Function: Multi role air superiority, ground attack fighter.





Description: Developed as a variant to the Su-27 Flanker B, the Su-35 is an improved version of the earlier aircraft, incorperating many of the new systems found on the Su-34 strike aircraft. These improvements include improved offensive and defensive avionics, movable forward mounted canards for increased maneuverability, an advanced pulse doppler pased array radar in the nose as well as a rearward facing radar capqable of detecting, tracking, and directing R-73 or R-77 AAMs at persuing enemy aircraft.





General Characteristics, Su-35 Flanker



Designer:

Sukhoi Design Bureau





Power Plant:

Two Lyulka AL-31FM afterburning turbofans





Thrust:

30,855 pounds each





Length:

22.18 meters (72.76 feet)





Height:

6.84 meters (22.44 feet)





Wingspan:

15.16 meters (49.73 feet)





Speed:

2,500 kmh (1,553 mph) at 30,000 feet





Ceiling:

18,000 meters (59,055 feet)







Weight:

23,249 kilograms (51,257 pounds) empty





Maximum Takeoff Weight:

44,359 kilograms (97,796 pounds)





Range:

4,200 kilometers (2,610 miles)





Crew:

One





Armament:

One GSh-30-1 30mm internally mounted cannon with 150 rounds of ammunition



8,000 kilograms (17,635 pounds) of external ordinance including missiles, rockets, gravity bombs, and guided munitions carried on 11 hardpoints





Date Deployed:

1996