Malaysian Su-30MKM fighters to carry BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles

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Malaysian Su-30MKM fighters to carry BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles​

The Malaysian defense ministry plans to buy 18 Russian Su-30MKM fighters fit to carry Russian-Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, the Izvestia daily said on Tuesday.
The paper said, citing military sources, that Malaysian Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi plans on Tuesday to visit the Irkut aviation plant, producing Su-30MKI fighters for India. According to Izvestia, one such aircraft would cost Malaysia about $50 million, future maintenance included.
During the visit, the minister "may sign a contract to buy 18 Su-30MKM multirole fighters," the paper said.
The defense minister also plans to discuss installing new missiles, including BrahMos, on the 18 Su-30MKM fighters that Malaysia received in August 2009 under the $900-million contract signed in 2003.
Malaysia's mixed fighter fleet also includes Russian MiG-29N Fulcrum and the U.S.-made F/A-18D Hornet and F-5 Tiger in service.
The Su-30MKM is a multi-role Flanker version based on the Su-30MKI model and features a customized avionics package built to Malaysian specifications. Su-family fighters constitute the bulk of Russia's arms exports.

Malaysia plans to buy 18 Russian fighter jets | Defense | RIA Novosti

 

[Thundersword]

Yay!!!!hope they change the "may" to "will"
hope they arm the malaysian navies too

 

[SpArK]

 

[perplexed]

Su30MKi is a beast !! so is Su30MKK !!

are there any differences between them in terms of available payload ?

 

[WHITESMOKE]

I love this beauty... As are the Russian Girls

 

[Omega007]

Su30MKi is a beast !! so is Su30MKK !!

are there any differences between them in terms of available payload ?

Yeah,there is a basic difference between Su 30MKI and Su 30MKK,while the former is a multirole air dominance fighter where as the later is mainly a long distance strike fighter.

 

[aanshu001]

good news..hope more to fallow

 

[perplexed]

after malaysia has a squadron of MKKs equipped with Brahmos, there won't be much huff n puff when we give them to vietnam !!!

 

[pmukherjee]

What are Malaysia's security concerns?

 

[SpArK]

What are Malaysia's security concerns?

There is a BIG BIG concern for that whole region.

 

[Drawn_Sword_of_God]

There is a BIG BIG concern for that whole region.

china already has su 30s

 

[Omega007]

after malaysia has a squadron of MKKs equipped with Brahmos, there won't be much huff n puff when we give them to vietnam !!!

Buddy,I think you got a bit confused.Malayasia doesn't operate MKKs,they operate MKMs which are equivalent to our MKIs.MKKs are used by PLAAF.

 

[newdelhinsa]

What India has to do with it? Sorry for the noob question.
I mean are we going to benefit from this deal or it will just make us more confident that more nations are showing faith in Brahmos CMs?

 

[ramu]

What India has to do with it? Sorry for the noob question.
I mean are we going to benefit from this deal or it will just make us more confident that more nations are showing faith in Brahmos CMs?

The company that manufactures Brahmos is Indian with controlling stake. We make the $.

 

[Omega007]

china already has su 30s

Yeah,but not something like MKI or MKV or MKMs which are air dominance fighters with higher thrust engines(Al 31FP,Maximum AB thrust-132 kN) and much improved BARS PESA radars.Where as PLAAF uses K,MKK and MK2 variants which are strike fighter with lower thrust engines(Al 31F,max AB thrust-122 kN) and Tikhomirov N001VE slotted planer array radar with just 120 km detection range.Moreover,the MKI,MKM and MKV variants are designed by IRKUTSK where as the K,MKK and MK2 variants were designed by KnAPPO.
So the MKI/MKV/MKM is completely different than K/MKK/MK2 variants.While the formers are air superiority fighter the laters were designed for air interdiction.So they can't be compared.