i think its mki but based on russian products/electronics who earn the name sm, i think ?
also i found this weird mki prototype
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Don’t say that, even though the Su-30SM(2) is my all-time favorite plane, I still want my second favorite plane, the Su-35. If gaijin see this, they’ll do it right now and say, “Now you have a Su-30SM with great engines for its size, Su-35 radar, and R77Ms.”
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they will do it just like they did for all the f18s
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Basically, that’s what I do too. The Rafale is simply too dangerous to be flying freely around. When I’m in my Su-30SM or any other aircraft, but especially the Su-30, if I see a Rafale trying to flank, or one that isn’t looking at me, I put absurd pressure on it with spam of R77s, and even then I’ll have 6 to 8 R77s left.
💔 no pls
Just wait till all the Su-30SM2 wanters/copers realize that it won’t be getting AL-41F-1S’s till probably after 2026…
At least the 31FPs got slightly uprated again…
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Yeah the engines would have been the biggest upgrade there, but I guess the emergency mode can work too.
The newer antennas mounted on the wings and under the nose could be interesting though, more rwr coverage is always good on flankers.
dont matter bcz by the time we get long range fighter like the 30sm2 and su35, we will have the mighty mig31
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Can’t wait to play it on smolensk and have to turn away from the furball 1 minute into the match
Apparently, the new ones UAC had delivered about a day ago have sort of sparked interest due to different size of intakes(al-41s have small % of increase)possibly pushing for an idea for al-41s.
Previously it was reported that the test had started for incorporating of these engines back in feb, and the production would be in the second half of this year.
I’ll link to a telegram(in a bit) post of russian identification of what was learned on the delivery batch around 2 months ago
What was definitely seen is a change in hud, introduction of a beefed N011 radar to use R-37M as you know the older N011 radars were not compatible and lacked range. And a set of different countermeasures from the earlier 30sm.
They have also reported upgraded ecm and other avionic upgrades which prolly dont matter warthunder wise.
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I think it’s because when SM2 was announce and production started they wanted to integrate AL-41 and Irbis also many shitty websites wrote about it but duel to shortages and cost Russians abandoned this idea.
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It’s not AL-41F-1S, According to someone I trust a decent bit, that won’t happen till ~27-28…
And according to the same person, the 31FPs were uprated/modified to run a bit hotter, or something along those lines.
They didn’t abandon the idea, Irbis into 30SM2 is just a lie made up by people, and AL-41F-1S just hasn’t happened yet.
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They probably thought upgraded bars means irbis instead of upgraded bars meaning… well upgraded bars lol
Thinking Russia would do the easier method of modernization… truly a foolish mistake…
I’m just excited for whatever Su-34"M" will entail if it’s contract ever gets signed, same thing with that rumored Su-35S"M" the KnAAZ president talked about a year ago.
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I would assume su-34m would be of similar configuration of the su-34e for Algerian Air Force. So a lws/maws and maybe new pods and maybe r-77 integration
CM disclosure next week most likely, I hope we can get some insight of what could be the next addition.
Y’all know which jet I mean
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Probably, I’d personally hope it’d be more indepth, something kind of on par with Su-30SM2, ie AL-41F-1S, new radar, maybe a new EO suite, etc etc
Oh, maybe an actual RWR too but that might be asking too much…
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100000% looks gorgeous
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Does anyone know where exactly the laser designator on the Su-30MK2 is? I noticed it could guide Kh-29L’s w/o a TGP, but I couldn’t find any Air to Ground camera like on the Su-34 or Su-25.