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Sukhoi Su-30MKM, the Glossary

The Sukhoi Su-30MKM (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF).^[1]

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Aerospace Technology Systems Corporation

The Aerospace Technology Systems Corporation Sdn Bhd (ATSC), is a Malaysian aerospace company that providing aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service.

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Afterburner

An afterburner (or reheat in British English) is an additional combustion component used on some jet engines, mostly those on military supersonic aircraft.

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An air superiority fighter (also styled air-superiority fighter) is a fighter aircraft designed to seize control of enemy airspace by establishing tactical dominance (air superiority) over the opposing air force.

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Air-to-air missile

Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back) An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles).

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Air-to-surface missile

An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea.

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Airframe

The mechanical structure of an aircraft is known as the airframe.

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Angkasawan program

The Angkasawan program was an initiative by the Malaysian government to send a Malaysian to the International Space Station on board Soyuz TMA-11.

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Anti-radiation missile

An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source.

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Anti-ship missile

An anti-ship missile (AShM or ASM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats.

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Antonov An-124 Ruslan

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (Ruslan; NATO reporting name: Condor) is a large, strategic airlift, four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (USSR).

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Autocannon

An autocannon, automatic cannon or machine cannon is a fully automatic gun that is capable of rapid-firing large-caliber (or more) armour-piercing, explosive or incendiary shells, as opposed to the smaller-caliber kinetic projectiles (bullets) fired by a machine gun.

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Avionics

Avionics (a blend of aviation and electronics) are the electronic systems used on aircraft.

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Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, in service with the armed forces of the U.S., Australia, and Kuwait. Sukhoi Su-30MKM and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet are twinjets.

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Canard (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, a canard is a wing configuration in which a small forewing or foreplane is placed forward of the main wing of a fixed-wing aircraft or a weapon. Sukhoi Su-30MKM and canard (aeronautics) are canard aircraft.

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Damocles (targeting pod)

The Damocles is a 3rd generation targeting pod, modular, eye-safe laser, high performance pod selected by the French Air Force for its attack fighter aircraft fleet.

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Electronic countermeasure

An electronic countermeasure (ECM) is an electrical or electronic device designed to trick or deceive radar, sonar, or other detection systems, like infrared (IR) or lasers.

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Electronic warfare

Electromagnetic warfare or electronic warfare (EW) is warfare involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy operations.

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FAB-500

The FAB-500 is a Soviet-designed general purpose air-dropped bomb with a high-explosive warhead, primarily used by the Russian Aerospace Forces, former Soviet republics and customer countries.

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Fighter aircraft

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.

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Fly-by-wire

Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface.

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GBU-12 Paveway II

The GBU-12 Paveway II is an American aerial laser-guided bomb, based on the Mk 82 general-purpose bomb, but with the addition of a nose-mounted laser seeker and fins for guidance.

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Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1

The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 (also known by the GRAU index designation 9A-4071K) is a 30 mm autocannon designed for use on Soviet and later Russian military aircraft, entering service in the early 1980s.

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Head-up display

A head-up display, or heads-up display, also known as a HUD or head-up guidance system (HGS), is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints.

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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian public sector aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Bangalore.

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Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Irkut Corporation

The JSC Yakovlev Corporation (Яковлев) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in the Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, It is the manufacturer of the Sukhoi Su-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft.

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Irkutsk

Irkutsk (p; Buryat and Эрхүү, Erhüü) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

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KAB-1500L

KAB-1500L is a Russian precision guided weapon, part of KAB-1500 family, a laser guided bomb and also the current production standard for use on 4+ and 4++ generation fighter jets, like the Sukhoi Su-30MKI/Sukhoi Su-30MKK, Sukhoi Su-34 and Sukhoi Su-35.

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KAB-500L

The KAB-500L is a laser-guided bomb developed by the Soviet Air Force, entering service in 1975.

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Kh-29

The Kh-29 (Х-29; NATO: AS-14 'Kedge; GRAU: 9M721) is a Soviet air-to-surface missile with a range of 10–30 km.

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Kh-31

The Kh-31 (Х-31; AS-17 'Krypton') is a Soviet and Russian air-to-surface missile carried by aircraft such as the MiG-29, Su-35 and the Su-57.

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Kh-59

The Kh-59 Ovod (Х-59 Овод 'Gadfly'; AS-13 'Kingbolt') is a Russian cruise missile with a two-stage solid-fuel propulsion system and 200 km range.

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Laser-guided bomb

A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active laser guidance to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than an unguided bomb.

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List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces

This list identifies the military aircraft which are currently being operated, or have formerly been operated, by the Malaysian Armed Forces.

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List of fighter aircraft

Fighter aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-air combat.

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Mach number

The Mach number (M or Ma), often only Mach, is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics representing the ratio of flow velocity past a boundary to the local speed of sound.

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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Sukhoi Su-30MKM and McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet are twinjets.

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Mikoyan MiG-29

The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Sukhoi Su-30MKM and Mikoyan MiG-29 are twin-tail aircraft and twinjets.

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Multirole combat aircraft

A multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) is a combat aircraft intended to perform different roles in combat.

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Nacelle

A nacelle is a streamlined container for aircraft parts such as engines, fuel or equipment.

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NATO reporting name

NATO uses a system of code names, called reporting names, to denote military aircraft and other equipment used by post-Soviet states, former Warsaw Pact countries, China, and other countries.

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OFAB-100-120

The OFAB-100-120 is a small bomb that can be carried on Sukhoi Su-17, Sukhoi Su-25, MiG-29, Su-27, Sukhoi Su-30 and various other aircraft.

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Passive electronically scanned array

A passive electronically scanned array (PESA), also known as passive phased array, is an antenna in which the beam of radio waves can be electronically steered to point in different directions (that is, a phased array antenna), in which all the antenna elements are connected to a single transmitter (such as a magnetron, a klystron or a travelling wave tube) and/or receiver.

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Paveway

Paveway is a series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs).

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Phased array

In antenna theory, a phased array usually means an electronically scanned array, a computer-controlled array of antennas which creates a beam of radio waves that can be electronically steered to point in different directions without moving the antennas.

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R-27 (air-to-air missile)

The Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo) is a family of air-to-air missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the late Cold War-era. It remains in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces, air forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States and air forces of many other countries as the standard medium-range air-to-air missile despite the development of the more advanced R-77.

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R-73 (missile)

The Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 Archer) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel NPO that entered service in 1984.

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R-77

The Vympel NPO R-77 missile (NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a Russian active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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RMAF Gong Kedak Air Base

RMAF Gong Kedak (TUDM Gong Kedak) is an air force base operated by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia).

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Royal Malaysian Air Force

The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF, Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia; TUDM; Jawi: تنترا اودارا دراج مليسيا) was formed on 2 June 1958 as the Royal Federation of Malaya Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; تنترا اودارا دراج ڤرسكوتون تانه ملايو).

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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S-13 rocket

The S-13 is a 122 mm calibre unguided rocket weapon developed by the Soviet Air Force for use by military aircraft.

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S-8 (rocket)

The S-8 is a rocket weapon developed by the Soviet Air Force for use by military aircraft.

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Saab AB

Saab AB (originally,, acronym SAAB), with subsidiaries collectively known as the Saab Group (Saabgruppen), is a Swedish aerospace and defense company primarily operating from Sweden.

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Saturn AL-31

The Saturn AL-31 is a family of axial flow turbofan engines, developed by the Lyulka design bureau in the Soviet Union, now NPO Saturn in Russia, originally as a 12.5-tonne (122.6 kN, 27,560 lbf) powerplant for the Sukhoi Su-27 long range air superiority fighter.

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Sukhoi

The JSC Sukhoi Company (ПАО «Компания „Сухой“») is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (formerly Soviet), headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and military aircraft.

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Sukhoi Su-30

The Sukhoi Su-30 (Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. Sukhoi Su-30MKM and Sukhoi Su-30 are canard aircraft, Sukhoi Su-27 family aircraft, Sukhoi aircraft and twinjets.

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Sukhoi Su-30MKA

The Sukhoi Su-30MKA (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russia's Sukhoi made for the Algerian Air Force. Sukhoi Su-30MKM and Sukhoi Su-30MKA are Sukhoi Su-27 family aircraft and Sukhoi aircraft.

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Sukhoi Su-30MKI

The Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a two-seater, twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi and built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). Sukhoi Su-30MKM and Sukhoi Su-30MKI are canard aircraft, Sukhoi Su-27 family aircraft, Sukhoi aircraft, twin-tail aircraft and twinjets.

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Sukhoi Su-30MKK

The Sukhoi Su-30MKK (NATO reporting name: Flanker-G)MKK stands for Russian Mnogofunktzionniy Kommercheskiy Kitayski (Cyrillic: Многофунктзионний Коммерческий Китайски), "Multifunctional Commercial for China". Sukhoi Su-30MKM and Sukhoi Su-30MKK are Sukhoi Su-27 family aircraft, Sukhoi aircraft, twin-tail aircraft and twinjets.

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Supermaneuverability

Supermaneuverability is the capability of fighter aircraft to execute tactical maneuvers that are not possible with purely aerodynamic techniques.

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Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses

Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD, pronounced), also known in the United States as "Wild Weasel" and (initially) "Iron Hand" operations, are military actions to suppress enemy surface-based air defenses, including not only surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) but also interrelated systems such as early-warning radar and command, control and communication (C3) functions, while also marking other targets to be destroyed by an air strike.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKM

Also known as Su-30MKM, Su30MKM.

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2000s Russian fighter aircraft

Aircraft first flown in 2003

Sukhoi Su-27 family aircraft

Sukhoi aircraft

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