Ridiculous. How the hell is a design bureau going to take over its parent company?
Ridiculous?
When the managers of the Sukhoi department become the managers of UAC/OAK, and also the managers of the MiG department what else can you say?
Or did you forget that Sukhoi and MiG are now incorporated into the United Aircraft Corporation and no longer have control of their own separate production lines and facilities.
Fully aware of that thank you, but don't you think the most successful department that is bringing in the most money gives the managers of that department more power within the organisation and when they are promoted to be in charge of the entire organisation then they can make changes that will further improve Sukhois profitability and prospects for expansion?
What that means is that even if the Su-75 is chosen over the MiG-35 as Russia's "cheap" numbers fighter, it could still end up being produced in a "former" MiG factory, with "former" MiG factory workers, using components from companies that previously supplied parts to MiG and a Sukhoi badge stamped on the side.
With a 2,800km flight range and 7 ton payload capacity the Su-75 is too close to the Su-57 to be cheap enough... to quote the critics of the MiG-35... it is not different enough to justify its existence.
Keep in mind that the Su-75 is a foreign funded project that still has not flown yet... not sure how they could choose it over something already in production.
Well first of all Sukhoi does not have a monopoly. There are still at least 5 major OKB's that are actively involved as design bureaus.
UAC is an umbrella for all these OKB's.
So you say...
What I find immensely laughable is that you lot not only blame Sukhoi for their immense success over the years as being unfair competition and monopolistic, but you even blame Sukhoi for MiG's own incompetence and outright fraud! It's actually not funny - it's fucking shocking actually!
Super successful Sukhoi and fraudulent MiG, that is the painting is it?
Here you lot would like to see the demise of one of the few success stories in modern Russia.
I have not problem with their success, but their urge to borg the competition is what is disturbing.
Even today, few MiG-35s that VKS received, most likely, don't have AESA radar, but some modernization of Zhuk-M.
Keeping in mind that Su-35s and Su-34s and Su-30s don't have AESA radars either... despite all their success and wealth...
But that is glossed over and ignored really.
As far as Mig-35 vs Su-75 goes, it'll be down to state trials. That is how things are solved.
Well for the next 5-8 years the MiG-35 is going to win that comparison in actual tests... because in terms of speed and flight range the Su-75 can achieve about as fast and as far as they can push it.
It's like an Su-30 vs Su-57. I just can't see it happening.
More like an Su-35 and a Tempest 5th gen fighter... the Su-35 wins because the Tempest hasn't flown yet.
Right now Mig could have exported the Mig-35 abroad. But no one wants these.
Like any new aircraft there will be problems and issues.... and when the Su-75 actually gets airborne it will go through the same process.
If the Russian AF hasn't funded the AESA radar for the MiG-35 then that is clearly because they are too cheap or are not interested... either way that is not MiGs problem or fault.
With a bit of experience in Ukraine they have realised that light fighters are useful... having a fleet of rolls royce cars is nice but when you are just moving people around the place you don't need such an expensive or fussy car and you can save a lot in operational costs and insurance by operating a lighter platform that can essentially do the same job most of the time.
That is the idea behind the MiG-35 and the Su-75.
If the Russian AF didn't want to spend they could have gotten MiG-29Ms and upgraded the radar and systems later on when they became more affordable and the technology became more mature.
But they didn't do that either... they bought the bare minimum and decided to wait... but the current world situation makes it clear that waiting will cost lives...
The best aircraft in real use what is also needed is the two-seater Mig-29K.
No disrespect but you are spelling out the problem.
Ignorance. The MiG-29K is a two seat design where you can take out one seat and fit an extra fuel tank to have a longer ranged single seater if you want it, but all new MiGs are the same... MiG-29M, MiG-29K, and MiG-35... all three have a two seat cockpit canopy and the ability to have one seat with extra fuel or two seats without the extra fuel.
They have adapted the MiG-35 to take the MiG-29Ks wing which is larger and has extra lifting surfaces and also be fitted with a tail hook to essentially be a carrier based aircraft if required.
They are also working on a light 5th gen stealthy twin engined carrier aircraft too.
The radar must be fully exploited and further improved! In the future, it still needs more range, even better chances of detection of all kinds of drones, distance weapons and much more!
I would expect a completely new type of radar for the MIG-41, so lots of effort in upgrading the MiG-31s radar might not be worth the money or effort.
Get a new generation radar set into the MiG-31 for testing and you can deploy an early model before the MiG-41 is ready.
As the Mig-29/35 is today, it has failed.
It was failed by the Russian Air Force... the light fighter is supposed to be bought at a ratio of two to one, so take the number of in service Su-27SMs and Su-30s and Su-35s and add them all together and double it and that is how many MiG-35s they should have ordered.
But they didn't.
MiG is just making what the Russian AF ordered.
Or do you think the Russian AF just says make what you like and we will have a look at the finished product and decide then.
A Mig-37 in the size of the Su-30M2, two-seater, folding wing, marine version, in all at least as good as the M2 please!
That would be bloody stupid.... converting the MiG-35 into an Su-30... why bother when they could just buy extra Su-30s.
The whole point of the MiG-35 is that it is smaller and lighter and cheaper than the Flanker series.
But it's happening! A large interceptor... designed by the MiG design bureau.
Totally unrelated. The MiG-41 wont replace Su-30s, it will replace MiG-31s... eventually.
But that concept is stupid anyway... the MiG-35 is not supposed to replace the Su-30 or Su-35, they are all supposed to work together... with the lighter cheaper MiG-35 being made in larger numbers because their operating costs will be lower and having numbers will be more affordable than having numbers of the bigger heavier aircraft.
As for aircraft carriers - 3 would be built at the earliest in the beginning of 2040 for MiG-29 airframe would be almost 70 years old... Perspective without perspectives
MiG has already showed its light fighter option for aircraft carrier use...
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