operationally it’s an expensive expenditure.

It makes zero sense to pay VAT for defense acquisitions. That’s a huge chunk of change eaten up by bureaucracy.