https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA

The prototypes and initial production batch will be delivered with a highly upgraded variant of the*AL-31F*used by the Su-27 family as interim engines while a new clean-sheet design powerplant is currently under development. The aircraft is*

I’m sorry It’s the Su-27 engine as If that makes a difference. Its not a clean sheet design.

its compeletely new engine. only new generation engine can increase thrust , increase engine life and still maintain same weight/dimension.

http://www.npo-saturn.ru/?sat=64
117S engine thrust and lives increased with retention of AL-31FP prototype engine weight and dimensions

how you can predict PAK-DA cancelled? can you predict natural resource price in 2018 let alone in 2025. It is same method of development like Su-35 to T-50.

yes jamming pod can be upgraded, but so is radar
and radar also have several advantages compared to a jammer
1) radar often have bigger aperture = better gain = longer range for same power
2) radar doesn’t have to spread power in wide bandwidth

of course the advantage of jammer is that it’s signal only have to travel 1 ways

Now, RCS are pretty much not upgrade able ( well probably they can upgrade it in very far future but it is unlikely that they can reduced stealth aircraft RCS significantly more). That being said, however RCS will not only affected enemy’s radar detection range, but also your jammer effectiveness ( as i have explained in post #164)
both f-35 radar and Su-35’s radar can be upgraded
both F-35’s jammer and Su-35’s jammer can be upgraded
but, because the F-35 have much lower RCS, hence, Su-35’s radar and jammer have to be significantly better to even the odd
and while it quite simple to put a 5Kw jammer on F-35, it pretty much impossible to put a 50 Mw jammer on Su-35 for it to reach same effectiveness level

chance of pod upgrades much higher than upgrading radar and engine of fighter. big fighter can carry several ton heavy pods. there is no limitation. while radar has limitation due to nose size.

The MICA is horribly expensive. $2.7 mil each for the set ordered for the Mirage upgrade. Compare that to the cost of the AMRAAM at $1.7 mil each.

A more applicable question might be why didn’t they equip the Mirages with the Astra (and Python 5). Perhaps they didn’t have the same confidence in the program then, that they do today after a series of successful test launches. Or just as likely, the costs demanded by Dassault/Thales to integrate the two were far too high (even considering the price of the MICA).

when you buying French fighter. its understood that upgrades, maintaince and weopons will be expensive. so whats the point of making comparision later. I am sure Indian negotiator stupid that they negotiating that not knowing this basic fact.
I am still waiting to see A330MRT and A330 AWACS.

Yeah, not at all like Russian electric/luxury car companies. :rolleyes:

Take your pills…

Russian never claimed leadership in cars or consumer electronics but Russia did a lot of contribution to Korean tech companies at very fundamental level.

http://www.plasmalabs.com/about
The company was the first in Russia to develop and set up mass production of visible and IR emitting He-Ne lasers, and the first in the world to develop experimental samples of plasma display panels which later on were used as the basis for manufacture of flat screens of a new generation – plasma TV sets

Russian business model is very different than US. it is not about integrating business and people that can have long term demographic and political impact.

No, they spontaneously caught fire while costing far less.

And why would they work better after a nuclear war than before?

Tesla is the unquestioned leader in electric cars and debatably luxury cars in general.

Actually Yugo is much better for country than Tesla. Yugo smaller, lighter so parked easy in cities, deal with traffic & maintain road condition. Yugo is simpler so industrial chain needed to built, maintain and repair consume less energy, lower cost labor and much lesser parts. less dependency on Chinese and Japanese..
beyond certain point building expensive autos are very negative for country strength. I doubt Boeing and LM can pay Tesla wages. so they have to packup from the area or pay high wages that end product become expensive for Pentagon.

Germany is very good example where high auto profits control the country and cant afford anything else.

http://www.dw.com/en/german-army-to-withdraw-patriot-missiles-from-turkey-border/a-18650837
Germany has announced plans to withdraw its border protection mission in Turkey. Reports suggest the move is because of high staff and material costs, not a political reaction to Turkey’s attacks on Kurds.

Join the EU and NATO. One done. Second.. closer than ever.

Neutral Finland, Russia’s Neighbor, Reserves Right To Join NATO As New Government Takes Power

With Russia none too happy about it.

Russia warns Finland against joining NATO

If Russia publicly opposing it. it mean they want Finland in Nato. as adding bankrupts countries to NATO make the organization more dysfunctional.
remember in April 2008 France/Germany veto Georgia memberiship and still Russia took its land in August. because it believe in practical steps to stop.

there is so called engineer here who calculated that Su-35 and Su-27 have same flight characteristics. it proves he does not know anything about fighter enhancements when new versions are introduced.

http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20150812/1179438861.html
MiG-35 will find customers not only in Russia but also in the world
He noted that the maneuverability of the MiG-35 “much higher” than that of the MiG-29. In addition, the fighter will be cheaper than the line of planes “Su”, easier to operate.
As reported in February, the general director of RIA Novosti Russian Aircraft Corporation “MiG” (RAC “MiG”) Sergey Korotkov, the MiG-35 will receive the electronic systems of the fifth generation. He noted that the main direction of the RAC “MiG” Today – this is the improvement of the MiG-35.