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| Russian Air Force Su-35S |
International Military - The Su-35 fighter jet is currently a hot topic of conversation in the international world. The reason is that the first Su-35 fighter jet of the Russian Air Force was reportedly shot down at the Ukrainian field.
Quoted from theaviationist, the first Russian Air Force Su-35 fighter jet was confirmed to have been shot down. The shooting down of a Su-35 fighter jet occurred near the Izium region southeast of the Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Moreover, there is evidence of posts on Twitter by The Kyiv Independent reporter with the @IAPonomarenko account showing the destruction of the Su-35 fighter jet.
From this explanation, the Su-35 fighter jet was successfully shot down in Ukraine. However, there is the latest information about the Su-35 which was told by a Ukrainian fighter jet pilot released by well-known foreign media. And the well-known media that released the explanation of the Ukrainian fighter jet pilot on the Su-35 was explained by eurasiantimes.com.
It should be noted that the Ukrainian fighter pilot who is interested in explaining the Su-35, whose pseudonym is Juice. "Of these, Juice considers the Su-35 the most dangerous due to its powerful radar and the long-range R-77-1 air-to-air missile with active radar seeker enabling fire-and-forget capability which is not in Ukraine's arsenal, " wrote eurasiantimes.com.
From this explanation, Ukrainian fighter pilots consider the Su-35 the most dangerous. Because the Su-35 fighter jet has a powerful radar and long-range air-to-air missiles BVR type R-77-1. Then it was also explained that the Su-35 fighter jet is capable of being equipped with an active radar. From this explanation, the ability of the Su-35 is very dangerous for long-range air duels.
In addition, the Su-35 fighter jet itself does have a variety of sensors and advanced internal technology. And one of the flashy internal technologies on the Su-35 fighter jet is the PESA radar called the Irbis E.
Quoted from deagel.com, the Irbis E radar is a multi-mode X-band phased array radar system specifically for the Su-35 fighter jet. As a result, the Su-35 fighter jet's Irbis E radar is capable of providing multi-purpose advanced tracking. Starting from air-to-air, air-to-sea, and air-to-ground, the Su-35 fighter jet's Irbis E radar can be used.
As a result, the Su-35 fighter jet's Irbis E radar can perform ground mapping, Doppler beam sharpening, and Synthetic Aperture radar mode. With this better performance, the Su-35 fighter jet's Irbis E radar can perform sophisticated detection capabilities. In addition, the Su-35 fighter jet's Irbis E radar has been designed to detect low air threats.
With this capability, the Irbis E Su-35 radar can detect stealth fighter jets. Moreover, the Irbis E radar capability of the Su-35 fighter jet is very classy in its class. To the extent that the Su-35 fighter jet can perform quite sophisticated multipurpose missions.
And according to the information, the Su-35 fighter jet's Irbis E radar is capable of detecting targets up to a distance of 400 km. From that distance, the Su-35 fighter jet's Irbis E radar can detect threats that are so low (sea skimming). As a result, the Su-35 fighter jet's Irbis E radar is able to anticipate threats early and quickly.
So it's not surprising that the Su-35 is included in one of the nominations for the most advanced 4.5 generation fighter jet. Due to the internal and external technological systems of the Su-35 fighter jet, it is quite sophisticated and impressive. So it is only natural that Indonesia had put its heart on the Su-35 fighter jet and was liked by its people.