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🇷🇺 MiG-29 Fulcrum
Air · Mikoyan (RSK MiG / OAK, Rusya) · 1983
A Soviet-designed twin-engine lightweight fighter famed for close-combat agility; its modernized variants will stay in service into and beyond 2030 as a multirole platform.
Specifications
- Type: Twin-engine lightweight fighter / multirole combat aircraft
- Origin: Soviet Union / Russia (Mikoyan)
- Dimensions: Length 17.32 m · wingspan 11.36 m · height 4.73 m
- Weight: Empty ~10,900 kg · MTOW ~19,700 kg
- Engine: 2× Klimov RD-33 afterburning turbofan, ~81.3 kN each
- Speed / ceiling: Mach 2.25 (~2,400 km/h) · ceiling ~18,000 m
- Range: Combat ~1,500 km · ferry (external tanks) ~2,100 km
- Sensor: N019 Sapfir radar; modern variants Zhuk-ME (10 targets, ~245 km)
- Weapons / load: 30 mm GSh-30-1 + 6-7 stations; R-27, R-73 missiles, ~3,000-4,000 kg
Beats: F-16 Fighting Falcon (ABD) — yakın muharebede (WVR) yüksek hücum açısı ve kask-göstergeli R-73 ikilisiyle erken nişanlanma avantajı, Mirage 2000 (Fransa) — çift motor sayesinde daha yüksek itki-ağırlık oranı ve dik tırmanış performansı, JAS 39 Gripen C (İsveç) — birim satın alma maliyeti belirgin düşük, kitlesel envanter için ekonomik
Loses to: F-16 Block 70 (ABD) — AESA radar, modern aviyonik ve çok daha uzun harekat yarıçapında geride, Mirage 2000-5 / Rafale (Fransa) — entegre BVR füze paketi ve sensör füzyonunda zayıf, JAS 39 Gripen E (İsveç) — düşük işletme maliyeti, ağ-merkezli savaş ve bakım kolaylığında dezavantajlı
The base variant is a short-range point-defense fighter whose strength is WVR agility. Against international peers (F-16, Mirage 2000, Gripen) it is outranged in BVR, so position it in support/relief and local air-superiority roles to avoid being overwhelmed.
Related systems
Same manufacturer (Mikoyan (RSK MiG / OAK, Rusya)): MiG-31 Foxhound
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM
