re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Looks to me since it’s on the inside pylon it’s either for a 1000 or 2000 lb JDAM vs a 500 lb it’s or a EW jamming pod. You always want to carry your heaviest weight preferably underneath the aircraft or on your innermost wing rail but the Mig-29 almost always has to fly with a drop tank underneath due to their short range and Ukraine having to keep them further back from the front lines and no air to air refueling available so that innermost wing point is crucial to carry your heaviest payload. Your air to air missiles would be on the outside. If it’s for a jamming pod the big question is which one. For the moment I’m going to say it’s for heavy JDAM bombs but it’s not going to shock me one bit to hear about MiG-29s flying around with HARM missiles and jamming pods. I know there’s talk of AIM-9 sidewinders and that absolutely could be the modification but I believe they would do that modification closer to the outer edge of the wings since the sidewinder is not a heavy missile at all. We will know the answer shortly though.