Posted on 04/14/2010 9:11:06 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The SU-30MKI multi-role fighter is a two-seat highly-manoeuvrable aircraft designed for air-superiority and for strikes on ground and naval targets. These aircraft have significantly enhanced the combat capabilities of the Indian Air Force.
Su-30MKI is a tailor-made aircraft for Indian specifications. It has an "international" avionics portfolio, including sub-systems and units made by 14 foreign firms from 6 countries. The aircraft features state of the art avionics developed by Russia, India and Israel which includes display, navigation, targeting and electronic warfare systems. Other key avionics used in the aircraft were sourced from France and South Africa.
The Su-30MKI avionics suite features have a number of advanced components, including integrated radar sighting system capable of detecting and tracking up to 15 air targets, while simultaneously attacking four of them, optronic sighting–and-navigation system with laser gyro navigator. The aircraft is provided with an ECCM facility intended to subvert hostile electronic and electro-optical countermeasures and etc. The superiority of the Su-30MKI’s radar in terms of target detection range, scanning sectors and jamming immunity makes it highly effective in long-range air combat.
The aircraft also features helmet-mounted displays, head-up-display, multifunction colour LCDs with image mixing capability including hi-tech GPS system (GLONASS/NAVSTAR compatible).
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The F22 would eat it for a light lunch. Or rather, a Raptor would eat about a half dozen for lunch.
Irrelevant, though, since Obama canceled the F22. Welcome to not being able to own the air, America. Sucks for the sane 48% of us who didn’t vote for zero. The other 52%? You’ll get what you voted for...
Darn fine bird. IMHO, the original Flanker was the best fighter ever to come out of the Russian design bureaus. The upgrades and unique features of the 30 MKI make it just that much deadlier. Probably no match for a Raptor (flown by a pilot of comparable skill, of course), but certainly good enough to give many other fighters/air forces pause.
If anyone knows the correct FRname, I bet he would appreciate a ping...
...and if anything goes wrong with the software, the help desk is right there in India!
Thanx-Im honoured!!
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