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1ILITARY AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY b the air force in 1975. Along with upgraded ke variants, a dedicated reconnaissance del, the Su-24MR, was produced in consid- ble numbers. An EW variant, the Su24MP, vever, proved less successful, with only und a dozen manufactured. stomers: Algeria 10, Russia 500+ (Ukraine I, Belarus 30), Iraq 24, Libya 15, Syria 20. -25 FROGFOOT LE LATEST version of the Su-2 5, the Su- rM (Su-39), is now under development, and further modification of the Su-25T. Three totype Su-25TM aircraft have so far been ipleted. These aircraft are believed to have dified Su-25Ts, some 12 of which be built. e Su-25TM is being used for Kopyo-25 ir trials at die Ahktubinsk test centre.The ir is carried in a pod under the fuselage cen- ine. Sukhoi is also looking at modifying die e to accommodate a radar. stomers: CIS 250+, Czech and Slovak mblics 50+, Hungary 50+, Iraq 25+, North •ea 20+, Syria 60+. 27 FLANKER UNA HAS ordered 50 Su-2 7s and has :hed an oudine agreement widi Russia on ntual licence production of the aircraft. The : two batches of aircraft have been delivered are in service. China and Russia are also on brink of announcing a tiurd batch procure- it, although rather than die basic Su-27SK, ore advanced variant of die Flanker is likely e offered. "he Russian navy's carrier air arm is ipped with Su-27Ks (T-10K), with move- : foreplanes, folding wings and tailplane, ngthened landing gear and an arrestor hook. :se aircraft provide the Kuznetsov aircraft ierwith air defence, although without radar iifications, diey cannot be used in die mar e-strike role, stomers: CIS 350+, China 50. Vietnam 6 27M (SU-35) mOI'S SU-27M CT-10M) programme is nded effectively as a mid-life update to the c Flanker. The latest prototype to be shown Sukhoi contiues to test the Su-27M(Su-35), but to what end? publicly, aircraft 711, is fitted with thrust-vec toring nozzles. The WS has so far failed to place an order for die Su-27M, and despite die aircraft's presence at air shows, die pace of development has been leisurely. At least two pre-production models of die aircraft are at die air force's Ahktubinsk test centre. The Su-2 7M is intended to be fitted widi an NIIP phased - array radar. SU-30/SU-30MK THE SU-30 (T-10PU) WAS intended to pro vide the Su-2 7 with a fighter-controller aircraft, capable of handing off targets to other aircraft via a dataljnk. The Su-30 was designed for the air-defence forces, and a handful of the aircraft have been delivered to Savotslayka air base. Eight Su-30s have been delivered to India as die first of die country's four-phase Su-30MKI programme. The full MKI specification, widi dirust-vector control and a phased-array radar, is more akin to the dirust-vectoring variant of die Su-2 7M than the basic Su-30. SU-27IB (SU34/SU-32FN) THE SUKHOI Su-27IB (Istrebitel-bom- bardirovschik-fighter bomber), die side-by- side two-seat strike variant of the Flanker Interceptor, was first exhibited at Minsk in February 1992. At least five aircraft are being flown, with several more under construction. The airframe is also likely to form the basis of both Su-27R reconnaissance and Su-27IBP fighter-bomber/jammer projects. S-32 SUKHOI FLEW the prototype of a forward- swept-wing canard fighter in September 1997. The company has declined to discuss what remains a classified project. The development of die S-32 may have been carried out under die auspices of a technology-demonstrator project, radier dian as a fighter project for die Russian air force. With the MIG MAPO Article 1.42 reduced at best to a demonstrator project, should it fly, Sukhoi is pushing its S-3 2 as a candidate to meet any air force requirement. T-60S SUKHOI HAS been working on an intermedi ate-range bomber design for over two decades. The T-60S, the latest iteration of this project, is a design for an 80-100t-class aircraft. As widi die S-32, die design bureau declines to discuss diis programme. S-54/S-55 SUKHOI CONTINUES to offer the S-54 advanced jet-trainer design, as well as die S-55 lightweight fighter design. 1M kW/kN dry re-heat rerpiant 24M Fencer D Bomber/interdktor Lyuika Saturn AL21F-3A turbojet • 76kN llkN 25 Frogfoot Attack Aeroengine Scientific Technical Complex Soyuz R195 turbojet - 44.2kN ) 27P Ranker B Interceptor/air superiority Lyuika Saturn At 31F turbojet • 79.4kN 123kN ge max fuel 34 Bomber/interriictor SalyutTAL-31F turbojet - 150kN 245kN Span m 10.37 14.7 14.7 Length m 24.59 14.36 21.93 22.5 Max Max llaifrwlnti range speed In kt 1.35M 9 15.53 - 0.8M 3.6801350W/2.35M- 4.000 1.8M Ceiling ft 57,400 10 59.055 Paytoad kg 22,965 Crew 2 1 2 Pax 2 Warioad Endurance kg h/min 8,000 19,200 Combat radius km 950 mumi 1,500 ge maxint fuel FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 29 October - 4 November 1997
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