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Aircraft info:
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The MiG-35 is a 4++ generation multi role fighter made by the RAC as a technology demonstrator built of a 9.15 airframe by converting the previous MiG-29M2 MRCA tender in 2007. When the aircraft was upgraded and renamed MiG-35 it received numerous upgrades to its engines, avionics and electronics including the installation of the Zhuk-AE AESA radar. MiG-35 TD 9.15 differs from the other MiG-35s with it being the only one built of the 9.15 airframe while all other MiG-35s like the two 9.61/9.67 Indian MiG-35 test units and the newest VKS MiG-35s called 9.41SR/9.47SR are built off the 9.41/9.47 MiG-29K airframes. The 9.15 MiG-35 difference from the 9.41/9.47 MiG-35 is that the 9.15 MiG-35 is the only unit with the built in IRST pod and it lacks the larger flaps and enlarged LERX that the 9.61/9.67 and 9.41SR/9.47SR MiG-35 inherited from the 9.41/9.47 MiG-29K.
Aircraft history:
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The MiG-35 TD (technology demonstrator) history starts in 2007 when Russia decided to enter the Indian medium multi role combat aircraft by converting the previous MiG-29M2 demonstrator in to the MiG-35 since an demonstration prototype was needed, it received numerous upgrades to its engines, avionics and electronics including the installation of the Zhuk-AE AESA radar and improved IRST systems including an integrated IRST targeting pod on the underside. The MiG-35 TD would be showed to the public for the first time at the Aero India show in 2007, showcasing what the brand new MiG-35 platform would offer to potential customers. Unlike the 9.61/9.67MiG-35 units that would be used in the tests and evaluation for the MMRCA the 9.15 MiG-35 was only intended to serve as an technology demonstrator and would continue to do so appearing at airshows in to the early 2010s in Russia.
Aircraft specifications:
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- Lenght: 17,3m
- Wing span: 11,99m
- Height: 4,5m
- Standard take off weight: 17800kg
- Maximum take off weight: 23500kg
- Top speed near ground: 1400km/h
- Top speed at altitude: 2100km/h
- Service ceilling: 17500m
- Engines: RD-33MK 2x
- Engine output: 9000kgf 2x (pre channel loss)
- Radar: Zhuk-AE AESA
- RWR: L-150
- IRST: OLS-UEM, With additional OLS-K mounted underneath the aircraft
- MAW: I-222 SOAR MAW
- LWS: SOLO LWS system
- Countermeasures: 2x BVP-60-26 CM dispensers mounted inside the dorsal spine although not mounted on this 9.15 was intended to be mounted on all earlier 9.15 variants, explained more below (120x regular caliber CM)
Additional specifications about onboard equipment:
Zhuk-AE AESA radar:
OLS-UEM IRST, OLS-K IRST, SOLO LWS and SOAR MAW:
Countermeasure dispensers:
When looking at images at MiG-35 9.15 blue 154 it appears to be no flare/chaff countermeasures dispensers mounted when looking at the jet itself, normally on a 9.41/61 version MiG-29/35 it would be mounted under the vertical stabilizers next to the engines either with an BVP-16-50 or BVP-32-50 cassettes.
MiG-35 9.15 blue 154 lacking said countermeasures dispensers
And on a 9.15 airframe they are intended to use 2x BVP-60-26 CM dispensers to be mounted inside the dorsal spine on each side totaling 120x CM, according to this drawing from the Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum manual book shows their intended placement:
When comparing the drawing from the Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum manual book they are still present at the same place at blue 154 since its a 9.15 airframe:
Armament:
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Main armament:
- GSH-30-1
- 9 total hardpoints
Additional equipment that can be mounted:
- 3x drop tanks
Air to air missile:
- 6x R-77 type missiles
- 2x R-27E type missiles
- 2x R-27 Type missiles
- 8x R-73 type missiles
Air to ground missile:
- 4x Kh-29 type missiles
- 4x Kh-38 type missiles
Anti ship missile:
- 4x Kh-31A
- 4x Kh-35E
Anti radiation missile:
- 4x Kh-31P
Guided bombs:
- 4x KAB-500 series of bombs
Unguided rockets:
- 4x B-8M1 rocket pods
- 4x S-24B rockets
Standard bombs:
- FAB-250
- FAB-500
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