AN APPARENTLY upgraded variant of the Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot, using the Su-25TM designation, was unveiled at the Moscow show. The aircraft is fitted with a centreline radar pod, understood to carry the Phazotron Kopyo 25 multi-mode radar. It also carries outboard electronic-countermeasures pods. The exact status of this upgrade project remains uncertain; particularly the extent, if any, to which radar-integration work has been carried out. The aircraft was shown with an eclectic weapons fit, including the Vihkr-M anti-tank missile; Kh-35 anti-ship missile, a variant of the Kh-31 (AS-17 Krypton) air-to-surface missile; and a Vympel R-77 (AA-12 Adder) medium range air-to-air missile. The podded radar is claimed to offer both an air-to-surface and an air-to-air capability.
Source: Flight International