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RUSSIAN AIR FORCE TO GET 30 ADDITIONAL SU-30SM FIGHTER JETS
December 19, 2012 - 14:40 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian Defense Ministry and the Irkut aircraft
maker have signed a contract on the delivery of an additional 30
Su-30SM multirole fighter jets to the Russian Air Force by 2016,
RIA Novosti reported.
The first contract between the Defense Ministry and Irkut for the
delivery of 30 Su-30SMs was signed in March. The Russian Air Force
received the first two Su-30SM aircraft on November 22.
"In line with the new contract, Irkut will build 30 additional aircraft
of this type for the Defense Ministry by 2016," the ministry said in
a statement on Wednesday.
The Su-30SM is the latest development of the twin-seat Su-30 jet
fighter family, itself a derivative of the long-serving single-seat
Sukhoi Su-27, one of the air force's most important warplanes.
The new aircraft has an improved radar, communications and
identification-friend-or-foe system, new ejection seat and new
weapons. It also has thrust-vectoring engine nozzles and canard
foreplanes, providing supermaneuverability at low airspeeds.
December 19, 2012 - 14:40 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian Defense Ministry and the Irkut aircraft
maker have signed a contract on the delivery of an additional 30
Su-30SM multirole fighter jets to the Russian Air Force by 2016,
RIA Novosti reported.
The first contract between the Defense Ministry and Irkut for the
delivery of 30 Su-30SMs was signed in March. The Russian Air Force
received the first two Su-30SM aircraft on November 22.
"In line with the new contract, Irkut will build 30 additional aircraft
of this type for the Defense Ministry by 2016," the ministry said in
a statement on Wednesday.
The Su-30SM is the latest development of the twin-seat Su-30 jet
fighter family, itself a derivative of the long-serving single-seat
Sukhoi Su-27, one of the air force's most important warplanes.
The new aircraft has an improved radar, communications and
identification-friend-or-foe system, new ejection seat and new
weapons. It also has thrust-vectoring engine nozzles and canard
foreplanes, providing supermaneuverability at low airspeeds.