February 29, 201214 yr From RIA Novosti [excerpt] Russia Signs Contract for Navy MiG-29K FighterMOSCOW, February 29 (RIA Novosti) The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with aircraft maker MiG for the delivery of 20 MiG-29K and four MiG-29KUB carrier-based fighter aircraft, MiG said on Wednesday.
March 1, 201214 yr From RIA Novosti [excerpt] Russia Signs Contract for Navy MiG-29K FighterMOSCOW, February 29 (RIA Novosti) The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with aircraft maker MiG for the delivery of 20 MiG-29K and four MiG-29KUB carrier-based fighter aircraft, MiG said on Wednesday. Hmm.... I wonder if these replace the SU33 or will become part of a mixed airwing. I guess the Su33s are a bit long in the tooth now.
March 1, 201214 yr Author There are, in some ways, parallels to be drawn here with the F-14/F/A-18 story in the US Navy. In other words, a single purpose (for the most part) fleet air defense fighter - very capable in its own right - pitted against a multi-role jet that is probably not as good overall - at least in raw performance - but perhaps a little more flexible in a wider variety of missions and more capable of modernization and upgrade. Then there is also more than a little piggybacking on the Indian Navy order.
March 1, 201214 yr There are, in some ways, parallels to be drawn here with the F-14/F/A-18 story in the US Navy. In other words, a single purpose (for the most part) fleet air defense fighter - very capable in its own right - pitted against a multi-role jet that is probably not as good overall - at least in raw performance - but perhaps a little more flexible in a wider variety of missions and more capable of modernization and upgrade. Then there is also more than a little piggybacking on the Indian Navy order. I think Sukhoi were proposing an updated SU-33 using SU-35 avionics etc.... which I guess might compete with the latest MiG 29K...... however I agree that the production run of MiG 29K for India must be a driving factor..... What next!!! the return of the Su25K
March 1, 201214 yr There are, in some ways, parallels to be drawn here with the F-14/F/A-18 story in the US Navy. In other words, a single purpose (for the most part) fleet air defense fighter - very capable in its own right - pitted against a multi-role jet that is probably not as good overall - at least in raw performance - but perhaps a little more flexible in a wider variety of missions and more capable of modernization and upgrade. Then there is also more than a little piggybacking on the Indian Navy order. I think Sukhoi were proposing an updated SU-33 using SU-35 avionics etc.... which I guess might compete with the latest MiG 29K...... however I agree that the production run of MiG 29K for India must be a driving factor..... What next!!! the return of the Su25K Su-25UTG, it was never an attack plane, just a trainer. Even in the 90s the 29K was more multirole than the Su-33 but MiG was out of favor when the USSR fell. Given the limitations of STOBAR it's possibly the better plane too.
March 1, 201214 yr There are, in some ways, parallels to be drawn here with the F-14/F/A-18 story in the US Navy. In other words, a single purpose (for the most part) fleet air defense fighter - very capable in its own right - pitted against a multi-role jet that is probably not as good overall - at least in raw performance - but perhaps a little more flexible in a wider variety of missions and more capable of modernization and upgrade. Then there is also more than a little piggybacking on the Indian Navy order. I think Sukhoi were proposing an updated SU-33 using SU-35 avionics etc.... which I guess might compete with the latest MiG 29K...... however I agree that the production run of MiG 29K for India must be a driving factor..... What next!!! the return of the Su25K Su-25UTG, it was never an attack plane, just a trainer. Even in the 90s the 29K was more multirole than the Su-33 but MiG was out of favor when the USSR fell. Given the limitations of STOBAR it's possibly the better plane too. Ah right I see that the designation SU-25K relates to an export version of the SU-25. As for STOBAR, yes I remember reading that India was offered the SU-33...but space was a premium on the Gorshkov rebuild and the MiG took up less space than the Sukhoi.
March 2, 201214 yr I think Sukhoi were proposing an updated SU-33 using SU-35 avionics etc.... which I guess might compete with the latest MiG 29K...... however I agree that the production run of MiG 29K for India must be a driving factor..... What next!!! the return of the Su25K They can't compete with MiG, they're under the same roof, one big family, sharing engineers, assembly plants, etc The Russian government has had them running as one unit (Mig and Sukhoi) for quite a few years now iirc
March 2, 201214 yr Author The Russian government has had them running as one unit (Mig and Sukhoi) for quite a few years now iirc United Aircraft Corp, since 2006.
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