MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Defense Ministry has decided to provide the entire fleet of carrier-based Sukhoi Su-33 fighter aircraft with systems that significantly increase the accuracy of airborne weapons, the ministry told Interfax-AVN on Friday.
"The decision was made on the basis of the real combat experience gained during missile and bombing attacks on the enemy carried out by Su-33 fighters based on the Admiral Kuznetsov heavy aircraft-carrier and are already equipped with such systems," the source said.
Today around ten Su-33 are requipped with the special SVP-24-33 computing subsystem, he said.
"Having this system enabled the carrier-based Su-33s in Syria to apply unguided bombs with the accuracy characteristic of a guided weapon. During missile and bombing strikes maximum deviation from the target did not exceed several meters," the source said.
According to experts, currently the Russian army has around 20 Su-33 fighters in service. Until recently these were used as interceptor-fighters with no possibility to work with bombs and missile against ground and maritime targets. Now this has become possible.