Of course that’s what he meant. But then the whole thing immediately starts falling apart, because they didn’t rush to integrate this missile onto the 4th and 4.5th generation fighters they already had in service at the time, even though that would’ve been the logical thing to do. Instead, they waited all the way until 2010 for the Su-35. Then this “stopgap solution” somehow became their main universal air-to-air missile for the next decade, while at the same time they were developing the T-50 — which, as it turns out, couldn’t even fit that supposedly universal missile internally. And meanwhile, since 2006, they were also developing an entirely different missile specifically for the T-50. Which is exactly why I start asking: why all this idiotic complexity when they could’ve just made one missile and upgraded it over time?
But I’m literally just quoting you lol.
Money lol
The only rational explanation
Me when we will never see it.
Haven’t heard anything about K-30’s program being restarted though, only saw some slopnews sources yapping about it a couple years back.
According to the NIIP site there was a modernized version of N001VEP with R-77-1 compatibility.
I’m also pretty sure SM3 uses N001VEP, and that has R-77-1.
(from @Saprano_2132)
Anyway, Cool Su-57 video.
Funny LDIRCM spinning
LDIRCM is LDIRCMING. Bro goin crazy
My honest reaction.
Such a cool piece of tech. I hope we will find out more about it soon. I really wanna know what this thing s capable of.
spinning
it does yeah
I sent these photos as soon as they appeared, but they were without the OKAK logo
P.s they had logo
my bad
Looks like al-51f (izd 30) might be killed off according to George and they’re going with izd 177
Five billion confusing engine names
Which one was the 177?
the new one, it doesn’t have military designation yet. Was tested on Su-57 at the end of last year iirc
Wasn’t that one the flat nozzle AL-51? Or the serrated nozzle one.
Also what’s the output for the 177?