I even show a video taken by russian themselves that clearly show the radar on Su-35 can only get a viable lock on a mig-29 which is in front of it at 42km and you still say its not crap ?
you say russia have enough zhuk . ok answer this why they changed the AESA radar on Mig-35 to PESA .
another question for you , how mane AESA radar is installed on Russian fighters . in fact which one of them come with AESA radar ,and please don't make me start by mentioning Forward flap L-band radar on su-35
I didn't said that Russia have enough zhuk but that you say Russia don't have zhuk, but that whatever it takes, Su-35 is a piece of trash no matter what because of its PESA radar. Iran cannot buy western weapons, China never propose anything to Iran beside J-10A, again i'm not going to go into it, i understand what you mean, Iran has to build itself the Kowsars superior to Su-35, wait for Bavar, buy nothing and that's gonna benefit Iran i understood your point
was it potent in Ukraine ?
i am not only looking at the numbers of Ka-52 shut down by Stingers, this isn't an indicator to say if its crap or if its potent, Ka-52 could have destroyed way more tanks/armored vehicles than it crashed, in 8 month of MANPADS heavy war it losts 20 Ka-52, for Mi-28, 6 have been lost
And Iran again cannot buy western choppers, i don't have that much information about China Z-10, if it have more smart ammunition panel, but again even, China is never willing to propose something to Iran, they only care about Iran oil, this is the difference with Pakistan, China is focused on its personal interests, they have military coop with Pakistan because of India, they both have interests in this, China doesn't have any interests with Iran beside having discounted oil this is why Iran and China have coop only in trade and strategy, they even sold missiles to Saudi Arabia
Iran could keep the cobras if highly needed, but like Sineva said, Iran needs to rationalize and organize its helicopter fleet, naval helicopters (Iran could mount their anti ship missiles on them, i know this is done on some helicopter they got, but Iran should make a big clean of its inventory, paying too much for a lot of different helos), attack helicopters and crucially lifting, transport/emergency helicopters (Mi-26)