Sukhoi Su-30MKM
Su-30MKM | |
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A Royal Malaysian Air Force Su-30MKM | |
Role | Air superiority fighter, multirole fighter |
National origin | Russia |
Designer | Sukhoi |
Built by | Irkut Corporation |
First flight | August 2003 |
Introduction | 2007 |
Status | In service |
Primary user | Royal Malaysian Air Force |
Number built | 18 |
Developed from | Sukhoi Su-30[1] |
The Sukhoi Su-30MKM (
In 2003, the Su-30MKM was selected by the
Development
In August 2003, Malaysia signed a US$900 million contract with
The first two aircraft were handed over to the
In 2016, Su-30MKM successfully dropped a GBU-12 Paveway laser-guided bomb in a firing exercise. An aircraft registered number M52-08 successfully dropped the bombs at Kota Belud firing range in Sabah on 27 November 2016.[6] This makes the first Russian-made Sukhoi combat aircraft that can use the American-made weapon.
According to Malaysian defense Minister Mohamad Sabu, Malaysia has grounded 14 of 18 Su-30MKM due to engine problems and unavailability of spare parts in 2018.[7][8][9] To overcome this problem and increase the readiness of the Su-30MKM fleets, Malaysia has approved the budget worth RM2.2 billion for the Su-30MKM to be upgrade locally by Aerospace Technology Systems Corporation. The first upgraded aircraft was received in 2019 in LIMA 2019 exhibition.[10][11]
Design
The Su-30MKM was developed by the
The Su-30MKM can legitimately claim super-maneuverability via digital fly-by-wire, canards, and two Saturn AL-31FP engines with thrust vectoring producing 27,500 lb thrust each with afterburners. This gives them an edge in close-in dogfights, allowing the pilot to rapidly point the plane at potential targets to draw them within the AA-11/R-73 Archer’s wide infrared seeker cone, then launch and quickly change energy state and direction.[2]
The
Operators
- Royal Malaysian Air Force has 18 Su-30MKMs in inventory.[13] All the aircraft are assigned to the 12th Squadron based at RMAF Gong Kedak.[14]
Specifications (Su-30MKM)
Data from Irkut Corporation,[15] Sukhoi[16]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 21.935 m (72 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
- Height: 6.36 m (20 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 62 m2 (670 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 18,400 kg (40,565 lb) [17]
- Gross weight: 26,090 kg (57,519 lb) typical mission weight[15]
- Max takeoff weight: 38,800 kg (85,539 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × afterburning turbofanengines, 123 kN (28,000 lbf) with afterburner
Performance
- 1,350 km/h (840 mph; 730 kn) / M1.09 at low altitude
- Range: 3,000 km (1,900 mi, 1,600 nmi) at high altitude[15]
- 1,270 km (790 mi; 690 nmi) at low altitude
- Ferry range: 8,000 km (5,000 mi, 4,300 nmi) with two in-flight refuellings[16]
- Service ceiling: 17,300 m (56,800 ft)
- g limits: +9g
- Rate of climb: 300 m/s (59,000 ft/min) +
- Wing loading: 401 kg/m2 (82 lb/sq ft)
- Thrust/weight: 0.96
Armament
- Guns: 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon
- Hardpoints: 12 hardpoints (2 × wingtip AAM rails, 6 × under-wing pylons, 2 × pylon under-engine nacelles, and 2 × pylons in tandem in the "arch" between the engines. It can be increased to 14 using multiple ejector racks.) with a capacity of up to 8,130 kg (17,920 lb), with provisions to carry combinations of:
- Rockets:
- 4 × B-8 S-8 rockets
- 4 × B-13 rocket pods for 20 × S-13 rockets
- 4 × B-8
- Missiles:
- Bombs:
- 8 × KAB-500L laser-guided bombs
- 3 × KAB-1500L laser-guided bombs
- 8 × FAB-500Tbombs
- 28 × OFAB-250-270 bombs
- 32 × OFAB-100-120 bombs
- 4 × GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb
- Rockets:
Avionics
- Bars N011M passive electronically scanned array radar
- Damocles targeting pod
- SAP-518 electronic countermeasure pod
- MAW-300 Missile Approach Warning System
- RWS-50 Radar Warning Receiver
- LWS310 Laser Warning System
See also
Related development
Related lists
- List of fighter aircraft
- List of aircraft of the Royal Malaysian Air Force
References
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- ^ "Malaysia adapts Russian-built jets to drop US-made bombs". 8 August 2017.
- ^ Chuanren, Chen. "New Malaysian Government Reveals Su-30MKM Readiness Woes". Aviation International News. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ "Only 4 Fighter Jets Can Fly – A Result Of Incompetency & Corruption By These 4 UMNO Leaders". 3 August 2018.
- ^ "UAWire - Malaysia complains about problems with Russian Su-30 fighters". www.uawire.org. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ "Defensworld-Malaysian Sukhoi 30MKM Fighter Get New Life Extension".
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