To: sargon
Well if upgraded with Israeli & French electronics(as India has done) & hooked up with AWACS vectoring & competent pilots,Russian planes like the Mig-29 & Su-27/30 can stand up confidently to systems like the F-15 or F-16,though not the F/A-22(which is ,well another class).
To: sukhoi-30mki
Key word, "competent pilots" , I doubt they have any.
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09/17/2004 12:56:03 PM PDT by
eastforker
(Maybe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure what I said is what I meant_John Kerry)
To: sukhoi-30mki
"Venezuela plans to buy about 50 Russian MiG-29 fighters in various modifications, with 40 single-seat and 10 dual-seat models. Venezuela plans to spend about 5 billion dollars for the Russian fighters, including missiles and special aviation and airfield equipment."
$5 billion for 50 fighters ? I told you that Russian equipment became very expensive. Is close range still a problem in modernized versions of MIGs-29 ?
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