Including Tu-22 :O ?

Another possible reason is that. Since 1969 The Soviet Councils of Defense Ministry Commission already asked derivative of Il-76 (named Il-70 Before) To be AEW and OKB illyushin simply go ahead with that request without considering any other possible platform.

Tu-154 was considered as AEW BUT there are difficulties associated with integration of equipment and aerodynamics.

Nice. well i expect Su-34 and Su-30SM’s would make the bulk of precision strike capable aircrafts for VKS.

Im curious tho for Maritime strike, will we have Su-34 or Su-30SM carrying Oniks soon ?

Well in terms of technology and capability. Zhuk-27 is way more advanced compared to N001 family and it’s exactly comparable to late APG-63 and 70 variant for late F-15’s. Plus it’s lighter with slotted planar array antenna.

The only reason i can think of is more like Politics where NIIP Tikhomirov simply won’t allow it’s monopoly to Flanker radar’s be broken by Phazotron. In other hand we see MiG-29’s fleet radar entirely made and developed by Phazotron despite NIIP Tikhomirov’s OSA and Bars-29 offerings.

AL-31FM as far as i know. Only Su-35’s that use 117S.

About time. having ARH means allowance for more target to be engaged, thing which is desirable for short-medium system. Who develop the seeker ? Altair or Agat ?

still curious about the state of Zhuk-AE. If 2018 is a real date, there shouuuld be a sign of production Particularly the version with larger module counts.