well aim-120 C-7,
http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-120.html
aim-120D 50% range increase over aim-120C-7, C-5 has ranges over 105km. the Amraam you mentioned are the a/b versions. who gives a flying damn if the Aim-120D has been tested on the F-16 or not, the Aim-120D is slated for induction on all USAF frontline fighters and full induction is next year so if it hasnt been tested yet, it will. The so called Russian ramjet has never been tested matter of fact the basic Zhuk AE has just begun testing, which by the way is Russian's first AESA, they are taking baby steps. no matter what you say the Russian radar now only has a max detection range of 130 km against 3m2 rcs and an mtbf of 600hrs, read if you can, it can track 30 targets, the SH qualifies as an awacs and can command over 36 aircraft in battle, zhuk AE spots a destroyer at 200km, which is simply not impressive, the apg-73 the old hornet radar does a better job than that sure the Zhuk AE is an active array and will be more accurate than the old and passive apg-73 but it dont matter because the apg-79 is 5 times more accurate.
the apg-79 has a mtbf of over 1250 hrs, its array itself has a mtbf of 15000hrs, the zhuk AE sits at less than half that, thats the difference between 1st gen and 4th gen AESA.
ATFLIR is sort of the OLS of the SH and not its primary IRST, its primary IRST which is now on a centreline fuel tank will be placed in the nose cone once testing is completed. LM is the company building it and has developed a similar one like that on the f-22 which by the way is world's most advanced airborne IRST.
the Mig's OLS
New OLS is intelligence system of technical vision to work in realtime of fast combat environment. In air combat complex allows:
- detect not-afterburning target on the 45km range and more;
- identify this target on 8-10km range;
- estimate aerial target range up to 15 km.
For the ground targets complex allows:
- tank effective detection range up to 15 km, aircraft carrier - 60-80 km;
- identify the tank type on the 8-10 km, aircraft carrier type - 40-60 km;
- estimate ground target range up to 20 km.
The ATFLIR is EO/IR targetting pod even when the pod hangs externally the Sh's rcs fully loaded is still around 1m2 and has one of the lowest rcs among all contenders. The pod also allows from distributive targeting something the OLS doesnt do. SH is the mother of all net work centric aircraft. fact is in a battle field only a single SH needs to turn on its radars and guide the rest of the fleet without having to turn on their radars to take on the enemy, due to its ability to share, it gives an AESA pic to all in the battle field. the war of the future will need such net work centric approaches, ruskis have trouble spelling net work centric.
http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/atflir/
http://www.aviapedia.com/video/new-mig-35-ols-video
http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/getA ... emID=16843
http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/pr ... 050831.pdf
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4484/zhukaemj2.jpg
The apg-79 is an AESA and the bars is a PESA the ground mapping abilities of the SH far exceed any Russian radar available now or later. MKI's radar is among the best PESA in the world, no doubt, but MKI doesnt have distributive targeting, its EW suite is no match to the SH, Rafale or even EFs or the f-16. but this aint about the MKI, this is about the mig and in its current stage it is pathetic and is not even worth considering for the mrca. the mig is not a multirole aircraft no matter how much the Ruskia make us believe it is, it neither has the payload flexibility even of the Gripen, lets not even talk about comparing it to ef, rafale , Sv or SH. they are far ahead in avionics maturity and out match any russian counter part. sure the MKI is gr8 but the weapons aren't reliable enough, the kh-31 a/p our primary anti radiation missiles are malfunctioning, our r-77s, -27s are of bad quality, what use a gr8 aircraft when the weapons it deploys are useless. many of these missiles were ordered after kargil. now Russia is no where compared to the netcentric abilties of the SH, live tareting info from UAVS can be used by the SH to drop a neat missile or bomb with precision. last i checked Russia was buying UAVS from Issy.during kargil we had russian lgbs yet we used Paveways and i wonder why. Russian PGMS are years behind and all this will become very apparent when IAF puts this patched up mig to the test. you talk about every 20 years tech change, well its true for russia but the fact that the apg-79 is currently in its v-3 version and v-4 version is coming out soon shows that tech change is around 7 years in the US. by the time those advanced version of Ruskia AESAs come out the US would already reached 5 or 6 gen AESA, they are not just waiting not doing anything, matter of fact the RACR, SABR are better than the apg-79 and apg-80 and it took the US very little time to develope them. Russia neither has the cash or churn rates within its industry no matter how effective it is.
the mig cant even match the f-16s payload flexibility which on any given day can drop or launch almost every weapon in EU/Issy and US inventory.
the SH's maturity and off the shelf abilties is what impresses me, the mig could probably do all that but only after over 7-8 years of mass customization and tinkering with parts coming from across the EU. if indeed US gives us ability to mass customize the SH will reach a whole new level in the next 5 years. the SH still carries more A2A missiles than the mig or mki, so the one with the more missiles has more chances at victory, i hope you dont think the SH pilot will not do anything having so many missiles on his wing in afull load it can carry 12 Aim-120s and 2 WVRs. In BVR engagements agility doesnt matter, knowing the combat kill record of the aim-120 A/B, i am sure the aim-120 C-7 or D are much deadlier than before and a single shot should ensure a kill against a large rcs target like mig or su-27 easily. besides the QF-4 drone has the ECM etc for accurate replication of possible threat being an unmanned F-4 it too is put through evasive manuevers once the test missile is launched in order to further replicate fighters. what sets it apart is also combat proven effectiveness. i am sure IAF will certanly go for combat proven aircraft like Rafale, SH than the patched up mig. the fact is many of these mig-35 avionics can be put on the mig-29 smt upgrade like the zhuk AE radar, new ols, new rwrs and ew suite because the upgrade will only be complete by 2013, the engines with tvc can be used as well. sure it would have costed more but hey. the russians should have bid with the su-35 which on any given day holds more promise of abilties than the mig.
Russia has helped us yes, by not giving full tot of brahmos, by giving us t-90s that dont fire properly, club s missiles that dont fire from our subs, carriers that dont come on time, or migs that killed over 200 of our pilots, BVR and anti radiation missiles that malfunction, its a trusty supplier but the quality of the supplies are shady. US is shady too but thats the problem with democracies, there will always be people in our country who think we need to be more aggresive with pak while others say we have to be patient, same goes in the US as well, some say PAk is terror central while others say its just a victim of radicalization while some others say Pak is the reason for all the problems in theworld. just like during iraq war more 50% of US was for war and 50% against it, shows the problem, democracy is mix of idealogies and perceptions which is why there will always be people who say dont trust US while many others say no harm in trusting at least once. many say their sudden interest in India is a conspriracy while some say its genuine because both are democracies, both have much to share and much to learn from eachother, in the end its the strength of those voices that will dtermine if US wins or not. i personally dont care if Us wins or not as long as Russia doesnt, i for one am fed up of us goin to Russia evertime we need to buy something, besides it wont come on time, so yeah go EF, Rafale even gripen dont care as long as the mig is out.
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