A look at Russia's advanced Su-57 stealth fighter jets sent to Syria
Tehran(KNA) - Russia has taken its military support for the Syrian army to a whole new level by dispatching two of its most advanced Su-57 stealth fighter jets to the Arab country. Here are some of the features of the fighter jets.
The two Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets had been recently spotted in the skies above Syria and then seemed landing at Hmeymim airbase in the country's western Latakia province.
Russia's Su-57, manufactured by the country's Prospective Aviation Complex of Frontline Aviation, is a stealth, single-seat, twin-engine jet multirole warplane.
The warplane, also known as T-50, is the first aircraft in the Russian military equipped with stealth technology and it is intended to have supermaneuverability with supercruise capability and advanced avionics such as active phased array radar and sensor fusion that autonomously make battlefield calculations to assist the pilot.
Russia sees Su-57 as the basis for the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) to succeed the country's MiG-29 and Su-27. The FGFA is currently being co-developed by Sukhoi and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force.
Last year, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said the Su-57 would most likely enter service in 2018 after installation of more advanced engines compared with the original model and further testing.
The aircraft is equipped with all-moving horizontal and vertical stabilizers, enabling the aircraft to perform very high angles of attack maneuvers.The Su-57 is expected to carry four beyond-visual-range missiles in its two main weapons bays and two short-range missiles in the wing root weapons bays.
Source: Press TV