Su-30 fightersMOSCOW, 11 Feb. The Russian Su-30 is best suited to the role of an advanced and high-end 4+ generation fighter in the global markets. The American publication Military Watch came to this conclusion. The article notes that the Su-30 has become the most popular export model on four continents, outselling the American F-15. This state of affairs is due to the fact that the Russian aircraft received one of the most accurate air-to-ground guidance systems in the world and anti-ship weapons. The American F-15 Eagle retained capabilities comparable to the Su-30 in a number of areas, but it lacks maneuverability, systems infrared search and tracking, as well as weapons, like the Russian model. Other reasons for the popularity of the Su-30, the publication calls an attractive price, as well as the breadth of the model range for different budgets and operational requirements of customers. The American F-15 is by far the most expensive of the fighters available for export. In combination with the high cost of American-made ammunition compared to Russian counterparts, the latter options turned out to be completely unavailable for the vast majority of customers, the publication summarizes. the superiority of the Su-30SM2 over Western fightersSu-30 (according to NATO codification: Flanker-C — «Flanker-C») — Soviet/Russian double multi-role fighter for gaining air supremacy, generation 4+. The Su-30 is designed to destroy air targets during the day and at night, in simple and difficult meteorological conditions, as well as against the background of the earth when using active and passive interference, airspace control, blocking enemy airfields at great depths and actions against ground and sea targets. The Su-30 can also be used to control group combat operations in gaining air supremacy, destroying enemy airborne assault forces, as well as for conducting aerial reconnaissance and destroying ground targets in simple and difficult meteorological conditions.Read the full text of the article on the InoSMI website >>
