North Korean MiG-21s

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BLUEJACKET

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Does anyone know what variant are they and how they compare with PLAAF J-7s? How do they fit into overall NK AF structure?
Kazakhstan had
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lethal military equipment, specifically about 40 MiG-21 fighter aircraft, to North Korea. ..The Kazakhstani government finally admitted that the MiGs were sold to North Korea and that five shipments of a total of 30 MiG-21s had successfully taken place.
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speculator

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Very biased when they said 'lethal' military equipment.

Well, acording to another site, the deal took place 7 years ago so i doubt they would be as advanced as the j-7's.

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Depends on which variant of the MiG-21 was sent to North Korea and what sort of upgrades were done to the Kazakhstani MiG's, their capabilities can somewhat suspect, especially if they are one of the more earlier versions.
 
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I tend to agree with what this
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says- thanks for posting, speculator!
If they are not already upgraded, they may be later. Plus, the
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which are the export version of the J7.

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SteelBird

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If the MiGs are something like the CG picture above then I doubt it is an advance version. Look, it has only 3 hardpoints while later version of J-7s has 5.
 
Finn McCool

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Why would North Korea even want these planes? They're just taxing NK's already limited support capability without adding much to their overall defensive capability.
 
Chengdu J-10

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Cheap alternatives, can pack a fight with modern fighters, limited options due to embargo, small airforce in need for fighters.
 
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BLUEJACKET

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Good points!
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are still
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for the 21st century, and the N. Koreans must have had good reasons for getting them!

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flew or is still flying in more than 50 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and [
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] America. ..In several air forces the MiG-21 survived their successors MiG-23 and MiG-29 or even replaced them.
And the recent introduction of the MiG-21 in Namibia shows the story of success goes on ...
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armed forces have been massively supported with Soviet and Chinese weapon technology including - since the sixties - MiG-21s and F-7s. ..
Caused by the strict isolation of the country little is known about number and current state of North Korean MiG-21s and F-7s. However, it is to assume, that notwithstanding the bad economic situation of the country sufficiently material and personnel resources are available for the armed forces and that of the countries approximately 200 MiG-21 / F-7 a larger number is operational.
It was reported recently that Kazakhstan has delivered about 40 MiG-21s to North Korea via China.
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isthvan

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BLUEJACKET said:
Good points!MiG-21s are still [being modernized for the 21st century, and the N. Koreans must have had good reasons for getting them!
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There is variety of reasons why NK procured those MiGs... They can be used as attrition replacements, used for spares and if we remember problems that some countries had whit J-7s there is good chance that some of them could replace older J-6/J-7 fighters in NK service... Also since they are most probably low millage late Bis variant they would offer upgrade in capabilities compared to older NK fighters...
As for upgrades since Israeli and Russian upgrades are unavailable to NK I would think that those MiGs will stay in there currant configuration...
 
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isthvan said:
There is variety of reasons why NK procured those MiGs... They can be used as attrition replacements, used for spares and if we remember problems that some countries had whit J-7s there is good chance that some of them could replace older J-6/J-7 fighters in NK service... Also since they are most probably low millage late Bis variant they would offer upgrade in capabilities compared to older NK fighters...
As for upgrades since Israeli and Russian upgrades are unavailable to NK I would think that those MiGs will stay in there currant configuration...
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More sinister, ut could they be turned into a crude mach 2 cruise misisle?
 
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