> mig31s are still the mvp this war. speeds at which they lob missiles are the reason they're still used mostly on them. yeah, the (((west))) in their retardation pretty much abandoned going fast and the f35 is effectively a subsonic airplane. ukraine was the golden opportunity for them to learn the hard was that there is no substitute for going high and fast but they're actually fucking retarded and incapable of making observations. > i won't be surprised if we see a speedy successor to mig31 after the war being researched/prototyped by russia or china. the mig41 project has been talked about for like 20+ years now and i still don't see any evidence of it progressing anywhere. the big three were the successors to the mig31 (mig41), su27 (pak fa -> su57) and the bombers (pak da). of these only the pak fa has materialized and the other two might be in development or they might be just cope idk. and then there is the failure of the mig35 to get any traction, the closest they got were some sales of mig29ms to egypt. but i guess it's replacement is the su75, although that one is rather too big which means it's not great for aircraft carriers, which was the mig29s niche. and i don't see a proper replacement for it since the mig35 seems to be dead and the su57s are too big. i mean you can still use them but it's the difference between going around with 8 jets as opposed to 12 or 16.
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