Hack-Hook
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depend on how good their electric warfare is , f-14 does not really have a magnificent RCS , i'm sure enemy AWACS can detect them way beyound 400km and can deploy its own Electric Warfare suit and reduce the range of detection for F14 to 100km and so stay in safe distance while guide their own fighters.Its the same for the opposition too. If IRIAF get its F-14 AM equipped with Maghsoud LR-BVR in next 2 years which is supposed to be a 200+ km bearing ARH version of Fakour-90. What will happen to enemy AWACS systems?
by the way don't forget the scenario parameters those F-14 were supposed to be damaged F-14s that can't be used as interceptors (honestly don't knew why , if they are flightworthy we have the capability to make them fight worthy) so unless the f-14 decide to go close and use its vulkan cannon on enemy Awacs if they manage to detect them and if the enemy don't recall their own interceptors for help . probably nothing as the enemy have enough time to escape at around 800km/h and those f-14 as they are not supercruise capable have to use afterburner which reduce their range dramatically
honestly if they did that we already had smokeless Mig-29 or have seen Kowsar with one engine so I doubt about validity of the claim unless for some strange reason defense ministry have stored those 50 x RD-33 somewhere in a warehouseVerified sources claim that Russia supplied Iran with 50 RD-33 turbofans in 2008. Russia today needs Iran as an ally more than it needed before so I am not very doubtful that if Iranian strategists bargain it properly they can get some proper TOT out of Russia for a reliable Turbofan. AL-31F option is there, but even if its CDK kits of some 150 RD-33MK for TOT assembly then ~50 of them can go to the current MIG fleet, and the rest 100 can equip Kowsar-II which will become a proper 4+ generation fighter with it.
Iran already has an inventory of 106 RD-33 btw. Some of them might be just being used for parts.
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