Sineva
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Ultimately its not like iran really has that much choice to begin with,the west certainly isnt going to supply iran with new 4th gen+ fighters and strike aircraft,and the financial costs of iran trying to develop a heavyweight fighter on its own would be ruinous,not to mention a shocking waste of resources that would be better spent on other weapons systems.So much gibberish written over pages and pages of this thread during recent months about the alleged "uselessness" of the Su-35S's radar and electronics, about it lacking AESA technology, about it being a piece of trash, bla bla bla. Turns out reality's a pretty different story, isn'it.
Lesson for neutral readers to take the "muh, Russian equipment so much inferior to western equivalents" narrative with a dose of salt whenever they're confronted with it.
This is potentially the first serious opportunity that iran has had in the last 30-40 years to rebuild and modernise the airforce for the next 20+ years.