President of Turkmenistan inspecting his new flightline of European helicopters.

https://www.hronikatm.com/2018/01/prezident-turkmenistana-posetil-aviabazu-na-chernom-avtomobile-i-protestiroval-voennyiy-vertolet-foto/

You can have all the clear objectives they want but those are wholly unrealistic goals, even if they had a decade to work on it. The Mig-31 airframe is just not capable of that speed or altitude and the Russian’s history of engine tech leaves a lot to be desired.

Why MiG-31?

I don’t think Deino ever completely denied the Chinese Su-35 deal, he just remained skeptical, as he has every right to do so. China buying the Su-35 doesn’t seem to make sense to many people (myself included) and there very good reasons for this.

His skepticism towards the Su-35 deal was borderline excessive.. No way in hell could China EVER buy something as the Super Flanker, vis-à-vis the J-11D.. fact is we don’t even know the exact designation of the alleged AESA radar the J-11D is carrying, no one has ever seen a glimpse of the thing, but Deino already knows it’s so much more advanced than the obsolete Irbis.. and then he just loves to label those who disagree with these childish notions as fanboys..

Actually, the Su-35S deal makes much sense, Russians are still very knowledgeable in certain areas, but then one has to quit this primitive reasoning and open the eyes first..

lol…. Fighter “Generations” have typically had some feature or group of features that delineated & demanded a new number.
Having just “more” of existing features is not a new “Gen”, it’s just adding a plus sign to the existing one.

What have the current US proposals as a new feature so they dare to call them 6th Gen, then?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth-generation_jet_fighter

Indeed funny that just again one of the usual suspects who derails each and every thread with his own expertise, spreading Russian fan-boyism off-topic whenever is not able to accept a kind reminder to stay on topic?!

This is the sole and primary reason why we all come to forums like this.. to spread our own opinions and expertise.. don’t you think for a second that your own fanboyism is less apparent than mine.. or anyone else’s..

By the way … just a reminder, if I’m posting here and it’s rare enough since this forum is more a Kindergarten than a discussion group I’m just posting images and news, not even opinions, but you surely know better.

Sure.. no one remembers your agenda regd. the allegedly impossible sale of Su-35S to China.. and even less we do remember your injured rant after it was found out that the sale, indeed, has materialized.. everyone here is just a fanboy but you alone are an epitome of objectivity.. :rolleyes:

I guess so.. it obviously doesn’t even seem to have a HUD.. but this is a later era aircraft, I guess it could have some CRT displays like MiG-29M or Su-35 once had..

It would be an utterly obsolete concept today.. no reason to cry over spilled milk..
But I would love to see the cockpit of that machine..

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