Two more countries refused to buy Russian Su-35 fighters. Yesterday, January 4, the portal defence-blog.com He reported that Egypt and Algeria joined Indonesia's decision.
According to Defense Blog, all three contracts were lost "due to the inability to install an active phased array radar (AFAR) and advanced avionics, which were previously imported from a number of European countries and Israel." After the US sanctions came into effect, Russia was unable to purchase this equipment even for export orders.
Su-35S fighters
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Algeria, instead of purchasing new fighters, decided to modernize the existing Su-30SM. Egypt has officially suspended the deal for the supply of 30 Su-35 fighters until the Russian side solves the problem with imported components, despite the fact that about a dozen aircraft have already been produced. In response to this news, the Iranian news agency Mehr reported that Russia is ready to sell Su-35 fighters to Iran.
The Su-35 is a multi-purpose supermaneuverable fighter of the 4++ generation. The machine is built on the T-10S platform, on the basis of which the Su-27 / Su-30 fighters were created, but it is equipped with on-board combat aviation equipment that meets, according to the developers, the requirements of the fifth generation.
