Sukhoi Su-27/30/33/35/37 Flanker series & Su-34 Fullback - History, Design, Performance & Dissection (Part 2)

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Is it tho? They usually have top fins folded

look like one, plus bomb dont have a white nose

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They running the hypothetical WT loadout frπŸ™πŸ»

77-1, 77M, R37 and Archers, they got a missile flr each type of engagement

Kh31 as well tbf

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Probably just proportions that feel off from this angle, you are right. But i am surprised that it’s only one, usually they ran with 2 before

might be that 77m is actualy proving good perf and cost effective to the 37m.

this would mean that 77m effective range is comparable to R-37M, which is quite huge

yeah considering most of them are launched at 200km.

Seems they have found the wreckage of the Indian Su-30MKI that was lost yesterday during training, both pilots confirmed to be lost sadly

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idk how true is but they already started blaming the chinese EW for the crash

Only complaints i saw was that they used a lot their jets and they have problem with the maintenance of that jet with a lack of spare parts.

how would they have problem with spare part if the jets itself is made in india ?

Because they still have to rely on Russia ?
They do not control everything, pretty sure that is the plane that they receive kit from Russia to manufacture it.

they dont ? most mki is more india part than russian.

plus they have all the will of the airframe, they can creat part without russia.

only i can see is the problem is either the engine or control surface system.

i think the problem is more on the Indian air force itself rather than the aircraft, in a span of 10 years around 106 aircraft has been lost.

At it’s core it still very much is a russian plane with critical parts that are still russian at the end of the day.

That too, like i said they use them intensively so it does not help.

Critical parts that India can make almost entirely themselves.

At it’s core it’s a Russian plane made by another nation.

Yeah no, things like engine very most likely not.

HAL actually does produce AL-31FP on their own.
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(picture from a HAL production line.)

Then blame is entirely on India lol.