Sukhoi Su-30MKM

The Sukhoi Su-30MKM (Modernizirovannyi Kommercheskiy Malaysia – Modernized Export Malaysia) was selected by the Royal Malaysian Air Force and signed a contract in August 2003 when President Vladimir Putin came for an official visit to Malaysia. The Sukhoi Su-30MKM is very much like with the Sukhoi Su-30MKI, with its outer features similar to the Sukhoi Su-30MKI and it is more advance than the Sukhoi Su-35 and Sukhoi Su-37, this aircraft is much likely to be the highlight of all three aircrafts.

   

Sukhoi Su-30MKM was designed based on the Sukhoi Su-30MKI which was developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Its air-frame,engines and advanced digital fly by wire system are the same as the Sukhoi Su-30MKI. The only difference is the composition of the on-board avionics.

SPECIFICATIONS: 
General characteristics

• Crew : 2
• Length : 21.935 m [72.97 ft]
• Wingspan : 14.7 m [48.2 ft]
• Height : 6.36 m [20.85 ft]
• Wing area : 62.0 m² [667 ft²]
• Empty weight : 18,400 kg  [40,565 lb]
• Loaded weight : 24,900 kg [54,895 lb]
• Max takeoff weight : 38,800 kg [85,600 lb]
• Power plant : 2 x Lyulka AL-31FP turbofans with thrust vectoring, 123 kN with afterburner [27,600 lbf] each.

Performance

• Max speed : 2,120 km/h [1,317 mph] at altitude 1,350 km/h [839 mph] near ground level.
• Range : 3,000 km at altitude 1,270 km near ground level with no external fuel tanks.
• Endurance : 3.75 hours [up to 10 hours with in-flight refueling]
• Service ceiling : 17,300 m
• Rate of climb : >300 m/s
• Wing loading : 401 kg/m²
• Thrust/weight : 1.1      

Armament

• Guns: 1 × 30 mm GSh-30-1 gun (150 rounds)
• Hardpoints: 12 (2 × wing-tip AAM launch rails, 6 × pylons under-wing, 2 × pylon under-engine nacelle, and 2 × pylons in tandem in the "arch" between the engines. It can be increased to 14 using multiple ejector racks. with a capacity of 8 tonnes of external stores.

Air-to-air Missiles:

• • 10 × R-77 (AA-12) active radar homing medium range AAM
    • 6 × R-27ER (AA-10C) semi-active radar guided, long range AAM
    • 6 × R-27ET (AA-10D) Infrared homing extended range version, long range AAM
    • 2 × R-27R (AA-10A) semi-active radar guided, medium range AAM
    • 2 × R-27T (AA-10B) infrared homing seeker, medium range AAM
    • 6 × R-73 (AA-11) short range AAM
    • 3 × Novator KS-172 AAM-L
    • 4 × MBDA MICA (unknown variant) short to medium range AAM

Air-to-surface Missiles:

• • 3 × Kh-59ME TV guided standoff Missile
  • 3 × Kh-59MK active radar homing anti-ship missile
  • 4 × Kh-35 anti-ship missile
  • 6 × Kh-31P/A anti-radar missile
  • 6 × Kh-29T/L laser-guided missile and provisions to carry combinations of:
• Rockets:
  
  • 4 × S-8 rocket pods (80 unguided rockets)
  • 4 × S-13 rocket pods (20 unguided rockets)
• Bombs:
  
• 8 × KAB-500L laser-guided bombs
• 3 × KAB-1500L laser-guided bombs
• 8 × FAB-500T unguided bomb
• 28 × OFAB-250-270 unguided bombs
• 32 × OFAB-100-120