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The Borderlands of Naxivan today announced its national defence company, Naxarm, had began production of the new N-3 "Sunburn" combat aircraft. The Naxivan National Air Force has ordered 24 of the aircraft with the first batch of N-3s to be delivered within days. Naxivan decided to develop its own arms industry instead of buying arms from other nations.

Naxivan, a small nation located in the Caucaus region, only recently gained independence from the United Socialist States of Drabikstan. The N-3 "Sunburn" is based on the Russian-built Su-22 "Fitter-F". While the aircraft is outdated compared to the latest generation fighters, the N-3 "Sunburn" fighter-bomber is an important first step for Naxivan's arms industry. Naxarm has said it is interested in co-developing weaponary with other nations.


N-3 "Sunburn" (based on the Sukhoi Su-17/20/22 "Fitter")

Max Speed: 1,198 kt / 1.380 mph
Max Range 675 km / 419 miles
Dimensions: span 13.80 m / 45 ft 3 in
length 18.75 m / 61 ft 6.2 in
height 5.00 m / 16 ft 5 in
Weight: empty 95,00kg / 20,944 lb
max. take-off 19500 kg /
42,990 lb
Powerplant: one 11250-kg (24,802-lb) afterburning thrust Lyul'ka AL-21F-3 turbojet
Armament: two 30-mm NR-30 with 80 rounds per gun; provision for 4250 kg (9,370 Ib) of disposable stores, including tactical nuclear weapons, AAMs, ASMs, guided bombs, bombs, cluster bombs, dispenser weapons, napalm tanks, large-calibre rockets, rocket-launcher pods, cannon pods, drop tanks and ECM pods, carried on nine external hardpoints.

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http://www.milairpix.com/mil_planes/exsu22_2.jpg

http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/vvs/planes/su22-01.jpg

http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/vvs/planes/su22m4.jpg

Wow, someone with the creativity to reincarnate an old fighter (in a realistic sense even!). Tagged! And Kudos!

Very nice. We do hope you took steps to modernize the ECM systems. Such a fighter has a large IR signature and would require a lot of flares. IIRC, IRL, the most recent Fitter versions carried 192 flares.

Naxarm has unveiled its second combat aircraft design, the N-5 "Predator", based on the Soviet/Russian-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Flogger. The single seat multi-role fighter was developed for the Naxivan National Air Force. Two N-5s have already been delivered to the Air Force with another 46 in production. Naxarm has also delivered 12 N-3 "Sunburn" aircraft to the Air Force with another 12 to be delivered over the next month.


N-5 "Predator" (based on the MiG-23 Flogger)

Performance: Max speed with weapons Mach 2.35 or 2500km/h (1 349kt). Max initial rate of climb 47,250ft/min. Service ceiling 59,055ft. Combat radius with six AAMs 1150km (620nm), combat radius with 2000kg (441 0lb) of bombs 700km (378nm).
Dimensions: span 13.965 m / 45 ft 10 in
length 16.71 m / 54 ft 10 in
height 4.82 m / 15 ft 9.75 in
Weight: not disclosed
Powerplant: one 10000-kg (22,046-lb) afterburning thrust Tumanskii R-27F2M-300 turbojet
Armament: one 23-mm GSh-23L two-barrel cannon with 200 rounds; provision for up to 3000 kg (6,614 Ib) of disposable stores, including AAMs, cannon pods, rocket-launcherpods, large-calibre rockets, and bombs, carried on six external hardpoints


http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/airdef/mig-23-DNSC8610627_JPG.jpg

http://www.globalaircraft.org/photos/planephotos/mig-23_2.jpg

Naxarm has also signed a contract with Drabikstan to upgrade 24 Su-9 "Fishpot" interceptors for the Drabikstani Air Force. The upgrade will provide modifications to the cockpit configuration, avionics architecture and weapons systems, enabling the Su-9 to carry some of the latest armaments. The total upgrade package price was announced at 7.2 million.

Hmmm....Would you be willing to give us the technology of your Rocket Planes? As of yet we only have prop engines. We seek to compete with the rest of the world, but our technology is sorely lacking.

OOC: Currently at ww2 tech

Hmmm....Would you be willing to give us the technology of your Rocket Planes? As of yet we only have prop engines. We seek to compete with the rest of the world, but our technology is sorely lacking.

OOC: Currently at ww2 tech Naxarm is willing to provide you with a single Lyulka AL-21F-3 turbojet. This should allow you to develop your own jet engines.

Further more, Naxarm is willing to provide you with an entire N-3 "Sunburn" fighter-bomber for a discount price.

Naxivan completes Drabikstani fighter upgrade

By DRABIKSTAN SOCIALIST NEWS

Naxivan's national arms company, Naxarm, has completed the upgrade of 24 Su-9 "Fishpot" interceptors for the Drabikstani Air Force. All of the fighters have now returned to active service. The last two upgraded Su-9s arrived at the Enilegnave air base from Naxivan yesterday. The upgrades allow the outdated fighter to carry the latest armaments. It also provides modern radar capabilities and new avionics.

Drabikstan's Air Force spokesman Yuri Cherneko applauded the upgrades. "The Su-9s are now capable aircraft and provide an important air interceptor capability alongside our MiG-21s and MiG-29s," he stated.

Naxarm has announced it has signed a contract with Drabikstan to build twelve N-5 "Predator" fighters for the Drabikstani Air Force. In return, Drabikstan has agreed to supply Naxarm with ballistic missile technology. As part of a broader agreement between the governments of Naxivan and Drabikstan, the government of Drabikstan will also reduce tariffs on the use of oil pipelines pumping Naxivanian oil through Drabikstan. Naxivan and Drabikstan have pledged to increase economic and military co-operation further under the Union of Independent States (UIS) treaty.

Naxarm recently supplied the Naxivan Air Force with 48 N-5s.