Los Inside secrets of the Russian multirole stealth fighterhave been recently revealed in an image shared on a Telegram channel related to the Russian Government.
In the snapshot it was possible to see rear weapons compartment doors opened for the first time of the , which has brought to light the weapons that the fighter can carry.
Specifically, as stated in the open floodgates you can see two attachment points for a missile. In addition, the aircraft has three other weapons bays in addition to the rear bay.
“Assuming that the front bay holds two missiles like the rear bay, and that the side bays hold one each, The Sukhoi Su-57 carries a total of six missiles inside its fuselage.”point out from the Finnish media .
The fighter aircraft (also known for short as Su-57) is a single-seat aircraft with two jet engines. It is a Multipurpose fifth-generation aircraft with stealth capability.
The fighter has a length of 20.1 meters, a wingspan of 14.2 meters and a maximum takeoff weight of 35 tons. It can reach a speed of 1,350 km/h at sea level and more than 2,100 km/h at high altitude. (the maximum flight altitude of the aircraft is 20 kilometers).
The first Sukhoi Su-57 prototype took off on January 29, 2010 in the Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Several prototypes were later tested in combat during the Syrian civil war.
After these tests, mass production of the fighter began in 2019. One unit of this fighter aircraft has a cost between 80 and 100 million dollars (approximately, between 69 and 86 million eurosat the current exchange rate).
