It’ll be between Ireland and England then this year.

Scotland are carrying on with losing games that they could be winning…one suspects that they’ll start enjoying a change of fortune soon, especially with a good coach such as Cotter now at the helm…

Funny how France and Russia were getting along and the Rafale deal started. But as soon as France and Russia no longer were getting along the Rafale deal became a mess. People are very naive to think Putin has nothing to do with manipulating HAL officials when his advisors have so much access to their personnel. Don’t forget that Putin actually paid separatists in the Ukraine to become aggressive and that it was his ally that began the shooting during their revolution yet Russia went into Crimea to save innocent separatists. India is Russia’s cabana boy and it’s showing. Funny, India should be calling the shots in their relationship, but it’s not mature enough to see through its mental fog.

The MKI is not a good short or long term investment for India in 2015. Are they really going to buy more fighters from the 80’s??

Interesting statements…

How much did he pay them?

The Rafale (A) first flew in the 1980’s too, btw.
1986, to be precise.

It’s origin stretches back to the 70’s.

It was because of the interminable politicking, industry to-and-fro, and the cessation of the cold war tensions that lead to it being available later.

In that definition, it too, is a “fighter of the 80’s.”

In 1994 were built two of the rear fuselage MiG 1.42
The prototype of the MiG 1.44, collecting dust in Zhukovsky

Paralay, are you saying two MiG 1.42 rear fuselages were actually built in 1994?

Are there any pictures of these?
How did they differ from the rear fuselage of the 1.44 technology demonstrator?

Neither R13 or R25 is much simpler than R33. It’s one engine versus two at the same level of complexity. The J85 of the F-5 is far simpler.

The F-5 airframe is also much simpler than the MiG-21.

Doesn’t the J-85 have more stages than either the R-13 or R-25?
That alone means it is far from being “far simpler”.

At 0:46 onwards.

And a few very interesting low level runs in this amazing clip.

Canberra

What about a version of the Rooivalk with Millimetre Wave radar guided missiles? since MMW radar seems to be all the rage these days, and it would help the export potential of the Rooivalk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokopa

After the US refusing to release the Hellfire for integration on the Rooivalk during the British attack helicopter competition, Mokopa was developed.
It comes in MMW format too.

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Rooivalks potential for sales are/were not performance based.
They are political.

When in competition with the Tiger, a European engine manufacturer suddenly started making statements about not supporting it’s engines if Rooivalk won.
Add the US missile refusal above, and various behind-the-scenes shenanigans in other competitions.

You can have the best platform in the world, but it counts for nothing when related industries are reigned in for political reasons and used as bidding tool weapons. This applies to any platform.