Manoeuvrs like "Pugatshev's Cobra" are more suitable as a defensive moves than offensive.
IIRC also F-18 is capable to do moves like that with reprogrammed flight computer, in airshow here in Finland pilot had orders not to show what they could do with Hornets.
Anyway manoeuvrs like "Cobra" are pretty impressive, looks like that plane has quite good power to weight ratio

btw I was looking when Russian MiG-23s were in airshow first time in "western world", year was 1978
