Technology Explained – The Updated Fighter

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One of the significant events of 1985 was the unveiling of the Su-27 Flanker, the Russian answer to the F-14 and F-15. This highly capable air superiority fighter was largely inspired by the F-14A, examples of which have been flown and tested in the USSR courtesy of Iran.

The availability of flying examples of US aircraft and illegally acquired supporting documentation on US look-down/shootdown radars has thus allowed the Russians to eliminate the generation gap between frontline Allied and Warpac fighters. The MiG-29 Fulcrum has been described as an F-18ski – the description may be closer to reality than one realises as Fulcrum is equipped with a dimension of the F-18’s AN/APG-65 multimode radar to speak of its similarities in layout.

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