Selon la presse occidentale, le MiG-29 ne disposait que de capacités d'attaque au sol mineures. La frappe nucléaire tactique faisant pourtant partie de l'eventail de missions du MiG-29 (ici un modèle 9-13 du 787.IAP en configuration chasseur-bombardier conventionnel).

According to the Western press, the MiG-29 had only minor ground-attack capabilities. Tactical nuclear strike was nevertheless an important mission for the MiG-29 units based West of the Soviet Union (here a 9-13 model of the 787.IAP in fighter-bomber configuration - the inboard weapon pylons could carry conventional bombs or rocket launchers and the two outboard pylons were for air-to-air missiles).