Su-30, Su-33, Su-34 and Su-35 News thread, pictures and discussion

My understanding from such a source is that a batch is anywhere from 2 to 4 usually, so the numbers of Su-34 and Su-35 may approach 20 each this year based on number of batches so far, i think now at 6 each.
 
lancer21 said:
My understanding from such a source is that a batch is anywhere from 2 to 4 usually, so the numbers of Su-34 and Su-35 may approach 20 each this year based on number of batches so far, i think now at 6 each.
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Last year in four batches 15 new Su-35S were delivered to VKS.

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ВКС России получили шестую в 2025 году партию истребителей Су-35С

ПАО Объединенная авиастроительная корпорация (ОАК, входит в Госкорпорацию Ростех) 1 ноября 2025 года сообщило, что изготовило и передало Министерству обороны Российской Федерации новые истребители Су-35С в рамках исполнения гособоронзаказа. Предназначенные для российских ВКС…
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lancer21 said:
A beautiful Su-35 study.
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Video :


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Российские истребители сопровождают борт Токаева, направляющегося в Москву

Российские Су-35 сопровождают самолет президента Казахстана Касым-Жомарта Токаева, направляющегося с визитом в Москву, сообщила пресс-служба казахстанского... РИА Новости, 11.11.2025
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lancer21 said:
And the Desert Duck doing funny moves.
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I was reading about the F-15EX versions and apparently US units don't have the AN/AAR-57 MAWS, but israeli, saudi and qatari versions do, so maybe the lack of it reflects their similar role of a ordnance truck rather than contested missions that are assigned to different birds (F-35 and 22 for the US and Su-35 and 57 for RU)
 
This photo was erased (together with one previous comment) but I hope it will be good to have it here again.

Su-34 with the SAP-14 'Tarantul', big underfuselage jamming container for the group covering which works in the decimetric L-band (1 GHz-2 GHz) and the centimetric S-band ( 2 GHz-4 GHz).

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On the wingtip we can see container/station of the system L175V 'Hibiny-10V' with two substations: 'Proran' and 'Regata' for the ELINT/ESM and ECM.

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Su-34 with the UKR-OE Sych / Owl ( opto-electronic recce) underfuselage container.

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Another video .

Venezuelan Su-30MK2 firing an air-to-surface missile Kh-31​


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQU7eRhjn7w


There is some wrong data about missiles. Kh-31A as ASM has max launch range 70km and has inertial + ARH ( not SARH). Kh-31P as ARM has max launch range 110km and has inertial +PRH. I suppose that they have Kh-29TYe not T . Version 'TYe' has max launch range 30km.

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On attachment we can see Ill/ lock-on mode for the Kh-29L.
 
Yes, because at OLD time the weapon specification data on internet was very limited hard for read many people.

Thank goodness there is so much information on the internet nowadays
 
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Su-33 ,Bort number 80 red from the 2nd sqn ''Eagles'' of the 279th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (279 OKIAP), walk around.

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There's only one source so far and he never mentioned exact type so far. Please do not post BS YouTube videos with Tu-160 on a cover.
 
ComradeVortex said:
They're modernized NVOs?
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Of course, version M (NVO).

Su-34 with six ARM Kh-31PM.
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From MWM's article :

World’s Longest Ranged Fighters Delivered to Russian Air Force: Su-34M Maintains Surged Production Rates​


''The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new batch of Su-34M strike fighters ,following sustained efforts to expand production rates to over double peacetime levels. State defence conglomerate Rostec reported that the state run United Aircraft Corporation “has manufactured and delivered a new batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers to the Russian Defence Ministry. ''

Source: https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/world-longest-ranged-fighters-su34m-production

Hm, what about tactical bomber ???
 
Hello folks, here are two photographs, each at least ten years old, depicting the fuselage of the Su-30K2 project.
Until now, I either didn’t know about or had forgotten the Su-30K2, a land-based air-superiority interceptor derived from the Su-27KUB/Su-33UB. :confused:
From Jane's Intelligence Review, Nov. 1, 1999:
An aircraft with the temporary designation Su-30K2 is under construction at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur factory. This is a two-seat interceptor fighter with a side-by-side cockpit similar to the shipborne Su-27KUB. The airframe layout and fire-control system of the Su-30K2 are unknown; they may be parallel to those of either the Su-27 or the Su-35 (canards, multi-mode radar). The first flight of the Su-30K2 is expected next year."
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The Su-27K2, also referred to as the Su-30K2, was part of an IA-PVO program to acquire a long-range air-superiority interceptor intended to replace the Su-27S and Su-27UB fighters. Around 1994, an article claimed that the Ministry of Defense had selected the Su-30K2 prototype as the winner, though this was likely outdated news, since the project was eventually canceled. At the same time, the Ministry also ordered and then canceled acquisitions of other aircraft such as the MiG-29M, MiG-31M, Su-35S, Su-34, and several modernization programs (SMT, BM, SMK).
No photographs of the Su-30K2 were ever published; only speculation suggested it was a two-seat design, either tandem or side-by-side, with indications leaning toward the side-by-side layout. From a technical perspective, the Su-34—with its lower empty weight, more powerful engines, and thrust vector control—could theoretically serve as a multirole air-superiority fighter. Its frontal profile and integrated Su-27 design would make it formidable, though its heavy weight limited maneuverability, climb rate, and load factor in such a role.
The Su-30K2 may have been used in the development of the Su-33UB, or vice versa. [...]
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Sources (English and Spanish):
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Almacen de fuselajes Sujoi en KnAAPO

En las instalaciones de KnAPO se pueden ver varios fuselajees sin terminar un patio. Los fuselajes con la cabina ancha corresponden al Su-3...
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I have heard Khibiny-M ECM pods on Su-35S have a function of PD-MAWS, similar to that on Talisman pod, detection of incoming missiles via small radar/arrays. Are there any sources for this?
 
noister said:
I have heard Khibiny-M ECM pods on Su-35S have a function of PD-MAWS, similar to that on Talisman pod, detection of incoming missiles via small radar/arrays. Are there any sources for this?
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L175M10-35S 'Khibiny-M' possess two wingtip stations L265M10-01(M) with 'Proran' substation for the ELINT ( maybe RWR/ESM) and 'Regata' as ECM substation. 'Proran' works in 1-40GHz spectrum and 'Regata' works in 1-18GHz frequency spectrum.'Proran' has additional Ka band receive antennas positioned in the LERX's and on the sides of the tailboom.

Maybe there is possibility that 'Proran' substation functions just as the real RWR SPO-32 'Pastel' / L150-35, especially against AAM's/SAM's with ARH in the terminal phase.
 
Squirrel said:
L175M10-35S 'Khibiny-M' possess two wingtip stations L265M10-01(M) with 'Proran' substation for the ELINT ( maybe RWR/ESM) and 'Regata' as ECM substation. 'Proran' works in 1-40GHz spectrum and 'Regata' works in 1-18GHz frequency spectrum.'Proran' has additional Ka band receive antennas positioned in the LERX's and on the sides of the tailboom.

Maybe there is possibility that 'Proran' substation functions just as the real RWR SPO-32 'Pastel' / L150-35, especially against AAM's/SAM's with ARH in the terminal phase.
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L-150 is a passive system which detects incoming emmisions, PD-MAWS emits its own radiation to detect missiles, like an radar, its active.

I am looking for sources which state this functionality, but any material related to this feature on L-265M will be welcomed
 
noister said:
L-150 is a passive system which detects incoming emmisions, PD-MAWS emits its own radiation to detect missiles, like an radar, its active.

I am looking for sources which state this functionality, but any material related to this feature on L-265M will be welcomed
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Of course it is passive system ( passive radio-pelengation).But but.... There is one new detail which we can see on the modified L265M10-01M wingtip stations. We can clearly see those 'Radiation hazard' signs .Maybe that ''PD-MAWS'' is there ???

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Russian Army Received Two New Sukhoi-35 Fighter Jets - Islamic World News

The Russian Aerospace Forces received another batch of new Su-35S fighter jets.
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Older L265M10-01 stations have not that signs .

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510597061326032897
View: https://x.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1510597061326032897/photo/1
 
lancer21 said:
Well, while i can see VKS's affinity for the Su-34, and while it is an impressive bird by all accounts, if there is one VKS type that i'd have replaced with something else is the Su-34. A Su-30SM with a pod could fundamentally do 80-90% of what Su-34 is doing imo...
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Don't forget that Su-34 is roughly twice as cheap as the Su-35.
 

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