MIG 21 2000 Made in ......... ?

Lo gì. Nam Cực đã có kế hoạch dùng Su hào cỡ 30 chứ không dùng Mig đâu.

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MiG-21-93 enters Indian service
- 18 July 2002
Although three MiG-21 'Fishbed' fighters crashed during May, leading to the grounding of nearly 100 aircraft, the mounting tension with Pakistan led the Indian Air Force (IAF) to swiftly re-clear the fleet (including the first upgraded MiG-21-93s) for operational service.
INDIA - MiG-21 upgrade progress
- 06 December 2001
The first of 123 Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21bis-UPG fighters (originally known as the MiG-21-93) to be upgraded by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at its Nasik facility made its maiden flight on 31 August, writes Jon Lake.
INDIAN AIR FORCE MOVES TO PROCURE RUSSIAN STEALTH TECHNOLOGY
Following recommendations from the Russian Ministry of Defence and the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (RSK MIG), the Indian Air Force (IAF) is now believed to be considering adding stealth modifications to an existing $340m programme to upgrade 125 of its MiG-21bis fighters to MiG-21-93 standard. Sources for Jane's Defence Weekly have revealed these secret events in a report published in today's e***ion of the magazine.
Extensive tests to demonstrate Russia's ability to upgrade Indian fighter aircraft with stealth capabilities took place in front of Indian defence ministry officials at the Sokol aircraft plant in Nizhniy Novgorod on 29th May 2000. The demonstration was highly successful and is understood to have resulted in the Russian government and RSK MIG urging the IAF to adopt the stealth modifications across its MiG-21-93 fleet.
The core of the demonstration saw two MiG-21bis--one upgraded with stealth technology and one without--being tracked by what is believed to be a Mig-31 in a controlled test of radar-absorbent materials (RAM) and coatings developed at the Moscow Institute of Applied and Theoretical
Electrodynamics. During its flight the radar signature of the upgraded Mig-21bis was shown to be between 10 and 15 times weaker than the regular MiG-21bis.
Another related article in this week's Jane's Defence Weekly reports on the talk given by India's Army Chief General S. Pamanabhan on 11 January 2002, in which he warned Pakistan of India's defence capabilities and stated "I have mobilised to be ready for war." (END
China, India close in on Russian 'Adder' sale
DUNCAN LENNOX E***or, Jane's Air-Launched Weapons
London
The Russian prime contractor Vympel NPO is close to concluding the sale of its R-77/RVV-AE (NATO reporting name: AA-12 'Adder') medium-range air-to-air missile to China and India, company officials have revealed.
China's long-held interest in acquiring an export version of the 75km-capable missile for its Sukhoi Su-30MKK ('Flanker-C') fighters has yet to be officially finalised, but is expected to lead to an initial order for around 100 missiles for evaluation purposes. Beijing plans to assemble and eventually manufacture the weapon, which is believed to have been designated the R-77E, under the local designation R-129.
India is also believed to be close to signing a contract to equip its Su-30MKI and upgraded MiG-21/93 ('Fishbed' ) aircraft with the AA-12, and an Indian Air Force crew earlier this year conducted a test firing of the weapon from a MiG-29SE ('Fulcrum-C').
The status of Malaysia's interest in the missile remains unclear, although a small number of weapons are thought to have been delivered for evaluation with its MiG-29N fighters in 1996.
Only 200 examples of the active radar guided R-77 have been built to date, according to Vympel sources; about half this number have already been used during development and evaluation trials. While the Russian Air Force is believed to have tested the missile with its MiG-29M, MiG-29SMT, MiG-31M and Su-30MK aircraft, it is not expected to field the weapon until 2004 or 2005, with initial production of the weapon expected to hinge on the receipt of export orders.
Funding shortages and the current use of the R-27 (AA-10 'Alamo') family of missiles, later versions of which have a maximum range of 70-110km, have further delayed the AA-12 programme, as has the fact that Russia currently possesses few of the upgraded aircraft required to deploy the weapon.
Vympel has suggested design improvements, including the integration of an improved active radar seeker or a new infrared seeker, a larger two-phase solid-propellant motor offering increased range, and a ramjet-powered version of the missile.
A smaller version of the missile has also been proposed for internal carriage by future stealth aircraft, and a surface-to-air version, designated the R-77-3PK, has also been demonstrated, but has yet to be offered for export.

AA-12 'Adder' missile shown on a Su-30MK aircraft (Source: D Lennox/Jane's)

Cho mình hỏi một câu là tại sao các phiên bản Mig đã có các đời mới hơn rất nhiều Mig23,25...nhưng sao Mig21 vẫn còn được tiếp tục nâng cấp vậy nhỉ. Có phải vì mục đích thương mại không vì số lượng Mig21 cũ ở các nước như Ấn Độ, NC, Ai Cập... còn khá nhiều.?
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Thêm vài ảnh Mig-21 93 của Ấn Độ -họ gọi là Mig-21 Bison