Phantom is a flying brick and a bomb truck at best. Even if the plane would have been pulling 5+ G's with Fakour-90 it will still be in jeopardy with its massive RCS and inherent low maneuverability.
Yes knowing the classical work done on Fakour-90 with local modern SARH/ARH seeker, ECM, local motor and its extended range, I would have no doubt that Iranian AIM-7E2 will be something in class of R-77AE.
There are two routes to this, wait for SU-35S arrival and rumored MIG-29SMT upgrade so that with them come a bunch of R-77AE (may be upto 600-700) so Kowsar-I/II can share it the arsenal or go for local LR-BVR other than Fakour-90 which is too heavy for anything other than F-14AM.
Turkey will sit in the American lap very fast if Serbia-Kosovo front opens up. They have huge debt and inflation, this will be an opportunity for Erdogan to re-enter the west.
Kowsar-II needs a strong Turbofan like AL-31F, AESA in a class of Grifo-E, R-77AE/local AIM-7E2 integration with much talked about HMD by SIARAN. Kowsar-I already has ECM+Jammer, SAR, Double Duplex Datalink, modern nav-comm, FBW. All it needs is more power and AESA.
They get their AESA on FC-1 Block-3 from NRIET China.
Sorry about the double original message.Phantom is a flying brick and a bomb truck at best. Even if the plane would have been pulling 5+ G's with Fakour-90 it will still be in jeopardy with its massive RCS and inherent low maneuverability.
Yes knowing the classical work done on Fakour-90 with local modern SARH/ARH seeker, ECM, local motor and its extended range, I would have no doubt that Iranian AIM-7E2 will be something in class of R-77AE.
There are two routes to this, wait for SU-35S arrival and rumored MIG-29SMT upgrade so that with them come a bunch of R-77AE (may be upto 600-700) so Kowsar-I/II can share it the arsenal or go for local LR-BVR other than Fakour-90 which is too heavy for anything other than F-14AM.
Turkey will sit in the American lap very fast if Serbia-Kosovo front opens up. They have huge debt and inflation, this will be an opportunity for Erdogan to re-enter the west.
Kowsar-II needs a strong Turbofan like AL-31F, AESA in a class of Grifo-E, R-77AE/local AIM-7E2 integration with much talked about HMD by SIARAN. Kowsar-I already has ECM+Jammer, SAR, Double Duplex Datalink, modern nav-comm, FBW. All it needs is more power and AESA.
They get their AESA on FC-1 Block-3 from NRIET China.
Yes knowing the classical work done on Fakour-90... The Iranians have endured through arms embargo's but still managed to contribute to the VLR AAM knowledge pool by upgrading the original AIM-54's, producing Fakour 90's and ultimately the 90B.
There are two routes to this... One indeed is stockpiling a large number of R-77AE, as the current Russia-Ukraine conflict has shown how quickly arms stocks (admittedly in general) can be drawn down. However, living in a country that was subjected to a UNSC arms-embargo for decades, has always left me with a sense of (local is 'lekker'). Lekker is Afrikaans for 'nice'. In other words, Iran makes it Iran owns it.
Kowsar-II needs a strong... Kowsar-1 has in many ways not only set the bar for others to follow, but has also given these a leg-up.
In your post to Muhammed45:-
... SAIRAN's TOT of Grifo-E's/NRIET KLJ-7A AESA. If China was willing to pass Grifo-346 TOT to Iran (unlikely sanctioned by Italy), then why not the two aforementioned radar?
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