As the world’s major air powers unveil their sixth-generation fighter programs (the US F-47, Europe’s FCAS/GCAP, and China’s J-36/J-50), Russia is conspicuously absent from the race, still struggling ...

The Su-30MK was designed for an earlier age, when the engine was the most complex and expensive component of the aircraft. Now it's electronics, and external components (that provide stealth and make ...

The Su-30MKK is best understood as an upgrade of the existing two-seat Su-30 interceptor, albeit less sophisticated than the rival Su-30MK made by Irkut. It has provision for in-flight refueling ...

The improved multirole Su-30MK is a Flanker variant fitted with both canard forewings and thrust-vectoring nozzles which have improved its agility. But how can this kind of maneuvers be used in ...

That’s not because of the Su-30MK, which is a decent warplane. It is because Venezuela’s economic conditions have repeatedly undercut the ability of its military to maintain the warbirds.

Reuters Amount purchased: $163 million Some major purchases: In 2017, Kazakhstan purchased 12 Su-30MK fighter jets, two of which were delivered in the same year, SIPRI reported.

The Su-30SM for the Russian Armed Forces was created on the basis of a well-developed export version of the Su-30MK, which became a hit on the international arms market at the turn of the century.

The Su-30MK is a multirole Flanker variant fitted with both canard forewings and thrust-vectoring nozzles which have further improved its agility.

An Indonesian Air Force Su-30MK Flanker takes off during a 2012 exercise in northern Australia. (Mike Yeo/Staff) MELBOURNE, Australia ― Russia’s Sukhoi Su-27/30/35 Flanker family continues to ...

That’s not because of the Su-30MK, which is a decent warplane. It is because Venezuela’s economic conditions have repeatedly undercut the ability of its military to maintain the warbirds.