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George1 wrote:Russian Defense Ministry receives another batch of Sukhoi-34 bombers (No mention on number)
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medo wrote:George1 wrote:Russian Defense Ministry receives another batch of Sukhoi-34 bombers (No mention on number)
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At least three. We could see borts 05, 06 and 07 ready for delivery in NAPO.
ult wrote:medo wrote:George1 wrote:Russian Defense Ministry receives another batch of Sukhoi-34 bombers (No mention on number)
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At least three. We could see borts 05, 06 and 07 ready for delivery in NAPO.
There were 5. 05, 06, 07, 09, 10. All of them to Hurba. They received 01, 02, 03, 04 earlier this year.
franco wrote:ult wrote:medo wrote:George1 wrote:Russian Defense Ministry receives another batch of Sukhoi-34 bombers (No mention on number)
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http://tass.com/defense/896612
At least three. We could see borts 05, 06 and 07 ready for delivery in NAPO.
There were 5. 05, 06, 07, 09, 10. All of them to Hurba. They received 01, 02, 03, 04 earlier this year.
What happened to "8"? That confirms the military spokesman who said the delivery makes 50% of the planned years total. And previous article about the 100th Su-34 claimed that 18 were scheduled for this year.
ult wrote:
BMPD reports that there were 6 though. And that 08 is there as well. So that makes it 20 this year I guess.
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2095335.html
George1 wrote:ult wrote:
BMPD reports that there were 6 though. And that 08 is there as well. So that makes it 20 this year I guess.
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2095335.html
the article says:
With the transfer of six VKS Russian bombers August 30, 2016 the total number of Su-34, handed over all contracts, including seven experimental and pre-production samples reached 92 units.
so we we have 85 in service (altough i have counted 87 with my calculations)
franco wrote:
I had a count of 76 at the end of 2015 and 10 would make 86 however can only locate 83 at the present.
franco wrote:These are probably the missing two aircraft.
http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12075630@egNews
Could they be considering the Su-34s for that role as a stop-gap until MiG-31 follow on appears, or getting them ready to carry new missiles to be launched from there like planned modernized Tu-160, or both?
Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov visited the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant. V.P. Chkalov, carrying out mass production of the latest Su-34 fighter-bombers.
During the visit, the deputy head of the military department told reporters that in 2017, the Russian Aerospace Forces will receive 16 new Su-34 fighter-bombers with a total order volume of 92 such aircraft.
"The Novosibirsk aircraft plant has a long contract with the Defense Ministry for 92 Su-34s and performs it ahead of schedule for almost a year. This year we are expecting superplanned deliveries of four aircraft, and the total volume of the order for the current year is 16 Su-34, "said Yury Borisov.
"There are 9 planes in the final assembly shop, which means that the plant's obligations for this year will undoubtedly be met. The schedule for the delivery of aircraft by the plant with the Defense Ministry has been agreed upon, we are not expecting any surprises, "the deputy defense minister said.
He stressed that the plant has a very stable economy and good plans for the future.
The deputy head of the military department noted the high characteristics of the Su-34. "It has proved itself from the best side in the Syrian conflict, it has a huge modernization potential and is a plane of a practically new generation," Yury Borisov said.
According to him, the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant will start upgrading the Su-34 fighter-bomber from 2018.
"The Su-34 modernization program is planned from 2018 onwards. We discussed with the management of the plant and the United Aircraft Corporation plans for work on the aircraft in the framework of the future state armament program for 2018-2025, "said the Deputy Minister of Defense.
Actually the SVP-24 complex of Gefest & T does nothing to improve or enhance the radar and the optronic targeting system of aircarft it is equipped in.GarryB wrote:There are probably things that worked but could be redesigned to work better, and likely plenty of things that have since been improved since the design was frozen...
Hopefully they might improve Platan with a more sophisticated system that is not too expensive to go in every aircraft.
They could incorporate the Gefest & T upgrade directly into the upgraded Platan system with better optics of higher sensitivity and more modes of operation.
Practical tests are the best... what works and what does not work as expected. What is needing a lot more attention than expected and how can it be adapted to be less of an attention hog.
In a sense they are doing the same with the Blackjack, though of course in the 30+ years since that aircraft was made electronics have moved on considerably... but in both cases actual experience will give them a better idea of what to keep, what to upgrade and what to drop.
Not actually like that. They are, the same with Sukhoi ugraded Su-24M2, look very fancy on the paper with many precision and guided (of cource expensive) bombs/missiles. However the effectiveness/accuracy to deliver dumb bombs and unguided rockets is not high. In one exercise to deliver dumb bombs, Su-34's scores was at the 3rd, after Gefest & T Su-24M and Gefest & T Tu-22M3.medo wrote:Gefest SVP-24 is useful only to upgrade older planes. It have no sense to install it in any Su-30, Su-34 or Su-35 as they have more capable equipment than SVP-24. Even Su-27SM and Su-30KN and also Su-25SM modernization packages provide the same if not better capabilities than SVP-24.
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