In dogfight probably Su-27 is winner, but in Beyond Visual Range fighet Gripen should have adventage. It has better radar and technology, and also new versions use MBDA Meteor that is best Air-to-Air missile for maneuverable targets, lot better than American AIM-120 AMRAAM or Russian R77 Vympel. Also for medium range Gripen use MBDA MICA that Su-33 production stopped! There were no updates. MiG kept developing it, and India made the rational choice of going for one that had more of a future than the other. Russia chose the Su-33 at first. Sukhoi proved to Soviet MAP it was superior. Russia chose the new MiG-29 because Su-33 production stopped and MiG was already building Migs for India. As a well-known and somewhat famous Cold War Soviet platform, the MiG-29 was likely designed and built in the 1970s as a counter to the then emerging US Air Force F-15 and F-16. The aircraft, which can hit high-speeds of Mach 2.3 comparable to an F-22, evolved into what could be called a high-speed bomb truck. First emerging in 1983, the MiG-29 SU-35 - $60m (£49.7m) STEALTH. The F-22's ability to hide means it would likely see the Flanker-E long before it is spotted. Its fifth-generation design leaps mean a few metres of the SU-35 show up on a radar, but for the Raptor, it is less than the size of a bottle cap. COMBAT MISSIONS. F-22: Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan. SU-35: Syria, Ukraine The first generation Mig 21s only had a range finder, and the intake diameter had a smaller cone. The following image shows the range finder used in early models of Mig 21. "Mig21F13web" by Newresid [email protected] - Own work work vector drawig travail personnel dessinn vectoriel. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons. (Image cropped) The MiG-29’s twin RD-33 turbofan engines gave it excellent acceleration and a top speed of Mach 2.25—faster than the F-16 but a bit behind the larger F-15. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29A. The MiG-29 was designed in response to a new generation of American fighters, which included the F-15 and F-16. Designed as an air defense fighter, this dual-purpose aircraft also possessed a ground attack capability. The task of producing a "frontal" or tactical fighter for the Frontal Aviation Regiments of the Soviet The Su-57 (formerly "PAK FA" and "T-50") is currently in development with the storied Sukhoi OKB, a Russian aircraft firm granted origins in the dark days of World War 2 (1939-1945) and having since contributed many designs to the Soviet Air Force and Army in the Cold War years following. The Su-57 is categorized as a "Fifth Generation Fighter Russia's first fifth-generation aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-57, will replace its aging MiG-29s and Su-27s. The Su-57 first flew on 29 January 2010. The first production Su-57 was delivered to the Russian Air Force on 25 December 2020. The Mikoyan PAK DP is another proposed fifth-generation fighter, being developed to replace the MiG-31. xWQClX1.