Blown Out of the Sky: Russia Is Losing Su-34 Fullback Fighter-Bombers Faster Than Novosibirsk Can Build Them. Moscow Keeps Flying Them Anyway.

Blown Out of the Sky: Russia Is Losing Su-34 Fullback Fighter-Bombers Faster Than Novosibirsk Can Build Them. Moscow Keeps Flying Them Anyway.

Production of the Su-34 by the Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association is slow compared with the rate of combat losses, and even a prioritised line cannot keep pace. Russia's answer has not been to withdraw the aircraft but to change how it is used - releasing glide bombs from standoff range rather than flying over defended targets.