Sorry, I still belive in Jane’s. If they say R-37 already equiped in Ruskies Mig that sound credible piece of information, they have doubt about the platform in Flankers though.

As a normal motor mechanic i’m always amazed how much they pay attention to exhaust gas temp on jet engines.They sure are a whole different ball game

I’m glad we’re making conclusions from hypothetical engagements that will never ever happen instead of making conclusions from actual combat. That’s how we learn things.

No, they absolutely can target it effectively. You should look into the massacre at Ilovaisk in Eastern Ukraine for effective use of a pincer movement, evacuation corridor, and grid square style artillery spotting. And yes, it is high explosive, large target area type doctrine, but even with counter-battery fire…

it truly is interesting that, given the opportunity, everyone wants to pull out their dick and wave it for everyone to see. Metaphorical or otherwise.

No, they have built weapons to take pot shots from long ranges at key C2 and enabler targets and they have adapted them to fit in an aircraft that is suitable for that role. They have not built a fighter for wining 5th gen fighter vs fighter BVR engagements.