Mikoyan MiG-29K

The MiG-29K, NATO reporting name Fulcrum-D, is a Russian all-weather carrier-based multirole fighter that the Mikoyan bureau developed in the late 1980s from the MiG-29M, and which Mikoyan calls a 4+ generation aircraft. The K stands for Korabelniy, meaning ship based, and it has folding wings of greater area, a reinforced undercarriage with an arrestor hook, a Zhuk multi-function radar, a cockpit built on the hands-on-throttle-and-stick principle and anti-ship and anti-radar missiles. It first flew on 23 July 1988 and made the first carrier landing of the type on the Tbilisi on 1 November 1989. India ordered it for its navy from 2004, Russia ordered 24 in 2012, and production ceased in 2020.