Footage has emerged online of the interception of an MQ-9A Reaper reconnaissance drone by the crew of a Russian Su-35S fighter. The photos were published by the Telegram channel Fighterbomber.
The meeting of the aircraft took place in neutral airspace over the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
The images show that the Su-35S has R-77-1 long-range guided missiles, as well as R-74M short- and medium-range missiles, on its suspension units.
The Su-35 (NATO codification: Flanker-E+) is a multirole super-maneuverable fighter with a controlled thrust vector of the 4++ generation. In the Russian Aerospace Forces, it carries the index Su-35S.
The combat aircraft has the ability to use the entire range of existing and future models of air-to-air and air-to-surface aviation weapons, including high-precision ones.
Earlier, www1.ru reported that Russian military invented a unique periscope with a thermal imager for observation.
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