Russia Rapidly Churning out Fighter Jets; Second Batch of Su-35S Handed over to Russian MoD in 3 Weeks

Russian factories are churning out fighter jets in rapid succession as barely three weeks after Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) handed over a ‘batch’ of Su-35S aircraft to the country’s ministry of defense (MoD), a second ‘batch’ was delivered today.

The number of aircraft in the current as well as the previous batch has not been disclosed but going by previous Russian MoD information, a batch could constitute between 12 to 18 aircraft.

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The rapid churning out of aircraft could indicate their need on the Ukrainian front which could be due to replacement of destroyed/damaged aircraft or to equip these fighters with modernized systems to carry some of the new air-to-ground weapons that Russia has developed since the past few years.

Just yesterday, Irkut Corporation announced the delivery of Yak-130 combat trainers to the Russian MoD indicating their requirement in the training of pilots.

Earlier, on July 3, it delivered a ‘batch’ of Su-30SM fighter jets to the MoD with upgraded combat capabilities. These improvements include greater target detection range and the ability to launch missiles from a stand-off distance.