beckham
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They look same same from outside ,but a closer look shows that they are very different inside ! MKI has the upper hand in all areas !
Su-30MKK
Su-30MKK 503(yellow)
Crew: 2
Unit cost: US $53 million
Max takeoff weight: 34,500 kg
Powerplant: 2× Lyulka AL-31F turbofans, 123 kN (27,600 lbf)[9] each
Maximum Speed : Never exceed speed: Mach 2.5
Radar: 1 × NIIP N001VEP fire-control radar (PESA)
Role: All-weather, long-range strike fighter
Range: 3,000 km
Thrust/weight: 1
Rate of climb: > 305 m/s
+ jointly developed by Russia and China
+ M400 reconnaissance pod developed by china be used to detect the blind spot behind the aircraft to provide targeting information for rearward-firing air-to-air missiles, but this capability has not been utilized by the Chinese yet.
SU-30 MKI
Crew: 2
Unit cost: US $40 million
Max takeoff weight: 38,800 kg (85,600 lb)
Powerplant: 2× Lyulka AL-31FP turbofans with thrust vectoring, 131 kN (29,449 lbf) each
Maximum speed: Mach 2.35
Radar: N011M Bars (Panther) (PESA)
Role: Multi-role aircraft
Range: 5,000 km and 8,000 km at a cruise height of 11 to 13 km with air refueling system
Thrust/weight: 1.07 (at loaded weight & 1.15 with 50% fuel)
Rate of climb: > 355 m/s
+ canard increases the aircraft lifting ability and allow high angle-of-attack (AoA)
+ avionics sourced from Russia, France, Israel and India
+ radar range of 60 km in the rear hemisphere
+ N011M has a 350 km search range and a maximum 200 km tracking range The radar can track 15 air targets and engage four simultaneously. These targets can even include cruise missiles and motionless helicopters. The Su-30MKI can function as a mini-AWACS as a director or command post for other aircraft. The target co-ordinates can be transferred automatically to at least four other aircraft. The radar can detect ground targets such as tanks at 40–50 km.
+ A modified Su-30MKI is being used to carry BrahMos cruise missiles with 300 km.
+N011M can function in air-to-air and air-to-land/sea mode simultaneously while being tied into a high-precision laser-inertial or GPS navigation system.
+built-in single-barrel GSh-301 gun
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