Today, four serial Su-34 frontline bombers went up in the sky from the runway airport of the Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association (NAPO) and off to the place of their deployment at the air base in Voronezh. Two more aircraft will arrive there in the next few days. The aircraft delivery is carried out in the framework of the five-year state contract signed in 2008 to supply 32 Su-34 frontline bombers to the Russian Defense Ministry.Read the whole thing but from my view point (Navy and Marines) the deadliest airplane the Russians currently possess is the SU-34.
The SU-27 and its clones might get all the press but the SU-34 is the real heavy hitter of the bunch. Fast. Big. Massive payload. Crazy range.
If you're onboard an LHD, LPD or LSD sailing into harms way you better hope the guys on the destroyers are up to speed on anti-air...and whatever plane you're talking about...whether F-35 or F-18, you won't have the range to hit them before they can launch their missiles.
The SU-34. The most underrated airplane in the Russian arsenal. When the Chinese start buying these then you know they're serious about making a push in the Pacific.
"The SU-34. The most underrated airplane in the Russian arsenal. When the Chinese start buying these then you know they're serious about making a push in the Pacific."
ReplyDeleteI doubt Russia would sell them to China for any price. (They seem to have learned their lesson. See Su-33.) Besides, they've got the J-20 which would make a superior strike aircraft against the USN.