> why kinzhal on su34 so far the main launcher of the kinzhal missile was the mig31k (i could be wrong with the designation but whatever) which is a specially modified mig31 interceptor and those are very few in number. i will remind you that in the last year or two there was a major event when the russians added their air launched nuclear cruise missiles to the su34. the reason being, previously those missiles were used by their big, fat bombers that anyone could easily track from space, so the potential of those missiles was very limited. su34s however are numerous and omnipresent on russian military airfields. with the kinzhal missile it's the same story, where previously it was possible to track the potential for these to be launched by tracking those few mig31k jets, now they can come from anywhere. also the mig31 hasn't been in production since like 30 years ago, the su34 is being produced right now. they have to plan for 20 years from now when the mig31s are being retired and su57s do not have the internal weapon bay space to store such a big missile. although they might be able to carry it externally, but the kinzhal is carried right in the middle of the hull where the weapon bay doors are which i don't think would work out very well. anyway. lots of su34s around, they want them to carry all the missiles because they are so numerous.
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