Thoes the fact that it can supercruise mutch faster than the F-22 and at the same time cover more distance suprise your?
It has hudge RCS and IC .. but at the same time able to speed up to Mach 3+ at 25km atitude ... try dealing with that?
Iranian airforce is older than time itself but I remember reading about some kind of modernizations (or was it just repair) ... anybody know something more about it?
I am.
210km+ R-33S with SARH guidance is deployed dont you worry ...
New radar specs are about to be something of a wonder but what have you heard to make you not impressed?
No its not. Its just designed for special mission in purpose and now is being added multirole capability. (now they even carry Kh-41
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Well no retirement will happen until PAK-FA enters in numbers as its only plane that can replace that monster.
At supersonic speeds achiving 5g is excellent .... besides during one crash landing by MIG-25 flown by rookie pilot MIG-25 acchived 11.5+g before breakup ...
It can .. with new radar, R-37 active guidance/Kh-31A/P/P2/Kh-31/ECM/ECCM/R-33S etc ... it is once more freacking Mach 3 monster in the sky witch ALWAYS flys 5 miles above you ....