The Russian Aerospace Forces received a batch of new Su-34 fighter-bombers.
The Russian United Aircraft Corporation reported on this.
The aircraft were manufactured at the Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association Plant.
The exact number of the transferred aircraft has not been disclosed, but the amount is expected to be two fighter-bombers.
These aircraft are the third batch of modernized Su-34Ms delivered to the military of the aggressor country in 2023 and the sixth batch of modernized Su-34Ms ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2020.
The manufacturer claims that the aircraft has undergone a full range of ground and flight tests ahead of their delivery to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The first batch of Su-34Ms, consisting of two units, was delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces in early June this year. The second batch was delivered in October.
In 2022, the Russian army received two batches of new fighter-bombers in the amount of two to four units each.
Su-34 fighter-bomber
The Su-34 is a Soviet/Russian all-weather two-seat fighter bomber. The aircraft is designed to carry out precise missile and bomb strikes on enemy ground targets in operational and tactical depth and to fight air targets.
The aircraft has a combat radius between 600 and 1,100 kilometers depending on the load. The payload is 8 tons, within which it can carry bombs weighing up to 500 kilograms or two 1,500 kg bombs.
In addition to them, the aircraft is also armed with a 30mm GSh-30-1 autocannon. It has separate hardpoints for air-to-air missiles.
Until 2023, gravity bombs were the bomber’s main means of defeating ground targets, but the standard weapons package was changed with the advent of gravity bombs with a guidance kit.