The Russian military wants to improve the Su-30 fighter to the Su-30SM standard in the hope of selling upgrades to India. The Su-30 could benefit from many of the systems that manufacturer Sukhoi ...

Iran’s defense minister revealed that Tehran is set to receive the Su-30 fighter jet at an undisclosed future date. During a recent television interview, Iran’s Defense Minister, General Hossein ...

On May 2, 2025, a Ukrainian MAGURA V7 naval drone controlled by Group 13, a specialized unit within Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence, locked onto a Russian Su-30 fighter jet near ...

The crew of the second Russian Su-30 fighter jet shot down by Ukrainian naval drones near Crimea on 2 May has been confirmed dead. Source: Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence ...

Key point: New Delhi’s Su-30 jets are very formidable and armed with nuclear weapons they will play a greater deterrence role. The question is how Pakistan will respond. India’s nuclear command has ...

Two crew members on board a Russian fighter jet died in a training flight crash on Saturday, Russian state media reported. The news agency Tass said the Sukhoi Su-30 aircraft crashed "in a deserted ...

Multirole Sukhoi to Become Primary Combat Aircraft of Myanmar Air Force. Myanmar has confirmed its commitment to purchase six new Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30 multi-role advanced tactical aircraft.

A Russian Su-30SM fighter jet disappeared off radar over the Black Sea on late Tuesday, raising concerns that the aircraft may have crashed. According to reports from the Telegram channel Crimean Wind ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. According to Russian media, the Nigeria is buying twelve Su-30 fighter jets from ...

Russia's Gromov Flight Test and Research Institute (LII) has modified a Sukhoi Su-30 twin-seat fighter for the assessment of next generation cockpit systems. The rear seat is largely unchanged while ...

Indian air force efforts to bring its fleet of around 70 Sukhoi Su-30 fighters to a common standard appears to have degraded the service's available number of aircraft to fewer than 50. With its ...