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oh really, in a few days trials start, keep me posted, thanks
i DID mention that the MKI is a multi-role, that's why it has "M" anyways, in external stoers, they carry same amount of weapons, Su-34 can carry them farther, at a higher alltitude and also employs limited stealth features compared with the Su-30MKI, reshaping of the radome for example http://warfare.ru/?catid=257&linkid=1615 but the question is, will Ameica put the Block 60 forward, personally, i don't think they will, most likely Block 52, i think that the UAE would be pretty pissed, and so would Greece
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Yes the altitude is a good advantage but yes a bomber dsnt need to fly high to bomb but to save itsel ffrom the ones which cannot fly taht high . It dsnt help in land attack but in A2A. Now i'll give u a reason taht makes MKI better than su34 for A2G. Thats because a air launched version of brahmos is in progress and will be ready in 2 years to be put on MKI. Well Brahmos is a 300km range cruise missile with mach 3 speed and capable of attacking sea and land based targets. |
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link, look yourself, the shape of the radome is flattened, just like the F-22's resemblance anyone? read a few things on it, somehwre it should say that it was a design bonus, because they didn't intentionally mean to give it stealth characteristics, they wanted to make the Radome larger, so that the pilots can actually walk around while flying, and it also has a bathroom, and small kitchen, heck i could live in it
http://www.harpoonhq.com/waypoint/ar...rticle_021.pdf very interesting link, actual size of the aircraft has nothing to do with its RCS yes, it's much heavier than MKI, has a longer range though, but it is slower than the MKI, well, 19,800m is a huge advantage, the MKI cannot engage anything that high, also, that is at the maximum of the AMRAAM AIM-120's engagement, thus, making it almost invulnerable to any AMRAAM fired at it, you are forgetting that Brahmos is a combined Russia/Indian effort, thus, most likely the Su-34 Fullback will also utilize this missile |
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2. Well a fighter like MKI need not climb up as it can see first and fire first.And that kind of advantage works well. 3. What countries are planning to buy SU34??Not even russians have placed orders for it. About the range of the fighter well MKI is good nough to reach the threats we need to consider ( china and paksitan.)What matters is the cost of inducting this aircraft over the advantage. For better range and unknown cahnge in RCS well we will need to get a lot of israeli stuff integrated up in it( as russain avionics suck) to use it . Then gettting the engine fitted with 3DTVC and so on which will cost us a lot and offer nearly not mch of an advantage.BTw its better to buy a few Tu22 from russia for long range bombing rahter tahn SU34. And for shorter ranges MKi will be bettter for it can carry anything russian israeli french indian etc. Again u mentioned about the speed. Dont u think its gonna be a big disadvantage. ?? It nearly kills a lot of capability out of the bird. |
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well, the size of an aircraft contribute''s in no way to its RCS, so even if the LCA will be extremely small, it doesn't mean that it's RCS will also be equally small just because of its size, it doesn't offer much stealth, but i think i've heard reports on how they use radar dissipating paint, and that's it
have you heard the reports of Indian Su-30K's and Su-30MKI's also incoporating radar dissipating paint, i'll try to find a link for you "up as it can see first and fire first." i don't understand, what's the point, are you talking about it's advanced FCS?i'm just saying that there is an advantage for the Su-34, because being able to go that high is pretty serious, on the very end of the engagement envelop for the AIM-120, giving the AIM-120 a 50/50 chance in destroying this aircraft if fired up on it actually, Russia has already bought a few Su-34, inm fact, they have boughht 20 of them so far http://www.deagel.com/pandora/?p=pm00428001 and i believe that the reason why they haven't exported it yet is because they are still testing it, i think testing ends in 2006, after that, it will be available for export to other countries you won't necessarily need to get a lot of israeli avionic components installed as Russian components don't lag horrendously far compared to western avionivs systems, in avionivs, Russia is rapidly catching up by coopoerating with Nations like France, Israel, and India, as well as China to a limited extent in the sphere of avionics, so, in maybe 10 years, maybe less, because Russia's IT industry is expected to grow about 20% per year, from now till 2010, perhaps a little bit later also, why would you refit the Su-34 with 3D TVC engines when it's only supposed to bomb targets, but this aircraft can also be labelled as a multi-role aircraft because it can attack everything, Sea targets, Ground targets, Air targets, everything, it's Russia's top priority out of all other Flanker variant projects, not even the Su-37 is as important to Russia as this project is yes, the Tu-22M3, it's an incredible aircraft, truly, with no analogues in the world, that's why i love it, anyways, let's get away from my love life, overall, it's better than the Su-34 in the ground attack role because 1.it has a maximum range of 6,800 km and the Su-34 has a maximum range of only 4,000km(a 70% decrease) 2.it can carry a total of 24,000kg in payload, while the Su-34 is only capable of carrying 8,000kg these two points are significantly the most important points when discussing bomber aircraft, how much can they carry, and how far can they carry that, speed is insignificant, because it doesn't give an opponent an advantage unless they can outrun your missiles, if not, then you two are on the same par, it does provide a tiny advantage in WVR combat also, another important thing to consider when comparing these two is avionics and weaponry, the Su-34's avionics are slightly advanced compared to the Tu-22M3, because the Tu-22M3 Backfire is 22 years old, but the Backfire can carry up to 10 Kh-15P and 3 Kh-22 if you look at the amountof different weapons that the Su-34 can carry, you can easily see why i said that it is more of a multi-role aircraft than pure bomber like the Backfire, personally, i love both aircratf, don't know which one i would choose, it depends if i'm looking for a sole bomber, or if it can be a mutli-role/bomber aircraft really if you payed attention to my previous link, for the Su-34, if you read the description, it actually tells you "The Su-32 is planned to be one of the three combat aircraft types (PAK FA stealth multi-role fighter and Yak-130/Mig-AT light attack aircraft) operated by Russia beyond the 2010-2015 timeframe." maybe this is a premature statement, but it could be correct, maybe Russia will infact not purchase any Su-37's, and continue to purchase only the T-50/Yak 130(was chosen over MiG-AT, 300 are to be mass produced), and this aircraft personally, i think that it is a mistake, they need a heavy light fighter mix, just like America, T-50 is more of a medium fighter, so i guess it can fill in all the roles, but it would make me feel safer at night if i knew that my skies were being protected by a super heavy fighter, in cognition with the T-50 just to add, i found out that the aircraft has in-flight refueling, with in-flight refueling, it's range is extended to 7,000km, which is higher than the Backfire's 6,800km |
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So for running away u can go higher or go faster. Both have their pros ( for running faster u can be out of sight faster. and for higher enemy knows u are tehre but cant fire u.). and cons( u can be hit on by missiles in case u arent able get out real fast. and for su34 u might not be able to go to higher place well in time). So it really needs to be judged before calling one platform/idea better tahn another. I m in favour of the MKI as it is being inducted while for SU34 theer are no confirmed orders yet. And its not even complete.( if i believe in u) Quote:
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http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Ai...ecs/index.html Says taht the MKI can go for 8000 km with 1 inflight refuelling.The 3000km is for the original SU30K inducted which with single in flight refuelling can go 5200kms. Showing how much more is the range for MKi wrt the normal su30 model. Now i think the range advantage is gone . hasnt it ?? And yes in later batches of MKI we would be adding more of composites(which would reduce teh aircraft weight and increase its range as we have used a lot opf it in LCA like fully composite wings and further. ) Also in case somthing good comes in from the exceptional design on su34s nozzle i dont think it will tke time for indians to get the same stuff in MKI's next production lines.. Russian and indian contacts are real good to make taht happen without much of a cost overhead. Quote:
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And since theres a lot of difference between the the MKI's avionics and SU34. so porting Brahmos on SU34 and MKI are different and need a differetn effort. And the porting with sU34 will take place only if RUAF intends to induct Brahmos and SU34 both. Which is still not declared. For exports the missiles will be inducted in case the customer wants and will need a consent of india. So someone like china will not get sa SU34 with brahmos.decreasing its ability. Quote:
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actually, size doesn't matter, look at the link, it even says it in there
provide me with a link regarding the MiG-21 Bisons utilizing radar dissipating paint, i left a link in the other topic on this regarding Su-27's and Su-30's http://www.deagel.com/pandora/?p=pm00428001 on the contrary, the Su-34(specifically the Su-32FN, yes they have different types of Su-34) can perform sea-surface surveillance, submarine reconnaissance, and mine detection correct, not entirely complete, well, actually, this year, it's supposed to be done testing and everything, they already have 20 test models that they purchased(it was 2006, but, more funding=sooner induction) no, you just like the MKI because it's the aircraft that your country uses, don't be ashamed of being biased towards your country, most people are, i am for sure, and proud to admit it, because few things can match Russia anyways yes it does, look at the side of my link, states nice and clear Operators, Russia 20 oh, shoot, let me check, i think i read omsehitng about this, just wait well, i can't find anything, but i believe it is worth something like $12 billion, can osmeone help me out with a link, as soon as i get some information, i'll let you know "make our own showing how bad they were. " you clearly don't understand Russian avionics, everyone discards them as ****, but they are NOT ****, make your own, last i checked, the MKI utilizes French and Israeli avionics systems Indian avionics are still too primitive too be applied to aircraft, better idea to use Israeli and French TVC engines are, basically only useful in WVR, in BVR scenario's, they aren't that useful unless you're trying to get out of the other aircraft's HUD i believe so, let me check, 8,000km with one-in flight refueling, well, the Su-34 has a range of 4,500km, and with in-flight refueling, it has i can't find the range for it with in-flight refueling, did i give it before, wasn't it like 7,800km? http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ssia/su-34.htm WAIT, just discovered something, it was actually in competition with the Su-30MK for what would be the future Strike aircraft for Russia and what would replace and what would replace the Su-24 so, are you saying that India will revamp their entire force of Su-30MKI's with a flattened nose?, that would cost quite a bit, you take your relationship with Russia far too easily, it's not as simple as that, you will either have to purchase the Fullback, or revamp your force of MKI's, or make a new designation, maybe Su-34I("I" for Indiiski) speed helps you run away faster, NOT from a missile i'll tell you that much, from an opposing fighter, yes, it can get out of it's range, that's why i said that max speed is not entirely witout its merits, there are a few good things that max speed provide 4 Su-34's or 1 Tu-22M3?, where did you get 4 Fullbacks' from?, actually, the Backfire is pretty expensive, something like $80 million, while the Su-34 is like $35 million, so for 4 it would be more expensive "which is much more than the Su-34 can offer" there's your Indian biasness again, i wouldn't say much more, as the Fullback is a better bomber/striker than the MKI, maybe not by much, but the MKI is a better fighter than the Fullback, again, not by much, the Fullback still has outstanding maneuverability for a Strike aircraft, Russia can easily reintegrate this aircraft for the customer, and can apply Israeli avionics if necessary, again, all depending on the customer, so, i think that if India became interested in this aircraft(which they won't, because they already have MKI) Russia could refit the avionics with Israeli avionics hey, don't forget Russia owns part of the project to, the Brahmos missiles, Russia owns 49% and India owns 51%, where did you get that information, a nation needs the consent of India to get the missile? link? that page was written in 2005 actually, Russia just needs 600 orders to make PAK-FA a positive investment, but i still think that this project is necessary for future Strike aircraft, because maybe PAK-FA won't be able to perform what the Fullback can as well okay, finally i'm done, boy, hey i got a proposition for you, never thought i'd say this, but i'm tired of debating, i hate staying up until 1 in the morning every night providing you with your endless want for links, ol how about we call it even, Su-30MKI=Su-34 lets be partners, just like Russia and India are this applies to all the topics that we've been debating about, i need a break |
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well, i can't find anything, but i believe it is worth something like $12 billion, can osmeone help me out with a link, as soon as i get some information, i'll let you know. "make our own showing how bad they were. " Quote:
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Now another thing. The MKi cost for indian production is 27.5 M$( i read it in newspapers and so dont have a online link.) (down from 35 m4 of the russian made. So its gonna be 82.5 for MKi a cheaper deal for MKi will even work as Air superiority. Quote:
1. the range for MKI is not less than SU34. 2. the only advantages for su34 are its nozzle ( providing unknown amount of stealth. so really dunno how to put it in comparison) added by higher ceiling. 3. Those in favour of MKi are its israeli avionics and capability to fire Brahmos which the non russian Af's buying su34 might or might not get. Add to it ability to fire israeli and french missiles.use israeli ACM's .Now russia wont buy non russian avionics or missiles. But india does and other russian clients( to the best i know) arent supplied by Israel.)\ 4. MKi program is more like every batch as a new block each with added capabilities. Theres again much more to offer. So calling SU34 as better in land attack still cannot be proved. Though air superiority for MKi si known. Quote:
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wow, i thought that there were absolutely no russian avionics in the Su-30MKI, so what happened to the "crappy" russian avionics?
NICE though and the radar that they both use is called the..........................? i can't find what radar the Su-34 uses, all i know is that it's multi-function and has terrain mapping and avoidance systems it also has a rearward facing radar, the NIIP NO-12 "Good for Russia but SU30MKK is much inferior to MKI. in terms of almost everything." i'm afraid you're mistaken, both the Su-30MKK and Su-30MKI are derived from the Su-30MK "Well taek my word" and what does your word mean, the relationship between India and Russia is complicated, Russia won't just give anything to India just because India buys a lot of Russian hardware, sadly, that's the way you think, they will actually consider it, whether or not they should give their best technology or not they may provide you with the engines, and depending on what they think about the engines, might give you an inferior versionor equal one 3 Su-34 vs. Tu-22 yes they would equal the payload, BUT, the Fullbacks would vastly outrange the Backfire,6,800km to 13,500km, almost double(13,600km would be double) also, it would also be faster, 2,628kph to 6,459kph, and it would out ceil it too, 14,000 to 59,400 overall price would be $80 million to $105 million, plus the increased costs of maintianing the Backfire because it's older as far as the MKI, yea, it's incredibly cheap which makes it really standout against the F-15K which costs $100 million per model, anways, my only response is that it can perform what the MKI can perform, at a slightly higher level of safety and and possibly lower RCS, but the lower price for the MKI balances it out wait, i just noticed something, this doesn't make sense, how can a Su-30MKI have more range than a Su-34, i mean think about it, 2 seater vertical, vs. 2 seater horizontal, therefore, the Su-30MKI sacrifices back space to fit that second pilot, while in the Su-34, they just make the nose wider, which reaps many benefits inlcuing fitting more advanced avionics and a larger radar, also, the weight of the Su-34 is the heaviest of all Flanker variants at maximum because they made the aircraft larger i believe to accomodate more fuel, in the spine of the aircraft, and if the Su-30MKI is smaller than the Su-34, how can it accomodate more fuel than the Fullback, this explains why with internal fuel, the Su-34 outranges the Su-30MKI, but what doesn't make sense is that, in-flight refueling is just like getting at the very highest, double your range, because they just fill up the tank completely again, well, if the Su-34 had a larger initial tank in the first place, then how can the Su-30MKI which cannot fit as much fuel outrange the Su-34, i mean, you can attribute this range increase to the body being made out of a large portion of composites, maybe so, but i wouldn't expect such a significant difference of 1,000km with one in-flight refueling buddy, so are you saying that a Mach 2 aircraft(Su-30MKI) can run from a Mach 4.5 AMRAAM, more than twice as fast, ther isn't much difference between the two aircraft either, basically no difference at all, in a combat situation, that extra 100kph would not prove to be even a mere advantage over the other, maybe 200kph+ "2. the only advantages for su34 are its nozzle ( providing unknown amount of stealth. so really dunno how to put it in comparison) added by higher ceiling. 3. Those in favour of MKi are its israeli avionics and capability to fire Brahmos which the non russian Af's buying su34 might or might not get." yes, the radome is, only a small advantage though, it's nothing big, it's greatest advantage is its range and ceiling, also, Russia owns 49% of the Brahmos project, stop acting like it's only India's, it WILL be placed on the Su-34 the advantage of the Su-30MKI is that you can use French and Israeli missiles "Though air superiority for MKi si known." i'm not sure about that statement, what i would label the MKI as though is that it is very versatile, able to adapt to different situations, but i must say that the Su-34 is just a capable Strike Aircraft as it is a Fighter, it can use the AA-10, AA-11, AA-12 missiles for AA "LOl sorry i bugged u so much but its all in our nature . U are too muh pro russian and me too much pro indian. LOL." LOL, so true, i apologize if i insulted you in any way, i'm just trying to point out that the Su-34 is a capable fighter and strike aircratf, and you are trying to prove the same of the Su-30MKI, they're both great, let's end this, there should be no conflict between Su-27 variants, we're brothers, lol |
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um ,aren't avionics the electronics systems of an aircraft, i think you're mistaken
oh, thanks for the radar where'd you find that?link? i know that the MKI is superior to the MKK, i just stated that they both derived from the MK, the reason why they are different is because Sukhoi re-configured the MKK's radome and canopy, also, it's electronics and is different from the MKI's radome, canopy and electronics they will get equal share, profits, but in the actual Technology, i'm not sure Russia will give away its greatest secrets to India, i mean they have a warm relationship, but there is definitely a line, and as Russia's arms industry improves, their dependance on India will lessen, thus, they wil actually be able to say"no" can you give me a link stating that the Su-30MKI's appearance is drastically different compared to the Su-30MK, thanks concerning the speed issue, a difference of 100kph, as i have said a few times already, isn't significant in battle let me try to make a formula, it will put it at intervals of 10km starting at 60km away from the firer, against an AIM-120C with a range of 120km, it goes at 4,896 kph, the Su-34 goes at 2,153 kph, and the Su-30MKI will go at 2,390 kph 60 KM Su-30MKI, it will take 1 minute and 30 seconds to get out of the AMRAAM's engagment range Su-34, it will take 1 minute and 40 seconds to get out of the AMRAAM's engagement range for the AMRAAM to go over a distance of 60 km, it will only take 44.1 seconds, destroying both aircraft 70 KM Su-30MKI, it will take 1 minute and 15 seconds to get out of the AMRAAM's engagement range Su-34, it will take 1 minute and 24 seconds to get out of the AMRAAM's engagement range for the AMRAAM to go over a distance of 70km, it will only take 51 seconds, destroying both aircraft 80 KM Su-30MKI, it will take 1 minute to get out of the AMRAAM's engagement range Su-34, it will take 1 minute and 7 seconds to get out of the AMRAAM's engagement range for the AMRAAM to go over a distance of 80km, it will only take 59 seconds, possibly destroying both aircraft(perhaps not the Su-30MKI) now we will try 81km, since it was so close earlier Su-30MKI, it will take 59 seconds for it to get out of the AMRAAM's engagement range Su-34, it will take 1 minute and 5 seconds for it to get out of the AMRAAM's engagement range the AMRAAM to go over a distance of 81 km will only take it 1 minute, therefore, it will only be capable of destroying the Su-34, and extremely narrowly, the Su-30MKI escapes(in real life 50/50 chance that this will happen, because it's such a small margin, 1 second) 82 KM Su-34, it will take 1 minute 4 seconds for it to get out of the AMRAAM's engagement range the AMRAAM only requires 1 minute to fulfill this range destroying the Su-34 84 KM Su-34 will take 1 minute to get out of the AMRAAM's engagement range AMRAAM will be able to cover the distance of 84 km in 1 minute and 2 seconds now, let's try in between, 83 KM Su-34 will take 1 minute and 2 seconds to get out of the AMRAAM's detection range AMRAAM will cover this distance of 83 km in 1 minute 1 second, narrowly destroying the aircratf therefore, based on this example, the conclusion is that the Su-30MKI will need only to be a minimum of 81/82 km away from the firer to get out of the AMRAAM's range in time to be safe, and the Su-34 will require to be a minimum of 84/85 km away from the firer to ensure that it escapes safely, there is only a 3 km advantage, i would hardly call that important in battle also, since the Su-34's RCS will be slightly smaller than the Su-30MKI's, it will be extremely equal in this respect "It lacks in avionics. " perhaps, slightly, not dignificantly, but they do havea good radar and good missiles, which improves its air-to-air capability, maybe not to the level fo the Su-30MKI, but pretty darn close |
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