The Su-33 could be Russia’s most dangerous carrier fighter. But the airplane’s footprint is somewhat larger—and on Russia’s only aircraft carrier, available real estate is at a premium. The Su-33 is ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Liaoning (originally the Soviet Varyag) was designed with the ski-jump because it was designed to support the Su-33 and MiG-29K fighter aircraft, which weren’t ...

Key Points and Summary: Russia's Sukhoi Su-33 is a powerful and capable carrier-based fighter, superior in many ways to its naval counterpart, the MiG-29K. -However, this formidable aircraft is now ...

Su-33: Russia’s Sea Flanker—Promise, Problems, And A Narrow Path Forward By the late Cold War, Soviet admirals wanted something their navy had never truly possessed: a blue-water carrier fighter that ...