description: "The Sukhoi Su-30 (Russian: \u0421\u0443\u0445\u043E\u0439 \u0421\u0443\ -30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable \ \ fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. \ \ It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep \ \ interdiction missions. 630 numbers have been build. \ \ \ \ SM for Serijnyi Modernizirovannyi - \"Serial Modernized\". A specialised version of the thrust-vectoring \ \ Su-30MKI for the Russian Air Force, produced by the Irkut Corporation. NATO reporting name Flanker-H. \ \ The Su-30SM is considered a 4+ generation fighter jet. The aircraft has been upgraded according to \ \ Russian military requirements for radar, radio communications systems, friend-or-foe identification system, \ \ ejection seats, weapons, and other aircraft systems. It is equipped with the N011M Bars radar with a \ \ maximum detection range 400 km, search range 200 km using a phased array antenna, frontal horizontal fins \ \ and steerable thrusters for supermaneuverability as well as with wide-angle HUD. \ \ The aircraft can be used to gain air supremacy same as for targeting adversary on the ground using \ \ wide range of weapons including air-to-air, air-to-surface and guided and unguided bombs with total weapons \ \ weight up to 8,000 kg. It is also equipped with the one barrel, 30 mm GSh-30-1 autocannon. \ \ To ensure operations at major distances from airfield, the ability of in-flight refueling (IFR) is included. \ \ Besides that, for electronic warfare purposes two SAP-518 jamming pods can be fitted on the wing tips. \ \ The SAP-518 is designed to protect the aircraft from various air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles by \ \ creating false targets, jamming missile's guidance, enemy aircraft radars or ground and seaborne air defence." introduced: 2012 # https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/su-30sm-multirole-fighter-aircraft/ manufacturer: Sukhoi origin: USSR/Russia price: 24 role: Multirole Fighter max_range: 300 variants: Su-30SM Flanker-H: {} radios: intra_flight: R-800 inter_flight: R-800 tasks: Anti-ship: 150 BAI: 740 BARCAP: 450 CAS: 740 DEAD: 440 Escort: 450 Fighter sweep: 450 Intercept: 450 OCA/Aircraft: 740 OCA/Runway: 600 SEAD: 430 SEAD Escort: 430 Strike: 600 TARCAP: 450