Global Network reported recently that recently, in Yeishok, Russia, a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34 fighter bomber crashed due to an engine failure during training. Two pilots successfully parachute to escape. The crashed plane crashed and hit a 9-story residential building. The accident has caused 14 deaths, including 3 children, and 19 others were injured.
(China News Service Video Screenshot: Su-34 crashed and caused a fire in residential areas)
fighter bomber is an aircraft that appeared during the Cold War. In the early days of the emergence of jet , due to the limited thrust of the engine, the load of fighter was relatively limited. Therefore, at that time, in addition to developing fighter jets specifically used to compete for air supremacy , countries also developed fighter bombers for tactical bombing.
(" Platypus ")
fighter bomber uses ground-to-sea bombing as its main combat mission, and can also plug in air-to-air missile , which has certain air combat capabilities. However, compared with dedicated air-optimal fighter jets, its "air combat capability" is limited to self-defense. During the Cold War, the United States' F-111 and the Soviet Union's Su-24 were both typical fighter bombers, while the Su-34 was a new generation of fighter bombers developed to replace the Su-24.
(Su-34 fighter bomber)
Su-34 is a heavy fighter bomber designed by the Su-27UB two-seat combat trainer aircraft. The aircraft was originally called Su-27IB and was officially named Su-34. The biggest feature of this aircraft is that it uses a parallel two-seater cockpit, which looks flat from the front, so it gets the nickname of "platypus".
(Two-seater parallel cockpit and flat nose are the main features of Su-34's appearance)
Although Su-34 adopts the aerodynamic shape of Su-27, in order to carry large-scale air-to-ground ammunition, the entire aircraft body has been greatly strengthened, so that its air weight soared to 22.5 tons, and its maximum take-off weight reached 45 tons, which far exceeds the maximum take-off weight of Su-27's 33 tons.
Su-34 is equipped with the V004 phased array radar developed by Lennez Holdings in St. Petersburg, Russia. The radar has a huge fixed array of 1250×850 mm. The detection distance for fighter jets is about 120 kilometers, and the detection distance for ground and water targets is about 150 to 200 kilometers, and it can be used to guide R-77 missiles to attack targets. As a fighter bomber whose main business is ground attack, the Su-34 has a total of 12 external plug-ins, two wingtips, three under the wingtips on both sides, two under the abdomen, and one under the air intake. However, most of the two wingtips are now changed to "Chibine" electronic countermeasure pods to increase the survivability of the Su-34.
This aircraft can carry various air-to-ground and air-to-ship weapons developed by Russia, including KAB-500/1500 laser-guided bomb , KH-29T TV-guided missile, KH-59M air-to-ground missile, KH-31A anti-ship missile and other various air-to-ground and air-to-ship weapons developed by Russia. It can also carry KH-58 anti-radiation missile for anti-radar combat missions... It can be said that the Su-34 is a very good fighter bomber, but unfortunately, it is an "out of time" aircraft, because the fighter bomber model has been replaced by " multi-purpose fighter ". For example, when you have mastered a lot of martial arts and are ready to go to the world, you suddenly find that "the world is gone".
(Su-34 (Part 2) is used to replace Su-24 (Part 2), but it is "out of time" and is out of service)
Fighter bombers appeared during the Cold War because the technical level at that time could not take into account both air-optimal combat and ground-to-sea strikes, so "fighter bombers" and air-optimal fighter jets need to work and cooperate. However, with the advancement of science and technology, the automation level of fighter jets has been greatly improved. Moreover, due to the emergence of high-thrust engines, the load of fighter jets has also increased greatly. Therefore, countries have begun to develop "multi-purpose fighter jets" based on air-optimal fighter jets. For example, the US F-15E "Attack Eagle" can meet both air-optimal combat and ground-to-sea attacks at the same time, so it is called "dual mission fighter jets".In this case, the Su-34 is more embarrassing because it is too bulky and does not have the ability to compete for air supremacy at all. Its original ability to strike against the ground and sea has no advantage compared to the Su-30 (both have an ammunition load of 8 tons).
(The Su-30SM has surpassed the Su-34 in all aspects, but the Russian army is still limited to the Air Force combat thinking during the Soviet era)
The Russian army is still equipped with a considerable number of Su-34s. In fact, it is also a kind of thinking inertia, because during the Cold War, the Soviet Air Force equipped a large number of fighter bombers, which were the main weapons of the Soviet front-line aviation forces to support the army and navy. After the end of Cold War, , the Russian army not only inherited hundreds of Su-24s from the former Soviet army, but also the Soviet army's combat ideas and could not let go of fighter bombers. This is also the main reason why the Russian army still stubbornly equipped Su-34s in large quantities after it had developed the Su-30.
(The result of holding the incompleteness is bloodshed and sacrifice. The picture shows the Su-34 shot down by Ukraine)
In fact, after the Russian Su-24 was aging and retired, it was actually the best solution to replace it directly with Su-30SM. Moreover, the actual situation on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield also proves that under modern war conditions, the survivability of fighter-bombers is very worrying. The Russian Aerospace Forces have lost many Su-34s in Ukraine, especially the "Shibine" electronic confrontation pod it carries was also completely seized by the Ukrainian army. These losses were originally avoidable, but the Russian army still held the outdated concept of "fighter-bombers", and in the end they could only cause trouble for themselves.
