Su-15TM Flagon-F
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Su_15TM


Name: Su-15TM Flagon-F

The Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union.
It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the 1990s.
The Su-15 was designed to replace the Sukhoi Su-11 and Sukhoi Su-9, which were becoming obsolete as NATO introduced newer and more capable strategic bombers.

Caracteristics:

- Crew: 1
- Length: 19.56 m (64 ft 2 in)
-Wingspan: 9.43 m (30 ft 11 in)
- Height: 4.84 m (15 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 36.6 m2 (394 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 10,760 kg (23,722 lb)
- Gross weight: 17,200 kg (37,920 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 17,900 kg (39,463 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Tumansky R-13F-300 afterburning turbojet engines, 40.21 kN (9,040 lbf) thrust each dry, 70 kN (16,000 lbf) with afterburner

Performance:

- Maximum speed: 2,230 km/h (1,390 mph, 1,200 kn) with 2 × K-8 or 2 × R-60 air-to-air missiles at 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.1
- Range: 1,380 km (860 mi, 750 nmi)
- Combat range: 725 km (450 mi, 391 nmi)
- Ferry range: 1,700 km (1,100 mi, 920 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 18,100 m (59,400 ft)
- g limits: +6.5
- Rate of climb: 228 m/s (44,900 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 555 kg/m2 (114 lb/sq ft)

Armament:

- Vympel R-60 - AA-8 "Aphid"
- K-8 (Infrared or Semi-active radar homing) - AA-3 "Anab"
- UPK-23 gun pods with 2 × 23 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L autocannons
- PTB-600 - 600 l fuel tank
- FAB-500 bombs
- UB16 rocket pods
