In the Russian army there were those who called for the retirement of the Sukhoi 25 planes • The company's response was a massive upgrade of the plane that fought in Afghanistan and Syria • This is what it looks like

The official channel of the Russian army, has released a training video showing the next generation of Sukhoi 25 aircraft in action. This is a training of a pair of Su-25SM3, which performs a whole series of attacks and use of various weapons. The firing of the armament The rest of the footage was taken by a series of cameras attached to the planes in and around the cockpit.

The RT news agency noted that the video shows a Russian effort to preserve and strengthen the Sukhoi 25 aircraft, which are a kind of air tanks, which are supposed to assist the ground forces in combat. These are old and well-armored aircraft, which fought in Afghanistan in the early 1980s and also recently against ISIS in Syria. The Sukhoi plane is not out of a rapid attack but a kind of well-protected air tool that can give the battlefield forces a wider coverage of targets. Therefore it is slower but has a very high precision capability.

Over the years, there have been claims, even in the Russian army itself, that while the heavy aircraft is capable of providing great firepower, it will not withstand precision missiles and advanced armament. Therefore, they argued, the 'flying tank' should already be retiring.

This review led the aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi to make a long series of upgrades to the aircraft, the function of which is to make it capable of surviving on the modern battlefield as well. As part of this upgrade, the Russians have learned lessons from the many relatives in which the planes have participated in recent years in Chechnya and Syria. The fight against the terrorist organizations allowed the Russians to examine the aircraft's performance and its weaknesses to understand what needed to be fixed and upgraded.

In the new version, modern command and control systems and precise weapons were added to the old aircraft, enabling long-range firing. In addition, aircraft protection has been upgraded and is now able to withstand the vulnerabilities of modern armament. Aircraft can fire from a greater distance, detect and evade missiles better and still be a significant air force in combat. In this way, the Russian army hopes to continue operating these aircraft in the coming years.