The Su-34 is designed primarily for tactical deployment against ground and naval targets on solo and group missions in daytime and at night, under favourable and adverse weather conditions and in a hostile environment with counter-fire and electronic warfare counter-measures deployed, as well as for aerial reconnaissance.
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The Sukhoi Su-34 is planned to eventually replace the Su-24 tactical strike fighter and the Tu-22M long-distance bomber.
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On 9 January 2008, Sukhoi reported that the Su-34 had begun full-rate production.
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In December 2012, Sukhoi Su-34 reportedly delivered five aircraft under the 2012 State Defence Order.
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On 16 July 2015, the Sukhoi Company handed over another batch of Su-34 frontline bombers to the Russian Defence Ministry.
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Sukhoi Su-34 is powered by a pair of Saturn AL-31FM1 turbofan engines, the same engines used on the Su-27SM, giving the aircraft a maximum speed of Mach 1.
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The airframe is cleared to perform maneuvers of up to +9 g The noise level of the Su-34 is two times lower than the level of its predecessors.
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Sukhoi Su-34 is a three lifting surface design having both a conventional horizontal tailplane at the rear and a canard foreplane in front of the main wings.
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The Sukhoi Su-34 reportedly has a frontal radar cross-section that is an order of magnitude smaller than prior generation fighters.
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Sukhoi Su-34 is rumoured to have made its combat debut during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.
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On 4 June 2015, an Sukhoi Su-34 slid off the runway and flipped over when its parachute failed to open after landing.
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All Sukhoi Su-34 flights were suspended throughout Russia following the accident.
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On 21 October 2020, an Sukhoi Su-34 crashed performing a training flight in Khabarovsk region.
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The Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers destroyed an Islamic State command center and training camp south-west of the city of Raqqa.
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On 16 August 2016, Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and Sukhoi Su-34 bombers, having taken off from their base in Hamadan Islamic Republic of Iran, carried out group airstrikes against targets belonging to ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist groups in the provinces of Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor and Idlib.
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In various regions of Ukraine, downed Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft were mostly shot down by Ukrainian forces but some crashed for other reasons.
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On 17 October 2022, a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber crashed into a residential building in the Russian city of Yeysk, killing 15 people on the ground.
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