Designed by the Sukhoi design Bureau, the Su-34 will exchange the Su-24 Fencer frontline bombers. Sukhoi says the new bomber has the potential to become the best and effective plane in its category for years to come. In Russia one Su-34 prices regarding one billion rubles. The $36 million Su-34 fighter-bomber is a two-seat strike aircraft equipped with twin AL-31MF afterburning turbojet engines. it's designed to deliver high-precision strikes on heavily defended targets in all weather conditions, day or night, and fields weaponry that includes a 30mm GSh-301 cannon, up to 12 Alamo or Archer AAMs, ASMs, and bombs.
The Su-34 will be one of the three high performance aircraft that are planned to create the core of the future Russian Air Force, together with the Yak-130 advanced trainer and a new multi-functional fighter (PAK-FA). The Strike Flanker was in competition with the Su-30 to replace the Su-24 and was successful because of the potential of growth of the avionics, since it had twice the space in relation to the opposite airplanes of the Flanker family.
