Nope. No. Just no. If you want to throw out money, go rather for the Skjold. Speed is the key
And armament, stealth characteristics, seakeeping and network capabilities. Also, I like the dual concept (land/sea) of the Skjold. But that´s about it. Historically, gunboats were piece of...
Well,Skjold is a great ship but I doubt its for export and with a price tag of 125 million,its unlikely that it would fill into Gerogian budget considering they need alot of them to counter the threat they face.Also,speed might not save them when they are cornered ( its easy to be cornered looking at their map ) and surrounded by Russian navy ( its possible when Russians try to move in from all directions ) so they need more raw firepower.
Even if Skjold class corvettes are pretty decent at this field,its too expensive for Georgian budget ( 125 million ).They can try with Taiwanese Tou Chiang class corvette ( 75 million ) or Pakistani Azmat Class FAC-M ( 30-50 million ),but Chinese Type-022 Houbei Class costs only 20-30 million.
Or you can try to get a few dozens of these Irani boats which cost like 5-10 million apiece armed with 35+ km range C-704 missiles which have a kill to shot percentage of 97%.
BTW,where did gunboats come from? I'm not talking about present Georgian inventory.
@Phoenix What I meant was - you don´t get to moralize as you tend to be disrespectful yourself. And get your history lessons right, mate, or stick to the aerial warfare and news you post regularly because everything else from you is hilarious.
Hillarious? Well,as they say,laughter is the best medicine to I'm just doing good to you and you should be thankful!
The R27s and its variants performed very poorly so far. (At least, I do not consider shooting down an UAV or a civilian aircraft as a victory, how about you?)
The R-77s or other much more mordern Vympel missiles are killers.
It really looks like its main scope of operations is less a multirole combat aircraft
Its a strategic attack aircraft,built for air to ground warfare.
when I take a look at the technical specifications and compare them to the F 16 or the F 15 - range, cruise alt., speed, armament, A2A capability, fuel capacity, avionics, etc
How 'bout you compare those two with something challenging of their own capabilities?
F-16s can face mordernized and upgraded MiGs aka the MiG-29 SMT.
F-15s would be up against Su-30s...Su-35s and MiG-35s can stay back till the Raptors arrive.
Su 30 MKI is better for this stuff
The MKI is built for total aerial superiority and sky-dominance.Its superior avoinics,thrust vectoring engines,high maneuverable design and armament makes it a quite a challenge for the Eurofighter Typhoon or Dassault Rafael.On the other hand,it does not have effective ground attack roles compared to the Su-30 MK/MKK.
Currently,RuAF wants Sukhoi to make the PAK FA as perfect as possible and they are taking their time to eliminats as much flaws as possible.The PAK FA,MiG-35,Su-30,Su-35 would be the main fighters of RuAF in the near future.
Kira.