Doesn’t matter whether dude or sweetie, the point is that your former thread was merged by the mods as it is redundant. Albeit I understand your post more as some kind of joke than anything else.

Dude there is a reason why your former thread was actually removed, it was in fact merged with the existing thread!

Yes. They have unified all six new-built versions under one roof. That means MiG-29K/KUB, MiG-29M1/M2 and MiG-35/35D.

From now on there is only MiG-29KUB airframe. Even single-seat versions use this airframe, with rear seat deleted.

That’s not entirely correct. The decision to design a unified family of land based and carrier based single and twin seaters was made back in 2002, long before the MiG-35 existed. The MiG-35 is merely a MiG-29M with different sensors adapted to the requirements of the IAF’s MMRCA tender. The detail changes as presented on models as shown above were made afterwards. The fins and additional hardpoints are the main difference. Thus far no representative prototype has been built and it was easier and more importantly cheaper to just use the not to dissimilar MiG-29K/KUB prototypes as demonstrators for the -35. It might or might not be that a definitive version of the MiG-35 would in fact feature the enlarged fins, though I think it isn’t worth the effort and that they may settle with the current configuration.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/lukhovitsy.htm

The MMRCA is lost for the Russians, but there are still over a thousand MiG-29s around. The money spent for the MMRCA the Russians will not miss the option to have something smaller and cheaper compared to the Sukhois. It was in the competition against the best of the West available. 😉

What else could the Russians have offered for the Medium MRCA? Hardly a Flanker, which is already used anyway. That this aircraft was offered among the “best of the west” doesn’t prove anything. It’s true that there are a lot of older MiG-29’s in service around the world, but how many nations are likely to opt for a newer variant to replace them? How far developed is the MiG-35?

What seriously makes me wonder is will Dassault face a years long production gap? The last batch 4 example is due for delivery in 2015 if I recall correctly and with batch 5 examples not arriving before 2018 what is being done? Will Dassault slow down batch 4 production to cover the time frame? Are they already calculating with possible export sales (which would be foolish IMO)? Or did the people get something wrong?

There was no new production line. The former production line at Nishni Nowgorod
was scaled down and modernised for a limited production run only. The first series examples were built for the Indian navy. 16 ordered in 2004 for delivery from 2009-2012. In 2010 an option for a second batch was taken. The Russian Navy ordered 24 in 2011 after a first example in 2010. So it is intresting to learn when the production of the first Syrian examples started.
A possible win of the Indian MRCA contest will add just a few examples in some years, when most examples will be assembled in India. Maybe Corran has better data about that. Sofar none Syrian M1/M2 is reported. Not even a series example in predelivery markings.

It has been reported back than that a modernised production line for the new generation of MiG-29’s has been set up at Lukhovitzy, whether it is completely new or not is yet another question. The upgrades to the MiG-29SMT were performed at Nizhnyi Novogorod. Thus there are to locations where original MiG-29s have already been built.

Btw the MMRCA is already lost for the Russians, so it doesn’t need to be considered anymore. Dunno about Syria, thus far there are only rumours but no facts at all. Fact is if there would be MiG-29M1/M2 for Syria they would be new built and not converted from something else.