Sure, because when I think semiconductors I think “Russia”… :rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_sales_leaders_by_year

Still, this is big progress for Russia.

Ouch…

You guys realize that is a long battle Rock-paper-scissor?
Jammer doesn’t help against missile. Most modern Medium-Range missile have a HOJ mode. It will kill the jammer plan based on the jammer emissions .

will put a practical limit on the range that would be far lower than the kinematic performance on offer.

I think that was always the difference between Russian missiles and US missiles.
Russians advertised always the kinematic range even if the missile was a lost bullet at that Range.

watch out A-4Ks!!

Oh yea, A4 has a huge market there 🙂
Nice plane 🙂

Again, with AESA’s there is still only 1 beam at any given moment in time. The radar is smart enough to remember where each target is and it can prioritize targets but there is only ever 1 beam at a time. There is no constant beam on one target in that situation.

AESA’s advantages are beam agility, but physics is still physics. The more resolution you want the slower the scan. That video is sale pitch nonsense. That radar is not in an LPI mode for sure. Its some some form of a fast scan mode so that resolution is not going to do against a stealth aircraft.

Now I know that you don’t know what you are talking. What u described there is TWS mode. That;s 70’s radar tech dude.

@Kramer
If you wish to talk about cheapest but efficient weapon, that would surely be MiG 35, they already have infrastructure and know-how for MiG29. .

Not really … we operated the 18 29’s for 10 years . re haul was not done in Romania. and only one base operated them.

I have very few data (almost nothing) on Romanian made bombs, so I can’t really explain which is for what purpose.
However
is pretty much correct, but some of these bombs were more or less modified compared to their Soviet equivalents – at least as far as exterior shape is concerned.
Here’s how the designations translate:
acronym – romanian – english
B = bomba = bomb
E = exploziva = explosive
M = mina = mine (in Ro it has exactly the same meaning as land or sea mine)
A = (de) aviatie = aviation or (for) aircraft
F = fugasata = don’t know what it means, probably the same as “fugasnaya” in Russian

so BA is aviation bomb, BE is explosive bomb (aren’t they all? :rolleyes:) BEM is explosive bomb mine – not sure what mine stands for, could be delayed fuze, and so on.

I’ll be back later with some pictures.

They also started producing Mk8x license copy.