Here is the link to the reworking of the MiG-31 after it was compromised

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-31

moot point though, why would anybody including china buy the russian tikomirov series radars if they are compromised? any links Berlusconi? Although I grudgingly agree that this could be the case given the state of the Russian Aviation industry…

Wonder what kind of a tomcat it would have made if one made a plane completely with titanium alloys and using Electron beam welding for the entire plane..

“Super Tomcat” 🙂

My research into radar diameters have hit a dead end. Neither the Tikhomirov models fit nor the Zaslon. The AWG-9 doesn’t seem to have a counter part in the East!

NIIP Tikhomirov N001VE

Length: 3m Diameter: 160mm Weight: 105kg

AWG-9

diameter 36 inches (914 mm)

1300 lb (590 kg)

Zaslon M

diameter 1.40 m (55 in) http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/vvs/mig31-01.htm

weight (couldn’t find anyone?) about twice the weight of AWG-9 though

**interesting tit bits: According to Russkaya Avionika, the search range of the RP-31 Zaslon (Shield) radar has been almost doubled
http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws002/ai015.htm

Fedaykin I think thats a good point. However, do u think they could make a “make do” box that could fly in ground configured pre set settings?

Also I want everyone’s opinion on what russian / chinese radar they could put inside the tomcats, so as to be able to fire russian BVRAAMS