Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new assignment of Su-35S fighter jets from the advanced 4++ generation

Russian state military corporation Rostec handed over a new batch of Sukhoi Su-35S fighter jets to Russian forces after the warplanes completed ground and flight trials at an aircraft plant in the country’s Far East.

What do we know about them?

🔸 The Su-35S is an advanced 4++ generation super-maneuverable multirole fighter, designed and equipped to destroy both enemy aircraft and ground forces;

🔸 4+ generation typically means upgraded armaments, onboard avionics equipment, radar, etc. while 4++ denotes the incorporation of weapons and systems that can be found on a fifth-generation aircraft;

🔸 Made by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the single-seat Su-35S is a modernization of the T-10 – the platform on which the Su-27 all-weather supersonic heavy multirole fourth-generation fighter was built;

🔸 The Su-35S made its maiden flight in 2008 and entered service with the Russian Army in 2014;

🔸 The plane, which has a top speed of up to 2,500 km per hour, features an onboard computer allowing it to detect and target up to four ground or 30 air targets, and engage between two and eight targets simultaneously, depending on the missile used;

🔸 The aircraft can carry a wide array of short-, medium- and long-range air-to-air missiles. It can also be equipped with air-to-ground and anti-ship missiles and both precision-guided and unguided bombs, allowing the Su-35S to attack naval and ground targets;

🔸 The plane exceeds its Western analogs, such as the Eurofighter Typhoon and the US-made F-16C Block 50/52 in terms of maximum speed at altitude (M2.25 versus M2 in both cases).

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