If you meant to say 'Russia' the main reason was that the Su was too big for their carrier... meaning that it could in practice carry only A2A and thus was no 'strike force'... as evidenced by their cruise to Syria and backDefiance wrote: the main reason Russia went for MiG-29K over Su-33 was (so i hear) to do with carrier capacity
I agree with the thoughts on Mig-35 (though it is also a good instrument for maintaining fighter pilots' annual hours) and think I got the 29s and 35s a bit mixed up in this respect
- very few operational units with 29 left?
- for the 35 there was an announcement with the UAE that they would start to assemble those planes; will believe it when I see it
Going back to India
as their domestic fighter numbers have now been capped (they up-powered it, to allow carrier ops), is there any "Made in India" fighter in sight... e.g. Rafale does not count?Defiance wrote:so many damn acronyms in Indian programs
- their engine production has gone better (though there is no R&D) than plane designs
Finally, EMALS was approved in the Trump years. If anything, the ties have grown closer since, so I guess that tech transfer would still be allowed?