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Su-30SM vs Su-35S: how to tell them apart

Two versions of the same family. Name the wrong one in Spotrep and you still get family points, but the exact model scores most.

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Su-30SM

Combat aircraft, Russia. In service since 2012

What gives it away

Flanker airframe with a two-seat cockpit and small canards ahead of the wing root.

Used by

Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia

Su-35S, combat aircraft from Russia

Su-35S

Combat aircraft, Russia. In service since 2014

What gives it away

Twin tail fins, long nose, large intakes under a broad flat fuselage.

Used by

Russia, China, Algeria

Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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