BrahMos Su-30: BrahMos, Rafale and Akash showed their strength in the Air Force Day rehearsal in Hindon. Aircraft and missiles including Tejas, Su-30 were displayed. These are the first exclusive pictures with BrahMos SU-30. In Operation Sindoor, this SU-30 MKI along with BrahMos wreaked havoc on Pakistan. Today, on the occasion of 94th Air Force Day of the Indian Air Force, this SU-30 integrated with BrahMos is showcasing the capability and operational preparedness of the Indian Air Force at Hindon Air Base. On one side SU-30 is with BrahMos, while on the other side BrahMos is also installed. Its range is around 400 kilometers. This is fire and forget, that is, you lock the enemy area and forget it and then it will destroy the entire enemy bases.
wreaked havoc in pakistan
In Operation Sindoor also, the lens with this SU-30 BrahMos had wreaked havoc on Pakistan, in which Pakistan’s terrorist camps and air bases were destroyed. On this day of bravery of the Indian Air Force, Rafale fighter aircraft, it is equipped with Scalp, MICA missile and Meteor missile and all three are of tremendous capability. Apart from this, Akash surface-to-air missile, light combat helicopters Prachanda and Tejas as well as Rohini radar were also installed as Make in India. It showcases and reflects the capabilities of the Indian Air Force.
Key Features and Capabilities
Long range air supremacy, strike and maritime missions.
It has thrust-vectoring control (AL-31FP engine) and canards, allowing it to change direction very rapidly.
It is one of the heaviest operational fighter jets; Its range without refueling is 3,000 km.
It has 12 hardpoints that can carry up to 8 tonnes of weapons, including indigenous Astra missiles, Russian R-77/R-73 and heavy supersonic BrahMos cruise missiles.
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India is working on an $11 billion modernization program to upgrade about 200 jets (from an initial batch of 84 jets) to the 4.7-generation standard.
Russia has recently offered its Advanced Izdeliye 177S engines for this upgrade program.
The Defense Ministry has contracted with HAL for additional jets, and the current fleet consists of about 260–270 aircraft, with increasing use of indigenous components (target is up to 78%).
The IAF has deployed high-fidelity inflatable Su-30MKI decoys at forward airfields to make it difficult for the enemy to target and protect real assets.