Footage has appeared online showing a Russian Su-24MR fighter "cutting off" an American F-18C. The authors of the AviaHub Telegram channel claim that the episode occurred in the skies over the Baltic Sea.
The video shows the pilot of the Su-24MR approaching the American combat vehicle from the right, after which he carefully banked to the left. A second Su-24MR can also be seen in the lower hemisphere.
The Su-24 (NATO codification: Fencer) is a Russian supersonic bomber with a variable-sweep wing. It is equipped with two turbojet engines with afterburners, side non-adjustable air intakes, a wing with variable geometry in flight, and swept-back empennage with a deflectable all-moving stabilizer.
The crew consists of two people, the pilot and navigator are located in a sealed cabin one behind the other. Armament and combat load - a six-barreled cannon, aerial bombs, blocks of unguided missiles, guided missiles of the "air-to-air" and "air-to-surface" classes. It can carry tactical nuclear weapons, equipped with a GSh-6-23 cannon with a caliber of 23 mm.
Su-24 characteristics:
- Maximum take-off weight of the aircraft - 43.8 tons
- Maximum combat load - 8 tons
- Combat radius of action (without external fuel tanks and refueling) - 390 km
- Maximum speed - 1.35 Mach
- Practical ceiling - 11 thousand m
Earlier www1.ru reported that Rostec called the unique Mi-35M the most brutal helicopter in the Russian army.
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