The authors of the American magazine The National Interest are not tired to write about the Russian military equipment. I could not get out material about the newest Su-57, as immediately there was an article about another Russian plane – omni-fighter bomber Su-34. According to the established tradition, already, in the first lines, paper calls Russian aircraft a serious threat to NATO.
Experts suggest edition, that the aircraft will be in service for many years yet, and after the upgrade will be even more formidable.
The article points, SU-34 that was created in the Soviet Union as a replacement for the Su-24 in the mid 80-ies, but due to the restructuring and the collapse of the Soviet mass production of it began in the 2000s,. The first five aircraft ordered in the Air Force 2005 year, in subsequent years, orders for the Su-34 has increased and is now in the VKS Russia is more than a hundred aircraft. Also, the publication notes, that the Defense Ministry is upgrading existing aircraft, and new ones will arrive already in modernized form.
Because of its new avionics, new sensors and systems, newspaper writes, updated Su-34 for a long time will remain in service in Russia videoconferencing as a partial replacement of the Su-24 and Tu-22M3. With the new improvements of the Su-34 can suppress enemy air defenses and radar, to strike at ground targets and to dogfight.
In conclusion, the authors conclude, updated the Su-34 can be applied not only to the latest rocket, but also tactical nuclear weapons, that makes him “a formidable weapon” Russia has for many years.
