Sukhoi Su-30MKM Flanker-H - When East meets West in Southeast Asia

one important note: if you see Gempurwira watermark a lot of times are Photoshops

although recently among military enthusiasts was playing around an idea of localized Su-30MKM MLU upgrades via Turkish made sensors and weaponry, given MKM is one of most NATO compatible Flankers known, plus MKM’s major overhauls are done in house rather than send back to Russia(or Belarus) as most operators did
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Sounds like They’re basically doing what the Indians did to the mki

nah it’s just a hypothetical idea but yeah closely similar as HAL’s MKI upgrades

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8, it’s upgraded now, 4 was for measuring their previse angular coordinates but it can attack 8.
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Lets goooooo

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Best flanker in the game lol. And now it even gets kh38 and r771. Goated plane fr

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Is this getting Kh-38’s for balance reasons? I was fairly certain Russia never exported them.

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Missiles not being available due to a nation not buying them is not a factor as already confirmed multiple times. As long as the aircraft is capable of using them (like in this case, being a Su-30 and therefore still possibly having the capability) it can have them

This is seen on things like the Swiss Hornets, Swedish Gripen C’s, etc. They are still capable of carrying them, and the nation not having said weapon is no longer a factor.

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still not because all of Su-30MKM was delivered (2007-2009) before Kh-38 went into testing (2010) and later production (2015)

Well is there proof of the Kh-38 having some sort of specific component on said Su-30’s that is needed for it? And that this does not have it? If so, it can be bug reported.

So far I’ve only seen people comment about it but post no proof about this specifically not gonna lie

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Its model is even correct, holy I love it :D

#warthunder-update-channel _ JP _ ASEAN _ SK War Thunder Research Group - Discord 05.12.2025 18_15_44

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It’s never been advertised for use on su-30mki variants, only the base su-30mk. Tho atp idrc, I’ve long realized gaijin standards changes every single time another vehicle drops

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What’s optic maws? Is that UV?

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I meant it should UV type maws not optic, unless optic means UV?

Just remembered about this image

Mentions that the Su-30MK’s can have KH-38. This isn’t far off.

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Yeah that’s why I said b4 that it’s only meant for mk, not mki variants. And no su30sm brochure shows kh38 as options while plenty of su35 brochures do. IMO it’s no use taking up to gaijin, they do as they please so it’s whatever atp

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@MythicPi do you know if optic maws is the same as UV maws?

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plus just because one has hardware (shares the same pylon as Kh-29) doesn’t mean it’s plug and play too, I doubt it able to use it

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