The Russian MoD finally broke its silence on using Su-57 fighters in the ongoing special military operations (SMO). General Sergei Surovikin, commander of the joint group of troops in the area of the SMO, told reporters on Tuesday, October 18, 2022.

“In terms of the quality of combat use, I would especially like to single out the Su-57 fifth-generation multifunctional aircraft. Having a wide range of weapons, it solves multifaceted tasks of hitting air and ground targets in each sortie,” he said.

General Surovikin’s comment suggests that the Su-57 is being used both in the air-to-air and air-to-ground roles, and in both roles, it had scored hits.

Earlier, in June 2022, Izvestia had reported that Russia had deployed four Su-57 for the SMO, and the aircraft was being used to establish a tactical information network.

Earlier in 2018, Russia officially acknowledged using four Su-57 during the Syrian campaign. The State Duma’s expert council for the aviation industry, Vladimir Gutenev, said in July 2018.

“The stay of our four Su-57s in Syria has certainly allowed us to obtain additional information about the capabilities of this machine to detect American F-22s and F-35s that are in the same theatre of operations.”

In the subsequent paragraphs, we will discuss the weapons and tactics likely being employed by Russian forces for Su-57 in the abovementioned roles.

Syrian operational experience notwithstanding, many operational capabilities of the Su-57 likely remained to be tested before the start of the SMO on February 24, 2022. Therefore, Russian employment of the fighter has been cautious. Operational restrictions on its use likely include stand-off attacks and tactical information networking only.


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File Image: Su-57-& Su-75 (Checkmate)
Front Aspect Stealth
It’s widely believed that the Su-57 can be easier to detect by radar than US stealth fighters such as the F-22 Raptor & F-35 Lightning. What is not so widely known is that while the Su-57’s side and rear aspect stealth characteristics are not outstanding, its front aspect stealth is fairly decent.

That means if the Su-57 is flying at the same altitude as a US E-3 or E-8 AWACS and moving straight towards it, it will be difficult for the AWACS to track it. As a result, ground radars and AWACS will not easily see the Su-57 coming in head-on air-to-air or air-to-surface attack mode.

As a result, the Su-57 could easily fly to weapon release range undetected even by the mightiest adversary.

Air-to-Air Missiles
General Surovikin implied that Su-57s have brought down adversary fighters.

For air-to-air engagements, the Su-57 is equipped with the R-37M (RVV-BD) long-range missile, K-77M medium-range missile, and two short-range missiles – R-74M2 & K-MD (Izdeliye 300). The R-74M2 is an upgrade of the R-74 adopted for internal carriage, while the K-MD is a clean sheet design.


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File Image: Su-57
There have been no reports of close combat between the Su-57 and a Ukrainian fighter, nor a radar or visual sighting of the Su-57 in Ukrainian airspace. Any air-to-air kills by the Su-57 would need to be credited using either the K-77M or the R-37M missiles.

The R-37M has a range of 300 kilometers and the K-77M of 190 kilometers. Both missiles use dual pulse motors and are consequently very energetic during their end game, making it difficult for the adversary aircraft to break the lock. Equally importantly, they use active homing AESA seekers for terminal guidance.
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Putin is an idiot and a mad man.

Putin is a he goat. Ewu

Look at how his miscalculations exposed the weak Russia military.
What a shame to him.

Danny50:
Putin is an idiot and a mad man.

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Cozbymaster97:
Putin is a he goat. Ewu

Look at how his miscalculations exposed the weak Russia military.
What a shame to him.

hey yeah but the strongest USA military fought poor Taliban for 20 yrs and lost so why complain about 1 nation fighting 30nations (NATO)

Vl3ly:
e pain am

The man said he was going to take over in a week time so how far?

Vl3ly:
hey yeah but the strongest USA military fought poor Taliban for 20 yrs and lost so why complain about 1 nation fighting 30nations (NATO)

USA went to kill Osama Bin Ladin
Mission accomplished
Stop deceiving yourself

Cozbymaster97:

USA went to kill Osama Bin Ladin Mission accomplished Stop deceiving yourself

I Dnt Answer That Shithole

Vl3ly:
hey yeah but the strongest USA military fought poor Taliban for 20 yrs and lost so why complain about 1 nation fighting 30nations (NATO)

guerrilla and conventional warfare is the same.. Russia couldn’t defeat a neighbor that share boundary with them; so can they fight a county that is in another continent?

Cozbymaster97:


USA went to kill Osama Bin Ladin
Mission accomplished
Stop deceiving yourself

why USA did not leave Afghanistan after the death of bin laden

Who did USA went to kill during there 20 war in poor Vietnam?

leofab:
guerrilla and conventional warfare is the same.. Russia couldn’t defeat a neighbor that share boundary with them; so can they fight a county that is in another continent?

another USA 20yrs of war with Vietnam
Hope you can defend this one also

Vl3ly:
another USA 20yrs of war with Vietnam
Hope you can defend this one also

check the demographics.. usa is thousands of miles away while China and Russia are mere neighbors.. war is logistics bro.. imagine if Russia has to ship and fly in those thousands of rustics armored that is scattered all over ukraine…

leofab:
check the demographics.. usa is thousands of miles away while China and Russia are mere neighbors.. war is logistics bro.. imagine if Russia has to ship and fly in those thousands of rustics armored that is scattered all over ukraine…

The US failed woefully in Vietnam no justification for that abeg

leofab:
check the demographics.. usa is thousands of miles away while China and Russia are mere neighbors.. war is logistics bro.. imagine if Russia has to ship and fly in those thousands of rustics armored that is scattered all over ukraine…

Located between midland Siberia and the state of Alaska are two small islands. The Chukchi Sea lies to the north and the Bering Sea to the south. Separating the two islands is the International Date Line (IDL) which is also the border between Russia and the United States.


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Vl3ly:
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rottennaija:

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Emma15678:

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Danny50:
Putin is an idiot and a mad man.

You're a Western slave

Cozbymaster97:
Putin is a he goat. Ewu

Look at how his miscalculations exposed the weak Russia military.
What a shame to him.

Anofia, Putin is fighting to protect his people

rottennaija:
No be you ooo bro. Na those people who dey want believe wetin western propaganda dey feed them. I just hope they are making money from it

These trolls taye me. Una get time to argue with them.

RB1330:

The US failed woefully in Vietnam no justification for that abeg

like Russia is failing in ukraine

ariesbull:
Located between midland Siberia and the state of Alaska are two small islands. The Chukchi Sea lies to the north and the Bering Sea to the south. Separating the two islands is the International Date Line (IDL) which is also the border between Russia and the United States.


Make una dey yan well

read before you reply.. usa has executed wars in dad away continent which doesn’t share border unlike Russia that can easily role tanks into an enemy territory..

Danny50:
The man said he was going to take over in a week time so how far?

Point to one credible source where he said that.

Cozbymaster97:


USA went to kill Osama Bin Ladin
Mission accomplished
Stop deceiving yourself

Lmao. Did they killed Osama bin laden in Afghanistan?