look how much better the Tornado ADV is
at a glance it looks like a 2 seat MiG-23 with F-15 style intakes

will ADV have meteor?

I would’ve liked to see India buy a Gorshkov that wasn’t retrofitted with a ski-jump.
Just buy it as it was with missiles and what not (perhaps upgrade it to 2010 standards) and continue to operate upgraded SHARS or SHARS from the RN until the F-35B would be ready.
I think a heavy missile carrying carrier would be more useful in India’s case than a pure carrier.

I was discussing India flying “Russian Types” and the success with said types.

It hurts doesn’t it…………..;)

Scoot, to make things simple for you on IAF vs PAF aircraft

mig-21 > f-104
jaguar > a-5
mig-27 > a-5
mystere > sabre
gnat > sabre
mig-23MF > mirage III
mirage 2000 = f-16
mig-29 < f-16
su-30mki > f-16
tejas > jf-17

as for MMRCA
Super Hornet would’ve made a fine ground attack aircraft and replace the Haguar and Mig-27
but Typhoon and Rafale met their requirements better for ToT and they are good aircraft. But maybe Rafale can’t meet the ToT either, some issues going on.
if Rafale failed, then still I prefer Typhoon over Super Hornet.

Russia, Peru to Sign MiG-29 Jet Upgrade Deal

i’ve read that Peru prefers its mig-29s over their Mirage 2000s. While mig-29 spares can be difficult to get due to supplier issues.. they have the opposite problem where the French have spares available but they are ridiculously expensive. perhaps even offsetting the costs of the Mirage’s cheaper operational costs.

If that is even close to the truth (and if by “supersonic” he means comfortably in excess of Mach 1) we might be looking at an aircraft meant to replace both the Su-27 and MiG-31 in one fell swoop. It would also explain the somewhat curious absence of certain RCS reduction measures and the variable intakes (you don’t need those to occasionally hit Mach 2.0 in a short dash, but if you expect to operate at or near Mach 2.0 on a regular basis they’ll certainly pay off).

if true then why all the talk of a mig-31 replacement