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Why You Shouldn’t Compare Fighter Jets?
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How Russia Rebrand Same Fighter Jets And Sale Soviet-era Su-27 As Su-30 and Su-35?
May 20, 1977, the first flight of the experimental Su-27. The project was based on many new and promising ideas, in particular the use of an integrated aerodynamic layout and the widespread use of titanium. Su-27 […]
C4iSR
Tikhomirov NIIP BARS: A Glorified Soviet-era Phased Array Radar
German Ace Eric Hartmann said, ‘He who sees first has half the battle.’ The Bars is a family of Russian all-weather multimode airborne radars developed by the Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design for […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
The CAATSA And Its Implementation On Turkey, Egypt, China and India
The CAATSA was introduced by Republican Rep. Ed Royce (then-Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC)) and co-sponsored by Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel (then-Ranking Member of HFAC), Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy (then-House Majority Leader), […]
Industry
Hindustan Aeronautics Ends Production Of Su-30MKI Fighters
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is nearing the end of a 272-aircraft license production run for the Sukhoi Su-30MKI, with the last aircraft now undergoing final acceptance tests. The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has manufactured the last […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Engine Problems: How China Was Coerced Into Buying Su-35 And S-400
China has been developing a domestic turbofan engine since late 1990s, but failed to produce a reliable turbofan engine that could power domestically produced fighters. China developed WS-10 engine and its variants WS-10A/B/C are progressing […]
South Asia
Contested Sky: Bangladesh Air Guard’s (Thief) Uncertain Future
Picture: Burning wreckage of Yak-130 of BAF The Current Situation In recent time, regional harmony is distressed and disruption rules. At times, defense capability dominates, at other times offensive capability dominates. This is noticeably so […]
Europe
Russian fighter plane crashed near Tver was shot down: Report
The Russian Su-30 fighter that crashed on September 22 in the Tver region was being shot down by the friendly fire. This is reported by TASS with reference to an unnamed military source in the Russian Air Force […]
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India learnt lessons dealing with Russian mafia of Sukhoi and Mikoyan
India has a long history of dealing with Russia’s mafia styled arms exports to India. Till to date, India is the milk-cow for Russian arms dealers mainly Rosoboronexport and Rostec. Kickbacks, bribery and grafts are […]
Middle East
Russia developed Su-30SM2 with new AL-41F-1S engine
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