Su-35S fighters of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) have begun performing combat missions with the latest missiles. Fresh footage of combat aircraft has appeared online.
Su-35S crews are armed with four new R-77M air-to-air missiles of long and medium range, a long-range R-37M air-to-air missile, and a Kh-31PD anti-radar missile.
The R-77M missile eliminates the gap in the strike power of the Russian Aerospace Forces from American ammunition of the same class, the AIM-120D, whose range when launched at an echelon of 13,500 m can reach 180 - 190 km.
The R-77M features an aerodynamic configuration with a "lifting body" with flat tail aerodynamic rudders and a lifting wing with a small chord. Maximum speed is up to 4900 - 5100 km/h, maximum range is up to 190 km, estimated altitude of intercepted targets is up to 30000 m.
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