Sorry, old style russian hardware doesnt compare to its western couterparts. The JH-7 is twice as heavy and has twice the engine power as the Jaguar. Yet they carry equal warload, and the Jaguar has much longer range. The Su-39 has twice the engine power as the AMX and yet they carry the same warload, and the AMX has much better range and light fighter capability. Any one who thinks theyre getting away with equal performance for a cheaper price with russian junk is a sucker.

Idiot JH-7 is Chinese and not Russian, there is a difference. Su-39 actuall carries 6000kg on 10 hardpoints while AMX carries some 3800kg on 7 hardpoints I think. Su-39 not only has much better avionics it also has a radar(Kopyo-M) and has R-77, Kh-35 abilities, lets see the AMX match that. Not only that but it is significantly cheaper.

You should compare the latest Russian Su-24M/? to the Tornado or Jaguar, that is if you want to compare it to Russian.

The JH-7 seems underpowered with the Spey, but I think they said they will replace it with the WS10A, which is the same engine that is going to power J-10s and J-11s(Chinese Flankers)

The Mirage-4000 could’ve been a Rafale some 20 years earlier.

OMG, stealth LACM.

If thats true then it will be even tougher to spot it on a radar. Not only that but AWACS patrolling all of Taiwan 24h continously is going to be expensive and hard.

Also, since the earlier Mig-29A was expensive to maintain due to it’s low internal fuel, does that mean the Mig-29M might be 40% cheaper to maintain due to it’s 40% higher internal fuel capacity? Can someone explain to me.

The Mig-25 and Mig-31 seem to be very fuel thristy, anyone have info on their engiens as they are huge as it seems, their afterburners seem to be very wide.

How would some people compare some more modern Russian engines like Al-41F compared to the engine used by F-22/F-35?

The big difference between the Su-30MKI and Su-35 is of course the engines where the Su-35 has better and of course non-TVC engines, teh Su-37 has TVC engines. I personally believe TVC is not that important while it will make the airplane cheaper to service by making the engines much more maintenance friendlier.

No compare the other differences, Russian vs French cockpit, Indian/Israeli vs Russian EW, radars and etc.