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Barry George wrote in message ... Yes, I believe that it is likely that the PAK-FA will try to fill both roles. Russia still has a requirement for a heavy interceptor and given the decisions so far it seems likely funding will someday be reserved for it. It will be ten or twenty years before there is enough funding for it and it will have to compete with S-400 family SAMS. Russia needs such interceptors for defending such a large frontier but they cost money. The Mig-31 weighs as much as four unloaded Mig-29s and the fuel bills for it are shocking. Soviet Fulcrum-A's or C's with their 1980-vintage equipment are more a match to F-16A's (that's the SMT upgrade is for, but there is no money). About the MiG-31 fuel bills-well, T-6 is not JP-7 (if it is T-6 at all), and MiG-31's replaced Tu-128's, the lagest fighters/interceptors ever used in operational service! Maintenance is the problem, not fuel. I haven't herd about the latest BM conversions. It will have to have very long range and will most likely (I am guessing here) could take two forms either that of a low speed, extremely high altitude missile platform or a more costly fighter with sprint speeds in combat of over mach 3.5! It is slightly possible that such a project could be based off of the medium and heavy bombers (think T-60 and T-4MS) which will replace the Su-24 and Su-34. Su-24/32FN are not medium nor heavy bombers (Tu-22M3/4 and Tu-160 are). According to Samoilovytch, related drawings went to Tupolev that supposedly trashed them, and MS projects never went further than the model phase (Tu-160 is the resulting aircraft, although T-4MS allegedly got the contest). T-4 (prototype) and T-4MS (proposal) are as much different as XB-70 and B-1 (actually, MS is some combination of those). Run a search on the mig project 7.01 to see the next stage above MFI! -Jonas Weselake-George Sukhoi already got MFI project go-ahead, and MIG is struggling. There is nothing much wrong with MAPO-MIG, except that Sukhoi had Simonov-and he is much better salesman than Belyakov. According to Samoilovytch, there was some funny equipment that was designed by "Sukhoi" when Simonov came there! Nele NULLA ROSA SINE SPINA |
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