Friday, June 10, 2016

Is Russia's MiG-35 Fulcrum-F Ready For 'Prime Time'


Dave Majumdar, National Interest: Russia's MiG-35 Fulcrum-F: Ready for Battle against America's F-22 or F-35?

The Mikoyan MiG-35 Fulcrum-F is set to enter testing in 2017 with deliveries to the Russian Aerospace Forces starting in 2018. Flight tests for the new advanced Fulcrum derivative—which were originally scheduled for this summer—have been pushed back due to production delays.

“Development work under contract with the Ministry of Defense on the MiG-35 is currently ongoing,” Vladimir Mikhailov, the head of United Aircraft Corporation’s (UAC) directorate of military aircraft, told the Moscow-based TASS news agency. “They are a little behind schedule because of some fault with enterprise cooperation delaying deliveries of components, but we can say that in general the problem is solved.”

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WNU Editor: It is their best fighter (until they sort out the bugs for the T-50) .... so from teh Russian persepctive it better perform. For more specs on the S-35, go here.

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