Russia to upgrade Su-30SM this year

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov disclosed that work to upgrade the Su-30SM fighter will commence this year.

Su-30SM (36349482501)
By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (Su-30SM) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The aircraft will be delivered back to the military starting from 2019. New weapons are to be added during the upgrade process.