The Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber will change its “profession”, Izvestia writes.
According to the newspaper, the aircraft, designed to destroy land and sea targets, will receive air-to-air missiles for self-defense, which will allow air combat with other aircraft.
As the former commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force (Air Force) and Air Defense (Air Defense) Lieutenant General Valery Gorbenko noted, the Su-34 will not carry out air defense functions, but they will be able to defend themselves when performing combat missions.
“The Su-34 is quite maneuverable, it can perform all aerobatics and even conduct an air battle,” the expert said.
Earlier in October, Honored Pilot of Russia Major General of Aviation Vladimir Popov said that the multipurpose Su-34 fighter-bomber is becoming inert in the stratosphere.
Thus, the Major General commented on the September night flight in the lower layer of the stratosphere of the Su-34 aviation division of the Central Military District, located in the Chelyabinsk region, during which the conditional enemy was eliminated.
In April, the deputy squadron commander, Hero of Russia, Major Andrei Dyachenko, shared his impressions of the air refueling of the Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber with the Il-78 tanker, in which “palms are still sweating.”
In January, Izvestia reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) will receive supersonic fighter-bombers Su-34 with the NVO index (New Opportunities), created on the basis of combat experience in Syria.
