How to distinguish the Su 30MK from the Su 30MKK?

The Su-30MKK of our army is a simplified version of the Su-30MK, which has appropriately improved electronic equipment and maintainability according to the requirements of our army, and focuses on ground attack. India's Su-30MKI was introduced by the Indian army as an air supremacy fighter under the condition that the MiG-29 is becoming more and more backward. It has front canards and thrust vectoring engines, and the emphasis is still on maneuverability.

The S30MKK is a fighter-bomber produced according to the requirements of the Chinese Air Force, focusing on ground attack capabilities under the premise of taking into account air supremacy, which is equivalent to the role of F15E. It can carry all kinds of ammunition for ground and sea attacks. At the same time, it can also carry advanced air-to-air missiles such as R77 and R73, and retains the potential for modified vector nozzles and NO10 radars.

Air combat is not the main task of the SU30MKK, and of course such indicators as maneuverability are not particularly emphasized. But the air combat capabilities are not inferior to the Su27, especially the medium-range air combat capabilities, which surpass the Su27. The SU30MKI is a high-performance air superiority fighter produced according to the requirements of the Indian Air Force, and its purpose is to compete for air supremacy, with air combat as the main task, so it is natural that the radar's anti-air performance and maneuverability must be highlighted, but it is really difficult to carry out an air-to-surface attack, at most it is similar to the Su27SK.

Judging by some data, MKK seems to be a bit worse than MKI. True, for example, the maneuverability of the MKK is somewhat worse than that of the Su-27SK, and the MKI is called the "two-seat Su-37", and its maneuverability can be imagined. However, the cockpit of the MKK is much simpler than the MKI.

In terms of radar, many people say that the radar detection range of the MKI of the Indian army can reach 400 kilometers; When Chinese publications introduce the radar of the MKK, they generally say 100 kilometers; And the radar of the Su-30FN used by the Russian army is only more than 100 kilometers. On the surface, the MKI is much superior, but in fact, the 400 km of the MKI is said to large targets such as bombers and AWACS, and the detection range is only about 100 km for small targets of 5 square meters. There is an English-language military-industrial magazine in Russia, I don't remember the name, it's very beautiful, and most of the content of the magazine is about the Russian military's technology and exports.

The 4th issue of the magazine in 2000 systematically introduced the Su-30 series fighters, with a large number of ** and data, you may wish to read it. Comparing the S30MKK with the Su30MKI is ridiculous in itself, it is equivalent to comparing Holyfield and Ronaldo together, who do you say is better? It is difficult to distinguish from the appearance.

To add, your question itself is a bit of a small one, and what you want to ask is the difference in appearance between the Su-30MKK and the Su-30MKK2, or the difference between the Su-30MK and the Su-30MKK, which is not clearly stated. The Su-30MK is the export model of the Su-30M type, K means 'export use', and MKK means Chinese export type, because China starts with K in Russian. In the same way, the I of the Su-30MKI stands for India.

Because it is equipped with passive phased array radar and thrust vectoring technology, the Su-30MKI has better performance on paper than the Su-30MKK. But in reality, this is not the case.

It is impossible not to mention the Su-30MKI and Su-30MKK without mentioning their manufacturers - the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory (IAPO) and the Gagarin Aircraft Factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur (KNAAPO). The most important manufacturing plant of the Sukhoi Design Bureau in the former Soviet era was the Gagarin Aircraft Factory (KNAAPO) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Due to the heavy production tasks of KNAAPO, some of the production tasks were transferred to IAPO for completion.

IAPO had never produced Sukhoi fighters before the Su-27UB, and its relationship with the Sukhoi Design Bureau was much less close than that of the Gagarin plant.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, in order to compete for the market, these two manufacturers successively launched export models. Based on the Su-27UB, IAPO developed an export version of the Su-30MK, and derived the Indian version of the Su-30MKI, equipped with passive phased array radar and thrust vectoring technology. As the factory with the strongest production experience in the Su-27 series, KNAAPO developed the Su-35 on the basis of the Su-30SK and derived the Su-30MKK, becoming the only model in the Su-27 series that solves the "transonic trap" of the Su-27 series.

More mature performance.

Because of this, while India's Su30MKI is constantly in use, China's Su-30MKK has steadily formed combat effectiveness.

In comparison, it should be MKI

The Indian Su-30MKI often boasts that it has installed a three-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzle, which can effectively improve the maneuverability of the aircraft and can make some unconventional maneuvers.

Su-30MKI, using an improved and upgraded vector nozzle engine of the AL-31F, has a maximum thrust of 137 kN per unit. Phased array radar is used, and the maximum detection range is 150 km. The range, bomb load, ammunition and other functions are the same as those of the Su-30MKK.

Because the thrust of the engine is much larger than that of the Su-30MKK, and with a vector nozzle, the thrust is increased by more than 20% compared with the basic engine when the fighter is climbing, sharp turning and other difficult actions, so the thrust-to-weight ratio is much higher than that of the Su-30MKK, and its flight performance and maneuverability are much better than the Su-30MKK, plus the radar detection range is 50 kilometers longer than that of the Su-30MKK, which has the advantage of being the first to detect and strike first, making it a multiplier of combat power. Therefore, authoritative military experts at home and abroad agree that one Su-30MKI is equivalent to the air combat capability of two Su-30MKK or J-11.

There are actually 3 types of Su-30, and the difference between them is even greater than the difference with the Su-35.

The specific relationship is:

Su-27UB - Su-27PU - Su-30 - Su-30MKI

Su-27S - Su-27M - Su-35 - Su-35UB - Su-30MKK

Komsomolsk is a production plant for the Su-27 single-seater, while Irkutsk is a two-seater. Therefore, the Su-30 of Komsomolsk was developed from a single-seat air-controlled type (Su-27S) to a single-seat multi-purpose (Su-35), and then to a two-seat multi-purpose, and finally due to China's requirements, the Su-30MKK's ground attack capability was strengthened, and a certain amount of anti-air capability was abandoned. And Irkutsk has developed directly from a two-seat air supremacy (Su-30) to a two-seat multi-purpose (Su-30MKI).

The three Su-30s vary greatly from the inside out.

The Su-30 and Su-30MKI are in the same lineage, while the Su-35 and Su-30MKK are two brothers.

And the Su-35 has also gone through a long process of development, several ups and downs, and the current Su-35BM and the original Su-35 are also completely different.

Cockpit: All three Su-30s are two-seaters, only the Su-35 is single-seater (except for its trainer Su-35UB, but it rarely appears).

Canard wings: The Su-30MKI is a three-wing plane, the other two do not have canards, some prototypes of the Su-35 have canards, but the production version does not have canards.

Front wheels: Both the Su-30MKK and Su-35 have dual front wheels. The Su-30 and Su-30MKI are single front wheels.

Vertical tail: The top of the vertical tail of the Su-30MKK and Su-35 is flat, and the Su-30 and Su-30MKI are pointed and vertical tail (the vertical tail is cut sharp).

Air intake: The short wing antenna on the outside of the air intake tract has it, the Su-30MKK and Su-35 do not, the early Su-30MKI also has it, and the later one is not clear if there is one.

Airspeed tube: There are three types of airspeed tube in the nose of the Su-30, and the Su-35 does not. This was decided due to the need for the installation of phased array radars.

Differences: 1. MKK is a Su-30 series fighter model introduced by China in advance, and its equipment is the People's Air Force, focusing on air attack, in other words, air supremacy fighters. The Su-30MKK is equipped with an M400 reconnaissance pod and a forward-looking photoelectric pod on the basis of Type 1, which mainly improves the aircraft's identification and indication capabilities and is conducive to naval and aviation operations.

On the internal cockpit management system, the Su-30MKK is 4 multifunctional color LCDs, not three of the Su-30MKK fighter-bombers.

2. The MK2 is an improved Su-30 model introduced by China's naval aviation, which has added the ability to search and attack, can carry air-based anti-ship missiles, has strong sea control capabilities, and can also guide domestic Flying Leopard fighters to attack.

1. Supplement: 2. Specific parameters:

1) Su-30MKK fighter-bomber.

1. Captain: m.

2. Wingspan: meters.

3. Machine height: meters.

4. Empty weight: kilograms.

5. Maximum take-off weight: 34500 kg.

6. Engine: two AL-31F worm fan engines or AL-31FU vector engines.

7. Maximum level flight speed:

8. Maximum ceiling: 17,300 meters.

9. Combat radius: 3000 km.

10. Maximum range: 5200 km.

11. **Equipped with a 30MMGSH-30-1 built-in 6-barreled cannon.

2) Su-30MK2 basic data.

1. Engine model: 2 AL-31F

2. Take-off thrust: 2 12500 kg.

3. Captain: m.

4. Wingspan: meters.

5. Machine height: meters.

6. Maximum take-off weight: maximum 34,500 kg and limit 38,000 kg.

7. Maximum internal fuel tank capacity: 9720 kg.

8. Maximum load: 8000 kg.

9. Maximum speed: 2100 km/h (high altitude); 1400 kmh (sea).

10. Maximum Mach number: 2

11. Practical ceiling: 17,300 meters.

12. Maximum overload: 9

14. Normal take-off weight taxi: 550 meters.

15. Landing and taxiing with parachute: 750 meters.

One is dominated by air supremacy. And one with the mission of attacking from the opposite side.

1. One is dominated by air dominance. And one with the mission of attacking from the opposite side. In fact, at the beginning, the two aircraft were developed by the different requirements of their customers on a completely different path, although they were born out of the T-10 but now they have parted ways, it is meaningless to compare the two fighters with completely different combat missions, with the improvement of China's Su-27 avionics and the increasingly clear domestic J11 improvement, the day when the real "competition" with the Su-30MKI is coming.

2. The Indian Su-30MKI seems to be more fashionable than the Chinese Su-30MKK: the former has a three-wing aerodynamic layout that is very different from the Su-30 fundamental type, while the latter does not look significantly different. Russia and India have also always claimed that this three-wing layout can bring excellent maneuverability to the Su-30MKI.