{"id":1121,"date":"2017-03-10T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T13:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2017-03-10T16:43:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T14:43:27","slug":"russian-aerospace-forces-to-get-16-sophisticated-su-34-bombers-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1121","title":{"rendered":"Russian Aerospace Forces to Get 16 Sophisticated Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback Bombers This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russia&#8217;s Aerospace Forces will get 16 new Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers in 2017, while the modernization of the aircraft will start in 2018, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Borisov announced on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?attachment_id=1122\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1122\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Russian-Aerospace-Forces-Su-34-Bomber-10-03-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Sukhoi Su-34\" width=\"1000\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Russian-Aerospace-Forces-Su-34-Bomber-10-03-2017.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Russian-Aerospace-Forces-Su-34-Bomber-10-03-2017-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Russian-Aerospace-Forces-Su-34-Bomber-10-03-2017-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This year, we expect additional deliveries of four aircraft and the total order volume for the current year is 16 Su-34s,&#8221; Borisov said, adding that nine aircraft are already in the final stages of assembly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the deputy defense minister, the Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association (NAPO, or NAPA) has a long-term contract with the Russian Defense Ministry on the production of a total of 92 Su-34 strike fighters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Borisov stressed that Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback aircraft have proved highly effective in the fight against terrorists in Syria.<\/strong><br \/>\n<i><br \/>\n<\/i><em> &#8220;A program on the modernization of Su-34 Fullback is planned to start in 2018,&#8221; the minister said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Borisov announced that Russia&#8217;s Aerospace Forces would receive 17 advanced Su-30SM fighter jets and 10 Yak-130 combat trainers in 2017.<br \/>\n<i><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn4.img.sputniknews.com\/images\/102734\/69\/1027346975.png\" alt=\"The Su-34 Strike Fighter\" \/><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"b-article__lead\"><strong>The Su-34 is a state-of-the-art Russian fighter bomber, developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau in the mid-1980s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"b-article__text\">\n<p>The two-seat Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback is primarily designed to\u00a0destroy a variety of\u00a0ground and naval targets. It is capable of\u00a0performing solo and group missions in\u00a0daytime and at\u00a0night, under\u00a0favorable and adverse weather conditions and in\u00a0a hostile environment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: NOVOSIBIRSK (<a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/military\/201703101051431944-russia-gets-new-airforce-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sputnik News<\/a>) \u2013 10 March 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 100px; left: 20px;\">Kaydet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 100px; left: 20px;\">Kaydet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Kaydet<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s Aerospace Forces will get 16 new Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers in 2017, while the modernization of the aircraft will start in 2018, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Borisov announced on Friday. &#8220;This year, we&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,36,173,7],"tags":[1162,249,1163,1161,1165,1164,797,801,1166],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1127,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions\/1127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}