Change a loneliness!The Russian army receives the upgraded version of Su-34M, the key indicators are still far from the J-16

"Military and Military Secondary Point" Author: Lu Yan

To say that the strongest combat bomber in the world is currently, so many people now vote to our country's J -16 and the F15E of the United States. However, among similar fighters, the potential of aircraft is the largest of these aircraft. This is Russia's Soviet 34 combat bomber. Just recently, Russia received the first improved version of the Soviet 34M combat bomber. So what are the improvements of this improved version compared to the previous Su 34, and can it catch up with the J -16 combat bomber that is also from the side guard family in terms of core technology?

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The Su 34 combat bomber is a typical good thing and a multi -grinding aircraft. Its development process is very long and extremely vague. It is very lucky to be born today. As early as the mid -1980s, the Soviet Union intends to develop a new combat bomber to replace Soviet 24. The positioning of Su 24 is equivalent to the F1111 fighter in the United States, but the actual performance is not as good as F111. Although it has a maximum take -off weight of more than 40 tons, the actual performance can only be said to be passing.

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Later, Sukhoy chose to develop new planes on the basis of Soviet 27. Because of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the lack of economic strength of Russia, the development plan continued to procrastinate, and it did not take the first flight until 1994. However, the equipment work after the first flight was also very slow. Originally, it was intended to completely replace the Su 24. As a result, the production and equipment work continued to delay, which caused it to exist at the same time as Su 24, and the official service time actually reached 2014.

▲ Su 34 with rockets and iron bombs. Image source: network

The improved Su 34M this time is actually the modern version of the Su 34 combat bomber. Russia and Sukhoi signed a contract in 2021. The content of the upgrade is mainly the biggest defects of the Russian fighter. With electronic warfare and other advanced equipment, you can use a variety of advanced guidance weapons and stronger electronic warfare capabilities to play a role in a complex battlefield environment.

However, from the technical situation of the Soviet 34M currently announced by Russia, compared with the previous old Soviet 34 combat bomber, it is really limited, and it is far from the level of the J -16 combat bomber. Stubborn illness. The J -16 has used an advanced active phase -control array radar, and it has become a multi -purpose fighter. The Su 34M does not use similar radar, but Russia's own claiming Su 34M's combat capability is twice that of the original Soviet 34. Essence

▲ The body structure is excellent, but the radar avionics is difficult to be the mainstream. Image source: network

In addition to Russia, Algeria also purchased the Soviet 34ME, that is, a dedicated exit. The biggest difference between this version compared to Russia's self -use Su 34M is the enemy and me recognition system. Algeria's planes may be delivered by 2023.

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The short weight of Su 34 reached an amazing 22.5 tons, and the weight of only 12.1 tons of fuel can carry 8 tons of bombs with the maximum amount of oil. To cheer in the air can ensure sufficient loading and voyage. It is also because Su 34 has the most powerful body design of the side guard family. If it can have an advanced radar route system like the J -16, its attack power and multi -purpose combat capabilities will be significantly improved. Russia and the Soviet Union originally wanted to dig out the potential of the Soviet 27 family, but in fact, in the current situation of Russia, the Soviet 30 and Soviet 34 seem to have a great coincidence. Almost all combat capabilities.

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The reason why the export prospects of Su 34 do not have the good aircraft of other Su 27 families is that its equipment time is delayed significantly. After the timeline is extended, the performance of the aircraft itself is limited. In terms of traditional ground attacks, it does not actually have a qualitative advantage than fighter jets such as Su 30 and J -16, and the range may be the biggest advantage. Judging from the current status of Russia, in fact, it should be given up early in the Soviet Union 34 combat bomber. Choosing to continue to carry forward the 30 family of Su can complete the air and attack. It is a real multi -purpose fighter aircraft, which is more cost -effective. In addition to the J-16, my country is also circulating on the Internet that my country wants to develop the so-called advanced stealth combat bomber named JH-XX.

The old Su 27 family derived models such as Su 34 can have been greatly made in the early days of this century, but because of Russia's own problems, this very good special aircraft has no bright future, and it is even in this book. The second Russian and Ukraine was shot down and became a joke.

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