Iranian Air Force Commander Hamid Vahdi announced that the purchase of SU-35 fighters from Russia has been included in the agenda. If the plan is successful, this will be Iran ’s HTML for the first time in 440 to pick up and buy fighters.
Vahdi said: "We hope to get 4th generation+fighter in the future, mainly for SU-35 of , not SU-30." These two fighters are similar, but the SU-35 is even more. For advanced.
Commander of the Iranian Air Force emphasized that the final decision right to purchase the SU-35 is also in the General Staff of Iran.
SU-35 is called "ultimate side guard", that is, the final improvement type of the SU-27. Its nose-nose installation performance N035 IRBIS-E "Snow Leopard" has a passive electronic array radar (PESA). It can reach more than 400 kilometers, and can track 30 air targets, and select 8 of them to fight; in terms of ground search, you can also use synthetic aperture mode to provide high -resolution maps.
is in front of the cockpit of the SU-35, as well as the OLS-35 optoelectronic aiming system. It is an auxiliary of radar . It can double confirm that it is unknown, such as hiding fighter. Although the SU-35 is not an invisible appearance, it is equipped with the L175M "Khibiny-M" (KHibiny-M) electronic warfare system. Small than the same type of fighters.
SU-35 is powered by 2 Saturn Al-41F1S turbofan engine and is equipped with a vector nozzle, which can show the super-motor flight performance, such as fallen leaves.
, but on the battlefield of Russia, Ukraine 's air defense weapon has shot down 2 SU-35, which has caused SU-35's security, including limited stealth effects and electronic warfare capabilities.
West has been paying attention to military cooperation between Iran and Russia. It is obviously underway. It is said that Russia has purchased Iranian drones to make up for the Russian and Ukraine's loss. Iran's current US -made fighter planes are generally old and shortage, and it is reasonable to buy new fighters from Russia.
