The MiG-33 fulcrum is a modernization of the MiG-29, with improvements in several areas. One of the objectives of the modernization was the addition of multifunctionality with further growth of air-air capabilities and air-ground precision weapons. He presented a significant growth in close combat due to increased internal fuel capacity, along with the best pilot in the aircraft cockpit interface and the introduction of new generation equipment.
External changes between the MiG-33 and MiG-29 are negligible. The MiG-33 has changes in the geometry of the shots "including the elimination of the intake shutters, expanding the dimensions of entry for increased air flow, installation of wireless networks to protect engines from the ingestion of objects strangers during takeoff and landing. The number of hard points increased to nine and this allows it to be a suspension of 4.5 tons of payload of bombs or eight [Vympel] RVV-AE air-to-air missiles, the Russian equivalent of the AMRAAM. The MiG-33 can carry the same types of missiles like the MiG-29 did not, and many more. For example, four air-to-surface missiles such as laser-guided Kh-25ML and Kh-29L, guided missiles or TV Kh-29T or four KAB-500KR guided bombs can be.
