Russia Orders 30 Su-30SM multirole fighters (derivative of MKI variant)

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Russia's Defense Ministry has signed an order with aircraft-maker Irkut for 30 Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft


Russia's Defense Ministry has signed an order with aircraft-maker Irkut for 30 Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft, a military spokesman said on Thursday.

"According to the contract, the company will deliver 30 of these aircraft to the Russian Defense Ministry by 2015," he said.

The value of the deal was not disclosed.

The Su-30SM is a two-seat derivative of the earlier Su-27UB and the MKI variant supplied to India, and is capable of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions with a wide variety of precision-guided munitions. The aircraft features thrust-vectoring engines to enhance manueverability.

In August 2011, Irkut said it would deliver 40 Su-30SM aircraft to the Defense Ministry including 28 for the Air Force and 12 for the Russian Navy, replacing Su-24s in the strike-attack role, according to lenta.ru

Russia Orders 30 Su-30SM multirole fighters | RIA Novosti

 

[killerx]

good mate cant under really understand why russia is not induction SU30 like india in large no why

 

[Black Widow]

good mate cant under really understand why russia is not induction SU30 like india in large no why

What do you mean to say????

Search for Su27 family here
Russian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[SQ8]

I wonder how much commonality is there between the Flanker variants..
one can understand the Su-34 being a different animal.. but the 27 and 30 must have a lot in common.
It is an interesting move by Russia.
Buying more multirole aircraft each specialized to certain tasks.

 

[rockstarIN]

The point is why didn't they go for single seat Su-35? suppose to be more packed than Su-30?

 

[nomi007]

su-35 looks same as su-30 and su-37
all using al-31 engine
i think only avionics are different