Mig 29

Russian Mig 29

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 17.37 m (57 ft)
• Wingspan: 11.4 m (37 ft 3 in)
• Height: 4.73 m (15 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 38 m² (409 ft²)
• Empty weight: 11,000 kg (24,250 lb)
• Loaded weight: 16,800 kg (37,000 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 21,000 kg (46,300 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Klimov RD-33K afterburning turbofans, 98.4 kN (22,200 lb_f) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.3 - 2,445 km/h (1,518 mph)
• Range: 700 km combat, 2,900 km ferry (430 mi / 1,800 mi)
• Service ceiling: 18,013 m / 59 060 ft (59,100 ft)
• Rate of climb: 330 m/s (65,000 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 442 kg/m² (90.5 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 1.13

Armament

• 1x 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannon with 150 rounds
• Up to 3,500 kg (7,720 lb) of weapons including 6 air-to-air missiles — a mix of semi-active radar homing (SARH) and AA-8 'Aphid', AA-10 'Alamo', AA-11 'Archer', AA-12 'Adder', FAB 500-M62, FAB-1000, TN-100, ECM Pods, S-24, AS-12, AS-14.

Avionics

• Phazotron N-109 radar

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29

Also on recent developments in this area:
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2007/05/sri-lanka-fulcrums-lions-to-battle-tigers/index.php

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A large scale controversy is building up in defence and concerned civillian forums regarding the wisdom or the apparent lack of it in the government's present plans to acquire a fleet of these high end interceptor aircraft from Russia at massive cost of approximately US$15 Million per aircraft.

According to the government, the move to purchase at least five aircraft is a part of an on-going modernization program, while most analysts who realistically asess Sri Lanka's threat scenario are not convinced of the validity of the claims made by the govt. Given the current embarassment arising from the SL Air Force's inability to contain the LTTE's propellor driven Zlin aircraft from carrying out attacks with relative impunity anywhere in Sri Lanka, the acquisition of these Mig29 Fulcrums appear to be more of a knee jerk reaction than anything else even though the government vehemently denies it.

Let's face it, five fulcrums aren't going to stop the Indians if they were to take a fancy to annexing Sri Lanka to use it as a parking space for their excess population...

What we really need are better intelligence gathering, accurate targetting abilities and improved support services for all Sri Lankan defence forces.

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The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) acquired six Kfir C.2s and a single TC.2 from Israel in 1995-1996. A further nine aircraft had been added to the inventory by 2005, including four C.2s and four C.7s acquired in 2001. Currently the SLAF operates two TC.2s, two C.7s and eight C.2s. The SLAF has extensively used their Kfirs to carry out attacks against terrorist targets in Sri Lanka. [www.wikipedia.org]

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The aircraft that makes every tiger wet his pants..