Can you imagine the meltdown that the USA mains would have if we gave Russia such a Super Fighter?
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mig25 is very bad at dogfight，so I think not（mig25 just fly so fast ，but mig25 have r40）
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It was a joke about how the US Military grossly overestimated the Mig-25’s capabilities when they first learned about it via high altitude photographs. They secured immense funding from congress by stirring up a panic over the mig-25 “super fighter”.
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Yes, when MIG 25 was captured in Japan, the Central Intelligence Bureau had seen it in the past. In fact, this consists of 70 % of stainless steel.
And the MiG 25 radar is extremely backward, not even as the latest model of the F4 fighter jet that year
R-darter would like to have a word with you
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R-77s aren’t even the worst. They’re like 4th best.
Also the Zhuk just “decent”? AFAIK its the best radar on a jet with the best gimbal limits.
I generally agree that Russian aircraft at top tier are worse than its western counterparts but these points are cherry picked and made to look like Russian aircraft are much worse than they are to prove a point.
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And giving us the F-15 - still a bitchin’ plane even if it’s birth was basically an “oopsie”.
The range in the R-77 is terrible, it isn’t hitting most things past like, 10-20km, the drag on it Is atrocious, literally every missile besides the Mica (which is getting buffed) can outrange it
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The radar on the SMT isn’t bad, but like, a good radar on a crap platform which performs like a brick with the worst Fox 3’s doesn’t save it, and the SM doesn’t even have the luxury of having a good radar, with the same issue of terrible missiles and flight model, so Russian top tier is still terrible.
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Pull doesn’t make it good
Pull is very useful. You can kind of offbore the R77. Having pull also allows you to fire first and get back into the notch faster. For something like an AMRAAM you’d need to be careful as it has the largest turning radius and 0.6s guidance delay. Not saying the R77 is better than the AMRAAM but don’t discredit the R77’s ability to pull hard.
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Its not bad. Its the best.
Having a radar with 85deg gimbal limits is pretty crazy, that in combination with the R77s make it very good at staying in the notch.
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But the AMRAAM also has better range, and it keeps it’s speed better than the R-77, sure the R-77 has better performance close up, but this is both niche, and not really usable, since the flight models for Russian jets are terrible
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And if you want to see an example of a jet with close range Fox 3’s that can actually use them effectively, look no further than the Mirage 2000 5F
Yes that is correct. Overall the AMRAAMs are still better hence why I didn’t say the R77 is better than the AMRAAM.
Because it doesnt have a flight model actively trying to work against it
Up close the MiG-29SMT’s flight model is so limiting that you will not be able to make use of this, because you’re a brick, good luck getting on target
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Compared to most jets, you dont pull more than them, you dont retain energy better than them, you arent faster, it’s an inadequate platform with subpar missiles