I am sure that if The Iranians can get a Nuclear deal, new parts and upgrades would flows in. Northrop/Grumman hve all interest into this.

There is not a basic technical problem as such but in times of austerity politics funding for a stealth fighter project is easier to come by if a partner can be found that actually needs one. Saab is looking to develop the 2020 5G stealth fighter & I last heard there was interest in Turkey to codevelop it (spread the cost out) & Dassault will need to soon develop a 5G air frame to avoid being totally sandwiched out of the international market so can you suggest a development partner in Europe other than Mig (almost Europe) that is not committed to the F35??

I don’t see any needs for Dassault to partner for a new 5G aircraft. Dassault made a spacecraft (nearly), built stealth drone (likely), participate in an hypersonic recce drone (probably) and tried desesperatly to sell the best mil tool for the next 10 years (Raf).
On the contrary, not being insulting, far from that, MiG didn’t display any capabilities regarding 5G. I am sure they did. And hve my own opinion regarding that point. But, the first rule when you want to tease, is to show an interesting piece of skin. Shaking in rhythms is quite commune with no effects nowadays, sadly…

Take Off Magazine Nov issue

http://en.take-off.ru/pdf_to/to28.pdf

Thx!

Extracted among other news:

– RACHEL new helicopter (project) from Mil to replace the Mi-8 family – Cruise speed targeted around 350kph (French or Russian engines)

– K62 civil variant of Ka60 with 290 cruise (French engines – man hve to see the ultra-compact layout for a 1750hp range of turbine)

– Bombardier to jointly produce the Q400 turboprop in Russia for the Russian/CIS market (estimated ard 210)

– An70 prod still stalled in the waiting of a Russian decision.

And those rather astonishing quote:
– The Mi28UB became Rostvertol’s first aircraft productionised with the use of digital modeling, rather than traditional techniques

– Speaking abt the Mig29K sea trial:
12 takeoffs and deck landings were performed at night, which had not been done by Russian carrierborne aviators since 1999
and …
the aircraft carrier to return to the shipyard for repair of her propulsion plant’s boiler thermal insulation coating

The last shark pic cld be labelled:
Yum-Yum (Euro]Canards (end this sentence with a bite sound) :rolleyes:

I think this one will raise unanimity:

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There have been a couple of posts about that recently. I wondered where the quote was from because it seemed to be written oddly.

Any way, so Typhoon could soon be reaching the wondrous heights of F35 style AoA….

What is indeed funny if you think of it (even if I’ve an other word in mind)

These are not head on shots. Where is the fuel in a Meteor? What view does a laser on an aircraft have of an approaching AAM? Is it the same as in your cases?

Which AAMs have the sensors, software, & controls to perform the cooling tricks you refer to?

Those are good question but I fear we are running OT like crazy now.

Regarding your first point: If a Laser defending system is of any sort involved, it means that the missile has been detected and is tracked. A missile leads on its target, hence its aspect ratio, as viewed by the aircraft is off-frontal aspect. Generally also, the aircraft will try to fly on a perpendicular path.

Regarding point two: I do not know any missile alrdy integrating a defensive counter measure against a Laser system. So this is pure speculation ONLY.

Thx!