Iran Might Receive Its First Su-35 Flanker Fighters From Russia Next Week
Iran Might Receive Its First Su-35 Flanker Fighters From Russia Next Week
A delivery in this timeframe could prove highly significant since it coincides with the highest tensions between Israel and the Islamic Republic since the latter’s inception.
Kinda surprised the Russians have any to spare.
Given that Iran paid for them years ago and is now in a bit more of a tense situation than usual, I have a feeling Iran is saying to Russia that they'd better deliver or they'll stop selling stuff to Russia. Iran will be fine if Russia loses to Ukraine, so they can afford to make that threat
This seems good all around to me. Russia has fewer planes to attack Ukraine and Israel ends up focusing more of its resources on the Iranian military instead of Gazan civilians. A bit of a "why don't you pick on someone your own size" situation.
The Iranians have been churning out literal thousands of Shahed drones for Russia to shoot into Ukraine. I’m pretty sure this was the other half of the deal they made.
I was going to say the same thing. Maybe these are the especially shitty jets that are even shittier than their normal shitty jets?
SU-35s are legemdarily good like their older SU-27 brothers. They're arguably the best Gen 4 aircraft in the world now. In general,.Soviet and Russian aircraft have been very formidable.
What you're confusing "shittier" with is after Sukhoi hand the aircraft over to the Russian military. At which point poor selection and training hop in, strapped with janky or old weaponry, given orders by notoriously bad tacticians. And suddenly your fancy "Gen 4.5" aircraft is getting downed by anything with a half modern missile in the tube.
Toe-to-toe it'll be Israel's F-16s—which will need modern configs—that will present a challenge. Certainly not the F-15s. But the real contender will be SAMs which I imagine are the latest fancy American ones.
Russia's share of the global arms export market was in a gradual decline before Ukraine, and it's been in a virtual freefall post invasion.
This is the kind of PR they need for the long term financial survival of their big ticket weapons programs. So whether they can spare these planes militarily, might be a secondary consideration behind financial longevity concerns.
Maybe Iran mentioned their next Shehed shipment would have to wait until the jets got there.
Jets are not a winning strategy in Ukraine. Only grinding it out can achieve anything.
Hope the recent aid puts another nail into that strategy.
What do you think the primary purpose of multirole fighers has been in the Ukraine war?
They're primarily used as long range tactical and strategic bombing platforms, which is pretty important in a war of attrition.
Same here. It may be a plan for Israel and Iran to go at it. That would take support from Ukraine.
Good news. Finally the Iranian government will be able to defend itself against teenaged schoolgirls who uncover too much of their hair.
If Japanese anime have taught me anything, then that fighter jets are no match for teenaged schoolgirls 🪄💖
Or the fighter jets are piloted by teenaged schoolgirls.
Or the fighter jets are teenaged schoolgirls.
Proxy wars... the bread and butter of the military industrial complex.
Israel/Iran won't be a proxy war if it goes hot.
For one thing, they don't have a border with Israel, and Israel doesn't have Marines, so they can't even load up and sail through ally controlled water.
If Israeli troops try to invade Iran, or vice versa, it will either be through Iraq and Jordan/Syria and a whole bunch of weird shit will kick off if that happens.
Also... Everyone knows Israel has nukes, and Iran's program was rather famously sabotaged.
Yes we've had proxy war. But what about second proxy war? And elevenses?
The same SU 35s getting shot down over Ukraine? Or are these the even worse export versions? Lol, it won't matter.
I think they fished a couple out of the black sea and dried them out with stolen air hairdryers.
SU-35 is a defence jet, not an assault one. It's getting shot over Ukraine because it's not used for its purpose. It's like sending a heavy bomber into a dog fight.
A defence jet? Jesus that is next level of delusion.
Ohh, so it only wins fights it didn't start? That explains why it keeps getting shot down.
It's supposed to be an air superiority aircraft not an interceptor. I think you've confused the two. Inceptors are defensive, air superiority are aggressive.
Their role is to take control of new areas, in this role they've been taken out by Ukraine's air defence. Which defends against aggressive aircraft.
Bruh. Why the fuck would anyone buy russian shit?
I'm just waiting for China to get involved..
ah yes the new Axis of evil...Sovjets and Terrorists. So many downvotes, where is your problem comrades?
Pilots on the Eisenhower must be excited
Putin: "Yes! Yes! Fight for me"
Where is everyone complaining about Israel now? As much as I disagree with the Gaza treatment, we need them if Iran and Russia are together.
The ongoing genocide might be a slight hint
Also they are the ones stoking tensions with Iran, Iran very clearly doesn't want a direct war
I don't think the primary complaint about Israel is that they don't get on with Iran
Funny, some say the exact opposite