[TXnMA]

Laugh if you like, but, that's an impressive (canard) airframe, with a list of significant electronics and weapons upgrades. And, the article didn't even mention the E-Pod on the the V-stab...

And, they just slipped in that "aeroballistic" bit... Ground attack -- with over-the-horizon artillery capability?

Also note the 30mm cannon. An A-10 -- with ~3X the speed and transcontinental range...?

[sukhoi-30mki]

The SU-34 and its cousins typically carry around 150 rounds of ammo for their 30mm gun. That’s a fraction of what the A-10 carries.

[Wildbill22]

SRAM on the B 52 was considered aeroballistic, as is the Russian version the “Kickback”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-15