In an era of heightened arms race, Russia is absolutely a potential head turner.
Throughout decades, Russia has shown significant prowess in its defense industry by developing
a range of sophisticated combat jets capable of changing the trajectory of future warfare.
One of the recent examples of this is the prominent Russian combat aircraft Sukhoi 35,
which is widely known as the SU-35.
Various observers have commented on the specialty of this modern multirole fighter jet.
But how exactly superior is Su-35?
And what kind of features it bears?
Hello everyone.
Welcome back to another episode of Military TV.
In today’s session, we are going to discuss about the superiority of Su-35 and why it
has been deemed as a dangerous combat aircraft in the global arena.
Do not go anywhere and watch this video ‘till the end.
Su-35 is a supermaneuverable twin-engine single-seat aircraft created by the Sukhoi Design Bureau
and manufactured by the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant.
In the 1980s, the aircraft industry of the Soviet Union decided to upgrade the Su-27
with enhanced avionics, engines, and aerodynamic equipment.
The newly designed fighter jet would then be dubbed as the “Su-27M”, though the
project faced temporary halt as a result of financial impediment in the aftermath of Soviet
dissolution and completely terminated in 1995, leaving only three serial models produced.
The continuation of the project re-designated the aircraft from “Su-27M” to its current
name “Su-35”, with its first prototype conducted its maiden flight in June 1988.
The improved features of Su-35 include a redesigned cockpit and weapon-control system as well
as a thrust-vectoring engines in the place of its canards, and the multi-function radar
has also given it sophisticated multi-role capabilities.
With its NATO reported name of Flanker-E, the combat aircraft has a max-speed of 1,550
miles per hour and about 59,000 feet ceiling.
The renowned ability involves destroying targets in the air, sea or on the ground.
It can also carry enormous payload up to 8 tons of various grades of missiles and satellite-guided
bombs.
Another superiority of the Su-35 is the fact that it is equipped with a powerful infrared
search and track capability, which could pose a threat to Western fighters.
It also has non-electromagnetic sensors for detecting other planes, which could be beneficial
for long-range detection.
Compared to the eight hardpoints on the F-15C and F-22, or the four internally stowed missiles
on the F-35, the Su-35 has twelve to fourteen armament hardpoints, giving it a superior
loadout.
The Su-35 can use K-77M radar-guided missiles (identified by NATO as the AA-12 Adder) with
a range of over 120 miles at long range.
Except for the stealthy F-22 Raptor, the Su-35 could be considered as an incredibly threatening
foe to any U.S. fighter, due to its advanced suite of avionics and state-of-the-art fighting
capability.
The U.S. Navy is also allegedly worried about the Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles that the
Su-35 is capable of firing.
Thanks to the prestige and supremacy of Su-35’s features, even the Chinese People’s Liberation
Army Air Force has placed orders to acquire this Russian combat jet.
Taking everything into account, it can be inferred that Kremlin is fervent in the effort
of enhancing its combating supremacy.
The Russian government also uses Su-35 to change the geopolitical balance by exporting
the combat jet to interested countries, as the Su-35 increasingly become a strategic
bargaining tool for fighter jet diplomacy.
According to SIPRI, The Russian is known to own 21 percent share of the global weapon
exports between 2015-2019, allowing the country to become the world’s second largest exporter
after the U.S.
However, the Kremlin doesn’t stop here.
They are reportedly aiming to develop the fifth generation stealthy Su-57, with better
features and capabilities than the previous multi-role combat aircraft.
That’s all for today.
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