Nah, I think this pic I was thinking off was later on Post-29M, Likely something for 29M/M2 9.41S
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Fair enough. I suppose the Kh-31’s just magically locked targets on their own then :p
Kh-31Ps do not need a radar to be utilized.
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Kh-31P series are anti radiation missiles, they rely on passive detection, the ones that require the aircraft’s radar are the Kh-31A series anti ship missiles
what would 9.41 have over 9.15 again?
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No hands :)
Depends on what you need. MiG-29 is pretty cheap to run, and has incredibly short preparation time. It also seems to work better than Flankers in extreme northern conditions, looking how Russia tends to send MiGs on arctic military excercises. It is loosing to Su-35 in many ways, but i think still has enough to offer to not be considered dead.
looking how Russia tends to send MiGs on arctic military excercises.
Or maybe it’s because they’re keeping the main flankers for the actual conflict…
It’s also probably to keep them in some sort of operability since they haven’t touched them since the Ukraine conflict started, they’ll likely be retired or sold off by the 2030s or something I assume.
it was done even before 2022.
i saw reports that the small MiG-35 fleet they have has been deployed in Moscow for drone defense
it might be joeover for the future of fulcrums now…
They certainly have faster response time and flight cost than Su-35, so no wonder. But something like Yak-130 after modernisation could fulfill that role even better
Atleast not for Mig… on paper
Mikoyan is as alive as MiG-41
funny thing is that project will likely now be pursued by tupolev (PAK DP)
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Oh no, this is the end of MiG
What happened to you MiG…
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the mig29 died the day russian changed their prespevtive of a war.
they completly removed the close to border short landing field who of course the mig29 was built around it.
not to forget the fuel, hungry.
i read somewhere that mig29 escort more the heavy weight bomber inside russia rather then the su34 like the su35 is doing.
the other i could see it to be alive is if they use it as a trainer, but thinking about, i dont think russia has the luxury to use mig29/35 as a trainer when they have more cheaper solution like the yak130m
it wont die easy. maybe 20 more years.
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