It’s not gonna be “miles better” -
actually it is, was just going to say all it gets were better missiles and and a better radar but that’s all that is to a plane these days. and it’s also lighter.
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Russia seems to have just given up on navalized flankers, with land based Su-30SM2s and Su-35s providing maritime patrol capabilities while the Kuznetsov is sinking under refit rusting …existing. Being fair to them they’re not in the position to build carrier based aviation because of their lack of sufficient ports and budget to build aircraft carriers. The second one they could have had is ironically serving in the chinese fleet. Eventually I forsee newly produced 33 style airframes, perchance in the form of the Su-30K or some manner of Su-35K, or if we’re really going that path it would be designated the Su-40 or something.
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I’ll be honest I prefer the 29k over the 33, it’s been a while we haven’t got a new 29, plus it would bring more missiles, same radar and a better FM overall.
It also would be more unique than another flanker after the addition of the su-34.
I hope we get both (:
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Well, without an aircraft carrier, what is the point?
Would rather have the mig29m instead of those 2
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its not a matter of “if”, its a matter of when
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I got decently high hopes for the Su-30SM as the next aircraft after the Su-33.
How is the mig 29 better than the su27 in flight model other than Top speed
I think it’s hilarious that the British tree is going to eventually get Su-30MKI, absolutely love Flankers with canards
Yeah, however now that the Eurofighter is coming that probably won’t happen anytime soon.
Unless Snail gonna make another “round of C&P happiness” and give everyone Su-30 (Su-30SM to Russia, Su-30MKK to China and Su-30MKI for India
thats how I assume they would add the upgraded Su-30s, but I think we are still a year out from getting them
Until the Kuznetsov comes out of “”“refit”“” I don’t forsee jack being done about russian naval aviation except for their ground based maritime aircraft.
hopefully we get more modern carriers in the next update, Russian jets only have a VTOL “Carrier” and the USS Forrestal was added 4 years ago. Would be cool if we get some 1980s-90s carriers from other nations as well
SM is better than the MKK and MKI in nearly every way.
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I said the 29K will have a better FM technically than the current 29, since it is based on the 9.15 which is an inherently different aircraft.
It may be better than what the 33 may be considering it is an unstable aircraft
The SM is quite literally an MKI without modification. It lacks the superior cockpit systems of the MKI, as well as a domestic AESA and EW suite.
does the SM have thrust vectoring because I know some Su-30s do and some don’t, just like with the canards
It does.
30SM has AL-31FPs, while the 30SM2 has AL-41F-1S’s.
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You’re right, it’ll probably come before both of those do, SM2 will come with them.