I’m who made Air Power Analysis – Russia Part 1 (and Part 2, and Part 3, and Part 4) for IAPR. This, probably, will be re-used in the book later this year [Flanker man is right about rights and decisions]. AIR International’s feature is by somebody else, I don’t know who.

Once again, MKK has VE radar with no air-to-ground mode. There is no problem with weapons like Kh-29L, Kh-29T and KAB-500Kr (but not L). Targetting (for T) is via missile seeker, TV picture displayed in the cockpit on upper right screen. By the way, Kh-29TE (30 km) version is ANTI-SHIP missile, read specifications.

Now Kh-59M. This missile is to destroy targets with KNOWN COORDINATES (inertial navigation into target’s area plus TV-seeker for terminal homing). So, also no radar needed.

This is the question (radars on MKK and MK2) I made many effords to clarify.

My English knowlege is very scare, so I want to stress, following is a joke and please do not be offended.

“Who is an expert? This is the guy who does not think. He knows.” So, I just know that MKK has VE.

Dear crobato, who said air-to-ground options were not introduced in MKK? Of course, they were. But NOT VIA RADAR. Kh-31P supported by Pastel, TV missiles and bombs via separate TV channel and OLS-30.

First, do not forget that Su-27IB has two radars. Maybe, Phazotron made rear-looking one?

Su-30MKK has N001VE radar by NIIP
Su-30MK2 has N001VEP radar by NIIP
Su-30MK3 – there is no such airplane, just words

There is no Su-30MKK2, only MK2. You may be misleaded by small inscription ‘MKK2’ on the air intake cover of ‘502’ aircraft shown at MAKS in Zhukovsky last year. But this only means ‘second aircraft of MKK type’.

Zhuk-MSF = Sokol is fitted to 27KUB only as yet.

The R-27 version designed specially for Su-33 (to operate over the sea) is R-27EM (Morskaya, sea) but no information is that a live program, I suppose not.

Anti-AWACS Kh-31 was mentioned ones by Russians in a brochure of approx 1991-1992.

2Vympel: Thank you, you do not believe I made that mistake (R is semi-active and not active version) – that was made during editing.

R-27P is to weak to fight against AWACS – it is designed to destroy enemy fighters; its seeker works in centimetre wavelength (i.e. fighter radar)

Il-38SD towed to take-off position in Khodynka