Proposals to upgrade the Su-33 with modern radar and weapons have surfaced, but funding priorities favor land-based Su-35s and Su-57s. About the Author: Brandon J. Weichert.

In fact, the Su-33 has 12 hardpoints to carry many more pounds of weapons than the old, underperforming Yak-38 ever could. In the case of the Su-33, it can carry a much better suite of weapons.

October 13, 2009: The Russian Navy is buying 24 MiG-29Ks (for about $42 million each) to replace the Su-33s currently operating from the aircraft carrier Kuznetsov. It was last year that the carrier ...

The decision means that Britain’s air force will have a nuclear role for the first time since the end of the Cold War.

The Su-33 also features two additional payload hardpoints for a total of 12, and—despite widely overlapping with the Su-27 in weapon choices—is compatible with Kh-41/Kh-31 anti-ship missiles.

The Su-33 was first produced in 1987, according to United Aircraft Corp. China copied several Russian weapons systems without permission, according to a 2017 report by the Stockholm International ...

The Su-33 is one of the most advanced combat aircraft in the Russian tech tree. It sits at Rank VIII, with a Battle Rating of 13.0. However, in Ground Realistic Battles, its BR changes to 12.3.

The Su-33 is, in turn, derived from the Su-27, and was, in fact, initially ... the launch by means of a catapult allows the new J-15T to depart the carrier with a heavier load of weapons and fuel.

Shot with a 360-camera the following video shows Sukhoi Su-33 fighter jets being prepared for take-off and then another Flanker taking from the sky-jump of the Russian carrier.

In fact, the Su-33 has 12 hardpoints to carry many more pounds of weapons than the old, underperforming Yak-38 ever could. In the case of the Su-33, it can carry a much better suite of weapons.

The 33 ton Su-33 is larger than the 21 ton MiG-29K, and both types of aircraft were to operate from the three 65,000 ton Kuznetsovs. ... A more powerful engine is used, which enabled the aircraft to ...