Nah Russian military development(if it still exists) probably will not be making aircraft at all. Hell they can’t even manufacture their own “5th” gen fighter if anything Russia will probably go through another post Soviet scenario once Russia loses in Ukraine (if they don’t do anything drastic like nukes or something)
The reality is Mikoyan has been on thin ice ever since they lost the PFI contract to Sukhoi. The Mig-29 isn't even really their own design it's a descaled version of Sukhoi's aerodynamic configuration contracted to MiG to keep the design bureau alive.
Im not sure they have different roles I feel like the knowledge they had gave them that aerodynamic configuration which makes them look similar Sukhoi may have given data but I reckon the inside is completely different. The same reason all stealth aircraft look similar is because the laws of physics brings you to that conclusion.
@@ARSAMES007 I know the mig 23 cockpit was all over the place and very poorly designed probably needed a flight engineer for the random buttons in stupid places, makes sense that they would try to make it better and similar to the Sukhoi in the end I like the look of the Mig but the Sukhois perform better, but at the end of the day the mig is better at one thing, excellent point defence fighter what it was designed for.
According to an article about the Mig-29 by a former IAF pilot: pros - immense amount of thrust from its two rd-33 engines cons - the engines were fuel guzzlers and the mig itself had limited fuel capacity so you always had to have one eye on the fuel gauge during a dogfight.
@@funbarsolaris2822 this is just massive bs leopard 1 aren’t even produced anymore they are literally just taking parts from other leopard 1 this is such a bad idea
MiG actually tried to pitch MiG-29 and 35 to China. But the reason why China didn't bat an eye have to do a very similar reason as why India didn't take the MiG-35... Back in the 70s' China wanted MiG-21, which at the time is a very advanced jet. However, after getting the production license (technology transfer), the blueprints Chinese received didn't match with the knock-down kits they received. And it's also the time where Shino (Chinese) - Soviet relation soured with some help from the U.S. So, the Chinese resulted intercepting MiG-21s destinated to Vietnam near Chinese border to take apart and study them. So, you can say MiG helped China to kick start their aviation industry, pretty much like how American B-29 and C-47 kick started Soviet Bomber/transport industry.
Isn't that what they do with all modern tech? Reverse Engineering with cheap labor makes for shitty products (compared to their western counterparts). China has the most space debris in orbit compared to launches of any nation.
The reason for this is the same reason the US and the USSR both met to discuss how to slow down chinese nuclear development. The USSR was aligned with the West on many issues that plague us today.
@@singular9 well these mistakes are no more. We learned much about so-called "Western goodwill" in 90s. Beter to deal with "evil" Chinese than with your "good" PaxAmericana.
Загугли про русские самолёты Илья Муромец и Русский Витязь, созданные русским инженером Сикорским, американский шовинистический придурок. Русские начали разрабатывать тяжёлые бомбардировщики ещё задолго до Советов, и уж точно не с копирования B-29. Впрочем, весь твой комментарий это мусор из русофобских заблуждений и мифов, в том числе и о причинах ухудшения советско-китайских отношений.
The only thing that made the aircrafts lack were the pilots. German Mig Pilots shows Western Countries that a Mig-29 can easily stand toe to toe with an F-16 is duels.
@@dankaloww1067 not exactly the pilots but the economy. It's hard to fly a plane if your country can't Afford to replace engine parts. You have to remember the mig 29 was in its prime when the Soviet Union was collapsing
What was holding the MiG29 back was the price, performance and electronics. Overall it was fine for its purpose in the 80s, but the MiG bureau has provided insufficient updates on the platform. Very minor iterative upgrades havent convinced export customers. The 35 is where the platform shouldve been in the esrly 2000s
The Mig 29k was a beautiful upgrade from the Indians. Increased barrel lifetime, longer durability and improved performance and reliability, not to leave the massive upgrade on it's ew capabilities as well as more sophisticated digitized cockpits. I've gotten to see them up close and they're so beautiful.
@augustuslunasol10thapostle my bad, it wasn't sold, there were articles that were misleading in their wording being pumped out a few weeks ago suggesting it
I expect they've largely refocused future design efforts towards Mig-31 variants and successors. I'd exoect the next Mig to be a big fast high jet with a very specific mission.
@@mbr5742Even before the invasion, major Russian projects needed external partners (like India) to co-finance development. With the long range interceptor role that a MiG-31 replacement would inherit, the question of who would be the partner is in question. China is clearly doing its own development from now on India doesn't have a long range interceptor requirement. Also burned a few times in co-development deals with Russia. The other regular customers (Algeria, etc) do not have the deep pockets to co-finance the development.
That would be the best-case scenario. MiG has already a formidable goal set for the MiG-41/PAK-DP; anti-missile lasers, turboramjets, near-space capabilities, anti-satellite weapons, and to make an unmanned variant based on the same frame
Well that is what is leftover from Cold war Propaganda , in reality RD-33 Turbofan engine consume (per engine) less fuel, than F-18's F404-GE-402 ! Mig-29 engine RD-33 consume [ 0.77 lb/(lbf·h)] military thrust vs F-18C engine F404-GE-402 which consume [0.81 lb/(lbf⋅h)] military thrust The reason for shorter combat range of MiG-29 we should found in a fact that MiG-29 is smaller airplane compared to F-18 and have less fuel onboard !
...and that is what it was made to do. It is a frontline fighter, obsolete in todays doctrines of multirole fighters, but quite an awesome dogfighter with reasonable cost per unit. And a really good looking aircraft.
12:15 The mig still has problems with maintenance. Since 2018, 4 out of 6 migs have crashed. As a result, lost 15% of their fleet to maintenance problems.
MiG-29 is a great low cost fighter that can go toe to toe with the F/A-18D in close combat. Malaysia owns both fighter and had lots of simulated battles with one another throughout the years. MiG-29N is more maneuverable and faster than the F/A-18 with a top speed of over Mach 2 but the drawbacks for using Russian fighter jets is maintenance as spare parts can be difficult to find.
Even if it can beat the f18/D in close combat that isnt the same for bvr. Also i dont think the mig 29s main competitor is a f18 which is a aircaft carrier based fighter which has diffrent roles/ task . Also i find it funny you comperd a aircaft carrier based fighter to a land based fighter and not somthing like a f15. Not to mention having a higher top speed dosnt meen its better (burning fuel) what should matter if being able to supercruise and the f18 is able to do that.
@@phoenix-x7 Whatever the West uses, there's a Russian version with similar capability. In fact Russia and China have already developed hypersonic scram jet technology while the US is still developing it due to a few setbacks as stated by the US Air force on March 13 this year. F/A-18 is not only a carrier based fighter as many countries like Kuwait, Australia and Malaysia uses it even though they do not own an aircraft carrier, just like the F-35 which can be used on various platforms. Also, after doing a quick research, F/A-18 does not have super cruise capability
@@phoenix-x7 Australia didn't have a single carrier, yet their main fighter force is F-18, so as Canada. So, it's all fair games in the world of air superiority. Top speed is critical especially if you consider the need of intercepting incoming missile/fighters, or just act as deterrent like how US intercept Bear/China intercept E-2 etc (The longer you take, the more information opposite side spy plane can gather). F-15 is absolute a beast compares a MiG-29, like comparing a cross-over (Small SUV) to a F-150 truck or a larger SUV. That said a Su-30 is about the same size as a B-17 bomber... carry even more load than B-17 too, similarly, can F-15E. F-18 E/F finally got a worthy competitor (MiG-35)
How the fuck is a nation that can barely resupply its own fucking _tanks_ with modern sensors supposed to field a SIXTH gen aircraft, when the biggest feature of 6th gen is being a multi-crew fucking _flying supercomputer._
Also, there are more cards in a suit than there are Su-57s, which itself is a 4.5 gen aircraft which itself is inferior to NATO 4.5 gen aircraft. I will admit, its a pretty decent 4.5 gen, but F-15C, F-15EX, and Rafale-C are all better. F-15CX is on the way in 2024. F-22 will crush it from 100nm. F-35 will also crush it from 100nm. Rafale will crush it from 100nm. J-20 will crush it from... whatever the obviously highly-classified no-escape range of the PL-15 is. They're all stealthier than Su-57, and they all have TARH missiles with LOAL capability, and sufficient range to evade counter-detection by the Su-57's radar.
Russia announced a while back that Mikoyan Guryvich design bureau is merged with few more offices and factories to form the UAC and there will be no more separate company, but they still intend to keep the MiG name as a brand for further possible products...
being MIG'S air frames are historically much smaller than Sukoi's airframes, they have historically been used for defensive missions (m-35) do to their shorter ranges, so they (mig) may continue to design aircrafts with the same missions this for the next generation(s). But being that all major nations have multiple aircrafts in their invatories I doubt MIG is going anywhere... If I was Russia I would use all the different historic companies (names) of their aviation industry to form different teams within this unified aviation department/corperation, so any team who makes the best product could get a contract! You may have the companies make what they always made historically with members who can help them from other teams coming into help (especielly once they have won a tender) to finish a job to the best of its abilities... P.S. with all teh experience MIG has had with interceptors and India having a far smaller navy that Chinas and having far less offensive aircrafts (aircraft carriers - destroyers - nuclear submarines) they should try to work with the Indians on a modern interceptor wit simular dimensions (if not larger) than the J-30, and maybe an aircraft siumlar to the Tu-22 with even greater range and built to destroy aircraft carrier groups...
What’s bizarre about the Meg 29 series is it’s a twin engine configuration. This reduces the cost savings over a full scale fighter like the SU 27 series to negligible amount. The cost savings of the MiG 29/35 over Su 27/35 are must be almost negligible.
I'm not sure if this assessment over major players is correct. UK,Germany,Italy are going toward the eurofighter, all US branches are looking to standardise the F-35. Smaller European nations generally use either the F-16 or F-18 while Sweden uses the gripen and the rest are looking to go for the F-35. The ones using multiple fighters seem to be China and Russia. The US still places orders for super hornets and such, but this at least to me seems like a consequence of the legacy products, cost and doctrine rather than a desire to have a logistically complex air force. Of course like it was mentioned doctrine in Russia isn't the same so its still possible that they will continue MiG designs. I don't see them doing it for cost, because despite the rugged and cheap look, to my knowledge the MiG isn't cheap at all. When it was evaluated for order in Finland it was ultimately seen as the least capable and the most costly option from Rafale, F-16, F-18 and the gripen.
@@cockatoofanyou may be right but any nation that has an industrial complex of teh size of Russia were so many systems are not only made for domestic markets but international ones will most likely create all kinds of aircrafts (not just fighters) and with the introduction of drones I see multiple groups being within this unified aircraft corperation, so if they are split into teams their may be teams neamed after the past aircraft manufacturers. but all that is to be seen.
Hey, will you make a video on some lesser-known aircraft from smaller countries? For example, the Tejas, Jf-17, Korean, and Turkish developing fighters.
@@hellomoto2084 yeah, but if he doesn’t give it a rave review the Indians will all likely start claiming that he is a Pakistani and go chasing after him in rage.
Really enjoyed the tecnichal parte, mede me feel more attached to the newer variant due to the tangible improvements, I ended up doing some research my self because I was very curious about some stuff :) loved it
"can go toe-to-toe with whatever the west throws at them" My brother in Christ this is a fourth gen fighter introduced four years after the F-35 and *fourteen* years after the F-22.
you are sure ? So far, the US Air Force even prohibits joint exercises against Russian-made aircraft, because US aircraft lost in all the exercises. You probably didn’t hear how an Italian pilot flying an F-35 collided with a Su-35 over the Baltic Sea? so the F-35 pilot lost and he told the press that he cried a lot because the Su-35 played with him, simulating an attack, but he could not do anything! and his F-35 was constantly reloading, could not escape and lost the Su-35 from the radar!
@igorvasin6960 I don't know about this incident. In an engagement in combat the F35 will see the 4th generation SU35 long before the SU sees him. First look, first shot, first kill. The F35 is designed for Beyond Visual Range combat using AIM 120 missiles. In close combat the F35 has sparrow heat seeking missiles and a 20 mm 500 round 100 round per second canon. The SU 35 does not have the ability to establish a radar lock on F35 except at certain very close distance. The Italian pilot was probably warned not to create an international incidet. American stealth planes to fly radar reflectors to disguise theirvRCS
The Indian Navy that procured the MiG-29K jets has been really unhappy with the performance and availability of the jets. There were reports at one point that the availability of the jets was below 40%. The service interval of the engines was also much lower than what the manufacturer has stated. This finally led to the frantic search for a replacement of the MiG-29Ks. The jets finally shortlisted were the FA-18 Super Hornets and the Rafale M. The Rafale M is said to have won that contract owing to commonality to the air force's Rafale jets amongst other considerations.
I mean it’s not the overall performance but it’s maintenance issues they are facing. The reason why Indian Navy wants to buy Rafale Naval version is that because we got ourselves a new Indigenous Aircraft Carrier. And India’s own Carrier Aircraft TEDBF will only start production after 2030, so we need additional aircrafts for our carriers.
@@lucasfragoso7634 Kind of. If they really want the best they’ve would have got Super Hornet since it’s much battle proven then Rafale. But America is always kind of sus and in Australia dealing they’ve denied to provide the software algorithms when the Aussies found American Sabotage in it. In simple, the Australian Hornets would never shoot American Aircrafts.
@@lucasfragoso7634The key point that you said but misunderstood: “has to offer”. Russia has good hardware, but it’s the lack of transfer of technology. For example the Su-57, Russia refuses to transfer critical technology which led India to receive a downgraded version of the Su-57. They refused and pulled out, instead acquiring the Rafale whom the French promises 100% transfer of technology.
Well, mig is supposedly working on the mig41 6th gen, but the final steps of the project are far into the future, so for quite some time this will be indeed be the last mig
@poklianon8453 you really think Mig a company onown for consisting of mostly pensioners at thus point is gonna make a viable 6th gen when Russia can't even make a 5th gen? Also no the SU57 is not a 5th gen it has the same RCS as a clean F18.
80% of the costs of a Su 27 with half the flight range, half the radar detection range doomed the plane. It should have been half the cost and 80% of the capability of the big Su 27.
MiG-29 is like a cheap car for those who can't afford better car but still needs one. So it's got its pros and cons. However, undoubtedly one of the good looking and iconic fighters from late Cold War era.
Well the MIG’s SU’s are astonishing agile aircrafts. However their radars are rubbish and the American equivalent can see them long before they can lock their weapons on them meaning the dogfight is dead
Again, once more a marvelous video you created there. Though a small issue I have there at 7:32, where you talked about the 90s, yet the map you showed there was from like...1940? That is the only thing I'd have to nitpick here.
as one russian general said "mig 29 is 2/3 the cost of the su 27 for 1/2 the performance". the f16 is so good because it uses the same engine from the f15, however just 1 of them. keeping costs and weight down. one of the problems of the orig engines was they sometimes experienced RUD. fun fact. boeing offer the indian air force f18 hornets modified to use the block holding system for carrier take off. the f16 was not offered.
Well, I am not really hopeful for the MiG PAK DF program. They say it would be interceptor capable of Mach 4. I would be so happy to see it, maybe MiG still have it in them since they modernised a lot of MiG-31. Like 150 or something since 2008. I hope they got it. Mig-31 2.0 will be total spectacle of power.
"They say it would be interceptor capable of Mach 4" russian propaganda fueled by pure vodka. nobody is building such a fighter, least of all russia. They can't even keep their obsolete migs/Sukhois flying, and their Mig-31 keeps crashing. The Su-57 is still AWOL from combat, the Su-75 is still a plywood mockup.
The MiG-41, yeah. But mach 4 for what? Today’s fighter jet demands are stealth, air superiority, EW suite and especially BVR warfare. Speed was a factor many decades ago. I don’t understand why they are developing a Mach 4 fighter.
@@ashrithrao06 Because its beautiful! Sr-71 remains hard to destroy to this date and it goes 3,2 mach. Interceptor to defend the vast Russian lands must be swift as hell. Many many reasons!
@@atanasvasilev3228 Yeah, Soviets needed MiG-25&31 to intercept American spy planes. But in today’s era the MiG-41 will have likely less chances to perform interception role at great speed. Viewing Russia’s economy, the political leadership will be least interested in the fighter as modern Russia needs Air Superiority and Stealth Aircrafts to counter F-35 & F-22.
@@atanasvasilev3228 Have you heard of Indian Air Force’s MiG-25R sonic boom over Pakistan? This fighter was kept in underground bases and Indians got to know only about them after their retirement. The MiG-25 was a good aircraft. It created panic in Americans which led to development of F-15 which is one of the best till date to counter the MiG-25.
Dunno why, but I prefer Mig-35S with it's old successors mig-29 style single canopy glass instead of dual seater style since cockpit glass like that won't withstand canon bullet and lack of fire hazard safety to the pilot...
The Fulcrum is actually a nasty dogfighter (when everything is working correctly lol). It's got 2 circle performance that rivals the F16 and slow speed nose authority similar to the F18. It's also got a very high thrust to weight ratio, again, akin to the Viper. It's let down, once more, similarly to Viper by its less powerful radar and low fuel stores. If MiG solves those problems with the 35 model and adds all of the upgrades it will be a formidable fighter.
How disgusting are US fighters then, considering that the Indian MIG-29s won victories in all joint training battles with US fighters? after which the United States demanded that the results be classified. but the Indians do not obey the United States and they blabbed everything. and the United States banned participation in joint exercises against Soviet- and Russian-designed fighters, so as not to disgrace itself.
It depends Iraq had elite pilots but they were doomed by few numbers 1 mig29 against 4 f15 in every single air battle so they lost fast in gulf war Also mig29 depened highly on ground radars couse its radar was almost blind And it have short range flight It wasnt bad but its more of a deffensive jet than atacking
Personally really love Russian aircraft designs. Fell in love with the MiG 29 in the 90s and now modern Sukhoi aircraft are definitely my favorite in terms of looks.
That "beauty" isn't worth *shit* as far as their intended purpose goes, though... I do agree they look great, but knowing the fact that they are useless against anything above un-supported infantry without MANPADS, kills the vibe for me.
I've always found Sukhoi's designs to be really odd-looking, except the Su-57. Mikoyan's designs are really the only Russian designs that I actually like. Shame they're all obsolete now.
3:09 the guy at the right side was Valery Menitskiy who died in 2006 in cancer. He was the chief test pilot of the OKB MiG in the mid 80's. The MiG-29M the izdeliye 9.15 was a very capable design, but it falled in the economical hole what Afganistan, Chernobyl, the bad soviet economy, the Buran program and other expensive things hit. And last but not least, the eternal race between the MiG and the Sukhoi for the lower and lower state support and orders also sealed the MiG's fate in the late 1993. In 1993 December, actually ALL MiG-reated programs were cancelled and the member of the russian state committe of the MoD was the chief designer Mikhail Simonov from the Sukhoi. By the way, the MiG-29K was smaller than the Su-27K (Su-33), but its range was not shorter at all! Because the huge and heavy Su-27K had/has no true capability to take off from the Kuznetsov deck with full fuel or full weapon load. The mighty Su-33 is only able to take of with the very moderate less-than-2tons of weapons and not more than 5 tons of fuel. Fun fact: the MiG-29K (both of the oroginal 9.31 and the recent 9.41/9.47) was/is able to exeed both of the fuel and weapon loadout of the way bigger Su-33, but with smaller airframe and fuel consumption. Simply just because the better fuel/size/weight fraction and ratio.
As a kid and military aviation enthusiast in the late 80s (thank you, Top Gun) I could identify USSR aircraft just by a brief glimpse at their silhouette. Now they all look the same to me.
Its sad that after a long line of legendary fighters like the MiG-15, 21, 25, 29, 31, the Mikoyan Gurevich will have such an ignoble end. During the Cold War, MiGs epitomized the Soviet fighter. Now, its the age of the Sukhoi.
Credit where credit is due how anything in Russia actually continues to function in a land run by alcoholics, narcissists and sociopaths is an achievement.
for those confused, I'm pretty sure he means "last mig" as it will be replaced by the "SU" series
Nah Russian military development(if it still exists) probably will not be making aircraft at all. Hell they can’t even manufacture their own “5th” gen fighter if anything Russia will probably go through another post Soviet scenario once Russia loses in Ukraine (if they don’t do anything drastic like nukes or something)
Technically merged into sukhoi
Ogey. Rrat
No mig's 🤨
@@sharp_ant4651:(
The reality is Mikoyan has been on thin ice ever since they lost the PFI contract to Sukhoi. The Mig-29 isn't even really their own design it's a descaled version of Sukhoi's aerodynamic configuration contracted to MiG to keep the design bureau alive.
Im not sure they have different roles I feel like the knowledge they had gave them that aerodynamic configuration which makes them look similar Sukhoi may have given data but I reckon the inside is completely different. The same reason all stealth aircraft look similar is because the laws of physics brings you to that conclusion.
@@baronvonslambertTsAGI?
TSAGI gave them the aero, mig-29 was meant to be a point defense fighter and cheap export and su-27 a fighter with loitering range.
@@super_slav91 Well now they have the 35
@@ARSAMES007 I know the mig 23 cockpit was all over the place and very poorly designed probably needed a flight engineer for the random buttons in stupid places, makes sense that they would try to make it better and similar to the Sukhoi in the end I like the look of the Mig but the Sukhois perform better, but at the end of the day the mig is better at one thing, excellent point defence fighter what it was designed for.
According to an article about the Mig-29 by a former IAF pilot:
pros - immense amount of thrust from its two rd-33 engines
cons - the engines were fuel guzzlers and the mig itself had limited fuel capacity so you always had to have one eye on the fuel gauge during a dogfight.
Too bad dog fights are not a thing anymore
@@thewoodweldingfabricator9300
Never say never
It's 2023 and there's trench warfare in Ukraine 😂
@IK_MK true. Russia has also been pressing t62s and 54s into service, so maybe an il6 or 20 will see combat soon.
@@thewoodweldingfabricator9300yes and NATO has been churning out leapord 1s for Ukraine too. There's a good reason both use old outdated tanks
@@funbarsolaris2822 this is just massive bs leopard 1 aren’t even produced anymore they are literally just taking parts from other leopard 1 this is such a bad idea
Really enjoyed the specs and elaborations on the Mig history and Mig 35
MiG actually tried to pitch MiG-29 and 35 to China. But the reason why China didn't bat an eye have to do a very similar reason as why India didn't take the MiG-35...
Back in the 70s' China wanted MiG-21, which at the time is a very advanced jet. However, after getting the production license (technology transfer), the blueprints Chinese received didn't match with the knock-down kits they received. And it's also the time where Shino (Chinese) - Soviet relation soured with some help from the U.S. So, the Chinese resulted intercepting MiG-21s destinated to Vietnam near Chinese border to take apart and study them.
So, you can say MiG helped China to kick start their aviation industry, pretty much like how American B-29 and C-47 kick started Soviet Bomber/transport industry.
Isn't that what they do with all modern tech? Reverse Engineering with cheap labor makes for shitty products (compared to their western counterparts). China has the most space debris in orbit compared to launches of any nation.
I believe you. Thousands would not, but I do.
The reason for this is the same reason the US and the USSR both met to discuss how to slow down chinese nuclear development. The USSR was aligned with the West on many issues that plague us today.
@@singular9 well these mistakes are no more. We learned much about so-called "Western goodwill" in 90s. Beter to deal with "evil" Chinese than with your "good" PaxAmericana.
Загугли про русские самолёты Илья Муромец и Русский Витязь, созданные русским инженером Сикорским, американский шовинистический придурок. Русские начали разрабатывать тяжёлые бомбардировщики ещё задолго до Советов, и уж точно не с копирования B-29.
Впрочем, весь твой комментарий это мусор из русофобских заблуждений и мифов, в том числе и о причинах ухудшения советско-китайских отношений.
The mig 29 series is like one of the best looking jets of all time ❤❤
Complete agree
It's good and also bad at the same time Mig 29 Just like su 27 but Shorter, make by mig
The only thing that made the aircrafts lack were the pilots.
German Mig Pilots shows Western Countries that a Mig-29 can easily stand toe to toe with an F-16 is duels.
Agreed
@@dankaloww1067 not exactly the pilots but the economy.
It's hard to fly a plane if your country can't
Afford to replace engine parts.
You have to remember the mig 29 was in its prime when the Soviet Union was collapsing
What was holding the MiG29 back was the price, performance and electronics. Overall it was fine for its purpose in the 80s, but the MiG bureau has provided insufficient updates on the platform. Very minor iterative upgrades havent convinced export customers. The 35 is where the platform shouldve been in the esrly 2000s
Problém bola drahá údržba tohoto lietadla, jeho motory zvládali 6x menej hodín ako napr. F15.
the Mig29 would still have already been obsolete in the year 2000
@@SoloRenegade F-35?
@@mpondachongo1138 Wow, talk about a typo on my part. I must have been trying to type one thing while starting to think about something else.
@@SoloRenegade lol. happens to the best of us.
The Mig 29k was a beautiful upgrade from the Indians. Increased barrel lifetime, longer durability and improved performance and reliability, not to leave the massive upgrade on it's ew capabilities as well as more sophisticated digitized cockpits. I've gotten to see them up close and they're so beautiful.
A pity it’s so unreliable the Indians are actively looking for a replacement.
Yeah but their fleet availability isn't so great so they're probably going to be replaced by Rafale-Ms going forward
@@starliner2498will they? Wouldn't be so sure, recently India just made an order for a bunch of mig 35s
@@funbarsolaris2822 i literally just searched it up you are just lying
@augustuslunasol10thapostle my bad, it wasn't sold, there were articles that were misleading in their wording being pumped out a few weeks ago suggesting it
I expect they've largely refocused future design efforts towards Mig-31 variants and successors. I'd exoect the next Mig to be a big fast high jet with a very specific mission.
Correct. Mikoyan is currently working on the PAK DP which is supposed to be the replacement for the Mig-31.
Rumors talk about highly advanced stealth capabilities and thought controlled weapon systems
@@mbr5742the MIG 41
@@mbr5742Even before the invasion, major Russian projects needed external partners (like India) to co-finance development. With the long range interceptor role that a MiG-31 replacement would inherit, the question of who would be the partner is in question.
China is clearly doing its own development from now on
India doesn't have a long range interceptor requirement. Also burned a few times in co-development deals with Russia.
The other regular customers (Algeria, etc) do not have the deep pockets to co-finance the development.
That would be the best-case scenario. MiG has already a formidable goal set for the MiG-41/PAK-DP; anti-missile lasers, turboramjets, near-space capabilities, anti-satellite weapons, and to make an unmanned variant based on the same frame
The Mig-29 was known for its exorbitant fuel consumption, and its pilots called it: air superiority fighter, over its own airfield.
Well that is what is leftover from Cold war Propaganda , in reality RD-33 Turbofan engine consume (per engine) less fuel, than F-18's F404-GE-402 !
Mig-29 engine RD-33 consume [ 0.77 lb/(lbf·h)] military thrust
vs F-18C engine F404-GE-402 which consume [0.81 lb/(lbf⋅h)] military thrust
The reason for shorter combat range of MiG-29 we should found in a fact that MiG-29 is smaller airplane compared to F-18 and have less fuel onboard !
...and that is what it was made to do. It is a frontline fighter, obsolete in todays doctrines of multirole fighters, but quite an awesome dogfighter with reasonable cost per unit. And a really good looking aircraft.
"Yes fellow soviets, Im pilot jet engine"
Only a chad would be named "Jet Engine".
12:15 The mig still has problems with maintenance. Since 2018, 4 out of 6 migs have crashed. As a result, lost 15% of their fleet to maintenance problems.
why are you carrying all 6 out of 6 in the ranks
I smell cap
@@BBCRFЧто ты тут забыл :D
@@hatze4120 смотрел
I've never heard this news anywhere. This is F22 you're talking. 😂😂
"Mig-29 is going away",
Chinese J-11B : More like going under new management
A friend never abandoneds his friend like India and Russia
Sad to see the final MiG...
Cool video by the way!
MiG-29 is a great low cost fighter that can go toe to toe with the F/A-18D in close combat. Malaysia owns both fighter and had lots of simulated battles with one another throughout the years. MiG-29N is more maneuverable and faster than the F/A-18 with a top speed of over Mach 2 but the drawbacks for using Russian fighter jets is maintenance as spare parts can be difficult to find.
Even if it can beat the f18/D in close combat that isnt the same for bvr. Also i dont think the mig 29s main competitor is a f18 which is a aircaft carrier based fighter which has diffrent roles/ task . Also i find it funny you comperd a aircaft carrier based fighter to a land based fighter and not somthing like a f15. Not to mention having a higher top speed dosnt meen its better (burning fuel) what should matter if being able to supercruise and the f18 is able to do that.
@@phoenix-x7you have no clue what you’re talking about you’re just bashing Russian shit just to bash it
@@phoenix-x7 Whatever the West uses, there's a Russian version with similar capability. In fact Russia and China have already developed hypersonic scram jet technology while the US is still developing it due to a few setbacks as stated by the US Air force on March 13 this year. F/A-18 is not only a carrier based fighter as many countries like Kuwait, Australia and Malaysia uses it even though they do not own an aircraft carrier, just like the F-35 which can be used on various platforms. Also, after doing a quick research, F/A-18 does not have super cruise capability
@@phoenix-x7 Australia didn't have a single carrier, yet their main fighter force is F-18, so as Canada. So, it's all fair games in the world of air superiority. Top speed is critical especially if you consider the need of intercepting incoming missile/fighters, or just act as deterrent like how US intercept Bear/China intercept E-2 etc (The longer you take, the more information opposite side spy plane can gather).
F-15 is absolute a beast compares a MiG-29, like comparing a cross-over (Small SUV) to a F-150 truck or a larger SUV. That said a Su-30 is about the same size as a B-17 bomber... carry even more load than B-17 too, similarly, can F-15E.
F-18 E/F finally got a worthy competitor (MiG-35)
@@AaronShenghaopretty sure those are just bots your arguing with
The 6th gen is coming, we can’t tell the future yet. Let’s give MiG another hope to shine again.
How the fuck is a nation that can barely resupply its own fucking _tanks_ with modern sensors supposed to field a SIXTH gen aircraft, when the biggest feature of 6th gen is being a multi-crew fucking _flying supercomputer._
Also, there are more cards in a suit than there are Su-57s, which itself is a 4.5 gen aircraft which itself is inferior to NATO 4.5 gen aircraft.
I will admit, its a pretty decent 4.5 gen, but F-15C, F-15EX, and Rafale-C are all better. F-15CX is on the way in 2024.
F-22 will crush it from 100nm. F-35 will also crush it from 100nm. Rafale will crush it from 100nm. J-20 will crush it from... whatever the obviously highly-classified no-escape range of the PL-15 is.
They're all stealthier than Su-57, and they all have TARH missiles with LOAL capability, and sufficient range to evade counter-detection by the Su-57's radar.
Russia can’t even manage 5th gen, 6th gen for them is a fantasy
@@jamielonsdale3018Почему то все что вы говорите работает только на бумаге
Finally, he switched his favorite War Thunder aircraft from the P-400 to the P-38
Russia announced a while back that Mikoyan Guryvich design bureau is merged with few more offices and factories to form the UAC and there will be no more separate company, but they still intend to keep the MiG name as a brand for further possible products...
0:19 what song
Can you do a video on the Rafale, I know next to nothing about it because no one ever talks about it and it seems like an interesting plane
Mega projects did one 2 days ago. Defense 360° has one on the evolution of the Rafale.
@@everypitchcounts4875 yeah I saw the mega projects one, I'll have a look at the Defence one.
thanks
being MIG'S air frames are historically much smaller than Sukoi's airframes, they have historically been used for defensive missions (m-35) do to their shorter ranges, so they (mig) may continue to design aircrafts with the same missions this for the next generation(s). But being that all major nations have multiple aircrafts in their invatories I doubt MIG is going anywhere... If I was Russia I would use all the different historic companies (names) of their aviation industry to form different teams within this unified aviation department/corperation, so any team who makes the best product could get a contract! You may have the companies make what they always made historically with members who can help them from other teams coming into help (especielly once they have won a tender) to finish a job to the best of its abilities... P.S. with all teh experience MIG has had with interceptors and India having a far smaller navy that Chinas and having far less offensive aircrafts (aircraft carriers - destroyers - nuclear submarines) they should try to work with the Indians on a modern interceptor wit simular dimensions (if not larger) than the J-30, and maybe an aircraft siumlar to the Tu-22 with even greater range and built to destroy aircraft carrier groups...
UAC exists and it decided to merge sukhoi and mig into one design bureau
@@vincentas1I know that but i was suggesting they should still have different teams, and I would have.... well you read it....
What’s bizarre about the Meg 29 series is it’s a twin engine configuration. This reduces the cost savings over a full scale fighter like the SU 27 series to negligible amount. The cost savings of the MiG 29/35 over Su 27/35 are must be almost negligible.
I'm not sure if this assessment over major players is correct. UK,Germany,Italy are going toward the eurofighter, all US branches are looking to standardise the F-35. Smaller European nations generally use either the F-16 or F-18 while Sweden uses the gripen and the rest are looking to go for the F-35. The ones using multiple fighters seem to be China and Russia.
The US still places orders for super hornets and such, but this at least to me seems like a consequence of the legacy products, cost and doctrine rather than a desire to have a logistically complex air force.
Of course like it was mentioned doctrine in Russia isn't the same so its still possible that they will continue MiG designs. I don't see them doing it for cost, because despite the rugged and cheap look, to my knowledge the MiG isn't cheap at all. When it was evaluated for order in Finland it was ultimately seen as the least capable and the most costly option from Rafale, F-16, F-18 and the gripen.
@@cockatoofanyou may be right but any nation that has an industrial complex of teh size of Russia were so many systems are not only made for domestic markets but international ones will most likely create all kinds of aircrafts (not just fighters) and with the introduction of drones I see multiple groups being within this unified aircraft corperation, so if they are split into teams their may be teams neamed after the past aircraft manufacturers. but all that is to be seen.
If nothing else, these 4th gen Russion fighters have really attractive lines
Hey, will you make a video on some lesser-known aircraft from smaller countries? For example, the Tejas, Jf-17, Korean, and Turkish developing fighters.
JF17 would be interesting
He should do the Tejas
@@hellomoto2084 yeah, but if he doesn’t give it a rave review the Indians will all likely start claiming that he is a Pakistani and go chasing after him in rage.
@@Ag3nt0fCha0s or a “wanoe”.
@@Ag3nt0fCha0s thats a load of bullshit lmao watch the missile roasting Tejas video all the indians enjoyed it
45 years of MiG-29 and 15 years of MiG-35 in 2022.
Really enjoyed the tecnichal parte, mede me feel more attached to the newer variant due to the tangible improvements, I ended up doing some research my self because I was very curious about some stuff :)
loved it
Absolutely loved the vid, keep up the good work.
I heard that Egypt rejected the Mig 35 because it didn't have an AESA radar. They probably never got it working properly.
no Mig-29M/M2=export version Mig-35
The Mig35 has an AESA Radar..Its the Zhuk-MA
@@boikanyoonneng9170 but like it says in the video, the ones built for Russia have a PESA radar. No country has received them with an AESA radar.
the pesa radar is better at detecting stelth jet, and in reality act as aesa radar.
Cheers to the end of an era in Russian and Soviet aviation.
Cheers to the end of uni pole
Migkoyan shall prevail
Cheers to the end of US hegemony
@@ViolentCabbage-ym7kowho do you suppose is going to do that lmao
@@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko with what?
This plane is super cool
Not as cool as the XF-103.
The production quality of this is insane
"Aviard *_Fastovets_* "
His father kinda typecast him for the role of a pilot for _high speed fighters_ with a name like that.
What a question... Yes , please do also a video about the MiG-105.🙂
Instead of keep talking about new aircraft. Perhaps Russian should concentrate on building AESA radar for their planes.
6,000 hours?
For comparison the F-16 has been extended to 12,000 hours.
Why is it so low for the MiG?
Because... Russia?
After modernization they get upgraded adding more service hours
F 16's new varients have high amount of composites.
Happy to see new videos!
"can go toe-to-toe with whatever the west throws at them"
My brother in Christ this is a fourth gen fighter introduced four years after the F-35 and *fourteen* years after the F-22.
None of these planes stand a snowball's chance in hell against F22 or F35.
you are sure ? So far, the US Air Force even prohibits joint exercises against Russian-made aircraft, because US aircraft lost in all the exercises. You probably didn’t hear how an Italian pilot flying an F-35 collided with a Su-35 over the Baltic Sea? so the F-35 pilot lost and he told the press that he cried a lot because the Su-35 played with him, simulating an attack, but he could not do anything! and his F-35 was constantly reloading, could not escape and lost the Su-35 from the radar!
@igorvasin6960 I don't know about this incident. In an engagement in combat the F35 will see the 4th generation SU35 long before the SU sees him. First look, first shot, first kill. The F35 is designed for Beyond Visual Range combat using AIM 120 missiles. In close combat the F35 has sparrow heat seeking missiles and a 20 mm 500 round 100 round per second canon. The SU 35 does not have the ability to establish a radar lock on F35 except at certain very close distance. The Italian pilot was probably warned not to create an international incidet. American stealth planes to fly radar reflectors to disguise theirvRCS
@@markfischer3626 dreams dreams divorced from reality
The Indian Navy that procured the MiG-29K jets has been really unhappy with the performance and availability of the jets. There were reports at one point that the availability of the jets was below 40%. The service interval of the engines was also much lower than what the manufacturer has stated.
This finally led to the frantic search for a replacement of the MiG-29Ks.
The jets finally shortlisted were the FA-18 Super Hornets and the Rafale M. The Rafale M is said to have won that contract owing to commonality to the air force's Rafale jets amongst other considerations.
I mean it’s not the overall performance but it’s maintenance issues they are facing. The reason why Indian Navy wants to buy Rafale Naval version is that because we got ourselves a new Indigenous Aircraft Carrier. And India’s own Carrier Aircraft TEDBF will only start production after 2030, so we need additional aircrafts for our carriers.
@@ashrithrao06also Rafael is a much better aircraft then anything Russia can offer let's be real.
@@lucasfragoso7634 Kind of. If they really want the best they’ve would have got Super Hornet since it’s much battle proven then Rafale. But America is always kind of sus and in Australia dealing they’ve denied to provide the software algorithms when the Aussies found American Sabotage in it.
In simple, the Australian Hornets would never shoot American Aircrafts.
@@lucasfragoso7634The key point that you said but misunderstood: “has to offer”.
Russia has good hardware, but it’s the lack of transfer of technology. For example the Su-57, Russia refuses to transfer critical technology which led India to receive a downgraded version of the Su-57. They refused and pulled out, instead acquiring the Rafale whom the French promises 100% transfer of technology.
Still one of the best looking fighters.
This video is actually genuinely underated and damm
Yes please make a video about the mig 105! I love soviet space tech!
“This new MiG was packing”.💀💀
Well, mig is supposedly working on the mig41 6th gen, but the final steps of the project are far into the future, so for quite some time this will be indeed be the last mig
@@blackhatfreak It's a fighter interceptor
@@poklianonit’s nonexistent
@poklianon8453 you really think Mig a company onown for consisting of mostly pensioners at thus point is gonna make a viable 6th gen when Russia can't even make a 5th gen? Also no the SU57 is not a 5th gen it has the same RCS as a clean F18.
@@lucasfragoso7634 What you said is basically western propaganda fan's creed
80% of the costs of a Su 27 with half the flight range, half the radar detection range doomed the plane. It should have been half the cost and 80% of the capability of the big Su 27.
MiG-29 is like a cheap car for those who can't afford better car but still needs one.
So it's got its pros and cons.
However, undoubtedly one of the good looking and iconic fighters from late Cold War era.
This jet is not a failure. It’s a beautiful masterpiece.
India also came to rescue the Sukhoi Design bureau when it was facing bankruptcy post soviet fall, India bought a lot of Su-30s.
no one buys foreign fighters to save someone else's company from bankruptcy. they are bought based on price, quality and capabilities.
Mig 35 production was recently restarted it went a bit under the radar though cause no one seems to know about it
@@blackhatfreak I never said it was a fighter
Well the MIG’s SU’s are astonishing agile aircrafts. However their radars are rubbish and the American equivalent can see them long before they can lock their weapons on them meaning the dogfight is dead
to actually get the mig 29 and SU 27 in war thunder you need to spend around 700 hours grinding the soviet tech tree with premium time
Again, once more a marvelous video you created there.
Though a small issue I have there at 7:32, where you talked about the 90s, yet the map you showed there was from like...1940? That is the only thing I'd have to nitpick here.
How do you create that fields landscape? Thank you in advance
4:40
"Such a unique name, I've never heard it before. What does it mean?"
". . . jet engine."
you have to be an aviation enthusiastic to name your son airplane jet engine
I love cars, motorcycles and planes, but I wouldn't be particularly happy if my dad had named me "engine".
This aircraft is one of the best fighters to come off the of the Soviet drawing boards.
Great vid, I thoroughly enjoyed it 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
don't worry Mig, MMRCA2 is still running, u may get the another chance 👍
COPE SLOPE
*COPE SLOPE!*
LOOK, THE CARRIER HAS A *COPE SLOPE!*
as one russian general said "mig 29 is 2/3 the cost of the su 27 for 1/2 the performance". the f16 is so good because it uses the same engine from the f15, however just 1 of them. keeping costs and weight down. one of the problems of the orig engines was they sometimes experienced RUD.
fun fact. boeing offer the indian air force f18 hornets modified to use the block holding system for carrier take off. the f16 was not offered.
Even Better news, IAF rejected F18 for the Dassault Rafale, following which many other nations placed orders for the same following India's lead.
Well, I am not really hopeful for the MiG PAK DF program. They say it would be interceptor capable of Mach 4. I would be so happy to see it, maybe MiG still have it in them since they modernised a lot of MiG-31. Like 150 or something since 2008. I hope they got it. Mig-31 2.0 will be total spectacle of power.
"They say it would be interceptor capable of Mach 4"
russian propaganda fueled by pure vodka. nobody is building such a fighter, least of all russia. They can't even keep their obsolete migs/Sukhois flying, and their Mig-31 keeps crashing. The Su-57 is still AWOL from combat, the Su-75 is still a plywood mockup.
The MiG-41, yeah. But mach 4 for what? Today’s fighter jet demands are stealth, air superiority, EW suite and especially BVR warfare. Speed was a factor many decades ago. I don’t understand why they are developing a Mach 4 fighter.
@@ashrithrao06 Because its beautiful! Sr-71 remains hard to destroy to this date and it goes 3,2 mach. Interceptor to defend the vast Russian lands must be swift as hell. Many many reasons!
@@atanasvasilev3228 Yeah, Soviets needed MiG-25&31 to intercept American spy planes. But in today’s era the MiG-41 will have likely less chances to perform interception role at great speed. Viewing Russia’s economy, the political leadership will be least interested in the fighter as modern Russia needs Air Superiority and Stealth Aircrafts to counter F-35 & F-22.
@@atanasvasilev3228 Have you heard of Indian Air Force’s MiG-25R sonic boom over Pakistan? This fighter was kept in underground bases and Indians got to know only about them after their retirement. The MiG-25 was a good aircraft. It created panic in Americans which led to development of F-15 which is one of the best till date to counter the MiG-25.
Dunno why, but I prefer Mig-35S with it's old successors mig-29 style single canopy glass instead of dual seater style since cockpit glass like that won't withstand canon bullet and lack of fire hazard safety to the pilot...
You missed a chance to say at the start "the final fulcrum"
No, it's not a flying piece of a crap. It's a flying cucumber!
"the worst Fourth Gen fighters" not even by a long shot
What about the Chinese martial arts star "Jet" Li?
The Fulcrum is actually a nasty dogfighter (when everything is working correctly lol).
It's got 2 circle performance that rivals the F16 and slow speed nose authority similar to the F18.
It's also got a very high thrust to weight ratio, again, akin to the Viper.
It's let down, once more, similarly to Viper by its less powerful radar and low fuel stores.
If MiG solves those problems with the 35 model and adds all of the upgrades it will be a formidable fighter.
How disgusting are US fighters then, considering that the Indian MIG-29s won victories in all joint training battles with US fighters? after which the United States demanded that the results be classified. but the Indians do not obey the United States and they blabbed everything. and the United States banned participation in joint exercises against Soviet- and Russian-designed fighters, so as not to disgrace itself.
This is not the last MiG! Aircraft manufacturing company plans to replace the MiG-31 interceptor fighter with the new MiG-41 in the future!
🤣Let's wait for mass-production- Su-57 and Su-75 first, and then will I believe in the future of MiG-41
I wish u gave us the playlist of your music used 😢
Isnt the Russian navy replacing SU 33s with new Mig 29Ks?
i promise a mig-35 is not going toe to toe, with an f-35, f-22, or an f-15
Being more technical is good!
Was the MiG-29 bad or was it just flown by poorly trained and equipped pilots?
It depends
Iraq had elite pilots but they were doomed by few numbers 1 mig29 against 4 f15 in every single air battle so they lost fast in gulf war
Also mig29 depened highly on ground radars couse its radar was almost blind
And it have short range flight
It wasnt bad but its more of a deffensive jet than atacking
Right On Great video
Nothing will ever replace the MiG-29 and Su-27.
True Russian Icons!
Russian icons indeed
Damn, the plane looks cool tho.
Personally really love Russian aircraft designs. Fell in love with the MiG 29 in the 90s and now modern Sukhoi aircraft are definitely my favorite in terms of looks.
Judging them by looks.....excellent, comrade.
That "beauty" isn't worth *shit* as far as their intended purpose goes, though... I do agree they look great, but knowing the fact that they are useless against anything above un-supported infantry without MANPADS, kills the vibe for me.
That's why the Japanese anime, Macross series always uses Su-27 designs.
I've always found Sukhoi's designs to be really odd-looking, except the Su-57. Mikoyan's designs are really the only Russian designs that I actually like. Shame they're all obsolete now.
One little problem - it's not a Russian design. Both Su-27 and Mig-29 based on stolen American jet prototype, that's why they so similar in look.
ActuLly it’s quite clever, using the same fuselage & cockpit canopy for both the single seaters & twin seaters. A reminder of the Yak 7 of WWII.
Let’s see the MiG-105 Spiral next!
It is my understanding that it is a consolidation instead of elimination of Mig.
3:07 “was turned upside down” nah bro u did not
Mig 105 look like dream chaser
I like the new format!
Sure we enjoy technical details! Thanks!
Hey man, love the videos. I'm really sorry to be "that guy" but what's with the D you keep pronouncing in weaponry? 😂
3:09 the guy at the right side was Valery Menitskiy who died in 2006 in cancer. He was the chief test pilot of the OKB MiG in the mid 80's. The MiG-29M the izdeliye 9.15 was a very capable design, but it falled in the economical hole what Afganistan, Chernobyl, the bad soviet economy, the Buran program and other expensive things hit. And last but not least, the eternal race between the MiG and the Sukhoi for the lower and lower state support and orders also sealed the MiG's fate in the late 1993. In 1993 December, actually ALL MiG-reated programs were cancelled and the member of the russian state committe of the MoD was the chief designer Mikhail Simonov from the Sukhoi. By the way, the MiG-29K was smaller than the Su-27K (Su-33), but its range was not shorter at all! Because the huge and heavy Su-27K had/has no true capability to take off from the Kuznetsov deck with full fuel or full weapon load. The mighty Su-33 is only able to take of with the very moderate less-than-2tons of weapons and not more than 5 tons of fuel. Fun fact: the MiG-29K (both of the oroginal 9.31 and the recent 9.41/9.47) was/is able to exeed both of the fuel and weapon loadout of the way bigger Su-33, but with smaller airframe and fuel consumption. Simply just because the better fuel/size/weight fraction and ratio.
GREAT VIDEO!!! MORE POWER TO THE CHANEL!!!
Could you make a video on the hawker siddeley p. 1154? The supersonic harrier.
As a kid and military aviation enthusiast in the late 80s (thank you, Top Gun) I could identify USSR aircraft just by a brief glimpse at their silhouette. Now they all look the same to me.
Its sad that after a long line of legendary fighters like the MiG-15, 21, 25, 29, 31, the Mikoyan Gurevich will have such an ignoble end. During the Cold War, MiGs epitomized the Soviet fighter. Now, its the age of the Sukhoi.
I wouldn't call the MiG-31 and MiG-25 fighters, lol.
they are interceptors@@aristosachaion_
Why does he pronounce "Weaponry" as "Weapon-dree"? Weaponry does not have an R in it.
In any case, another great video!
Accent
Any plans to look at the Lockheed CL915?
Mig-29 is a failure of an aircraft anyways. It has a combat record of 6 wins and 18 losses in air to air combat
Credit where credit is due how anything in Russia actually continues to function in a land run by alcoholics, narcissists and sociopaths is an achievement.
5:40 you cant , it wil take too much money or 100s of hours of grinding
John Travolta loves him some jets. He even named his Jet, but sadly he died.
He is still alive.
@@Xenomorphine haha, you mean the cult?
@@Xenomorphine yeah, he died nearly 15 years ago.
@@michaelhowell2326Altman be praised
narration seems a bit low compared to other audio.
I’m convinced it’s an employee who was an KSI ex-fan and just took upon himself to roast him as the CoCoMelon channel