In any case, I would very much like to see an enlarged version of this aircraft with engines from the second stage Su-57 ("Product-30"), a combat radius of 2500 - 3000 km and a pair of "Zircons" (or their aerial counterparts) on suspensions. But he has a very good chance of becoming a replacement / analogue of the Tu-22M3 in the MPA. Already, about 200 such aircraft have been built and contracted, and this is only for the Aerospace Forces. Just resume production of Su-25 gliders with a new RREO.Ī battlefield aircraft must be resilient, efficient, and inexpensive.Īnd yet the Su-34 is, is being built, and will be built. Therefore, only the Su-25SM \ SM25 \ 3 \ 4 can come to replace the Su-5, the Su-39M at the end. Better than the Su-25 in our conditions for this, there is not and will not be. It should be small, nimble, armored, suitable for intensive operation from field airfields, and have as little time as possible between-flight preparation. Attack aircraft, this is the plane of the battlefield. To speak of it as a "replacement" for the Su-25 is sheer nonsense. Despite the armored cabin and the larger payload. Su-34 is the cheapest of the 4+ aircraft. Longer range and higher bomb load - up to 12 tons (in Syria, this was already loaded during real combat missions), although this is with underfilling of fuel, but this is done at maximum load on all aircraft. The Su-34 has not only a more comfortable, but also an armored cockpit, and this gives confidence to pilots of a strike aircraft. Have you heard anything about exclusively shock versions of the F-15? I do not find new, specialized tactical bombers I only look at the composition of the air forces of large countries and after the withdrawal from the peers of the Su24. The flight range is up to 4 km, the maximum speed is up to 000 km / h, and the combat load is up to eight tons. It belongs to the 4 ++ generation and allows you to carry out basic combat missions without being accompanied by cover fighters. The Su-34 is a Russian multifunctional fighter-bomber designed to deliver air strikes against enemy ground targets in operational and tactical depths in conditions of strong opposition. In total, by 2027, the Ministry of Defense plans to receive 76 modernized Su-34Ms of a new construction, in the future it is planned to modernize the entire fleet of Su-34s in service to the level of Su-34Ms. For the Su-34M, three interchangeable suspended containers with reconnaissance equipment were developed and tested, significantly exceeding the capabilities of the built-in equipment. The modernization program was developed back in 2019 as part of the Sych R&D project. Upgrading the Su-34 to the level of the Su-34M includes updating the avionics, installing high-precision weapons and a set of several suspended reconnaissance containers. According to a source who cites TASS, there is no new aircraft to replace the Su-25 yet, so it was decided to implement part of its capabilities in a modernized version of the Su-34M bomber. The new armament allowed the Su-34M to partially take over the assault functions, which is very important against the background of the obsolescence of the only Russian Soviet-designed Su-25 attack aircraft.