What if it was a North Korean replacement for the Yongbyon reactor…

http://geimint.blogspot.com/2008/04/syria-and-north-korea-nuclear-partners.html

an inferior A-A platform

I’d love to hear the justification for that one.

One or two Tor-M1 TELARs would put a stop to this nonsense. The Sri Lankan Air Force has a few fast jets, why don’t they just firebomb Tamil Tiger held areas and be done with it.

Buy one from Kazakhstan? They operate the type as well.

Why on earth would you need to use a HMCS when fireing on a UAV about as maneruverable as my grandma?

Because the small UAV has a very small IR signature as well. Being able to point the missile seeker head directly at the IR source to ensure lock-on at longer range is more beneficial when the target is comparatively stationary next to the MiG and you don’t want to have to get close enough to risk damage from debris.

Yeayeah, what makes anyone think we cannot make USA run for money? Lavi is better than F-16, and J-10 come from Lavi. so J-10 > Lavi > F-16!

The 20+ year old Lavi was intended to be a strike aircraft in the same class as the F-16A. How in the world that equates to the Lavi being superior to all F-16 variants is beyond me.

F-16 late not late still not compare with J-10.

Based on what factual data, exactly?

Our J-10 have big canary wings so turn good!

Canards do not necessarily equate to outstanding turn performance.

And J10 still no crash but F-16 crash many times!

There have been far more F-16s flying for far longer than the hundred or so J-10s. Of course the F-16 will demonstrate a much higher attrition rate.

a Python V armed F-16 or a AIM-9X armed F-16F will leave the J-10 behind

If it gets that close, maybe. What really matters is the performance of the PL-12.

On a related note, you can see 19 J-10s in Google Earth. See if you can find them all 😀

To answer Daz’s question,yes they really did shut down key streets in New York.They were allowed to do it on early weekend mornings.

Not really. They shut down key areas a few times for filming, but they really exploited the hell out of CGI for this one. Most of the film was shot in the city, and they went through and digitally removed people, their reflections, etc.

That’s all well and good, but this is a very small target. That’s why I believe the AAM was the right call. Russia says “make drone dead”, your best bet for a very slow, very small target is to just smack it with an AAM and go home, mission accomplished.

Also, judging by the aspect angle in the video, had the MiG-29 fired any sort of cannon rounds any errant rounds or fragments should have landed in the water. Unless they were designed with Zorg’s Instant Replay thing 😀