Carrier Capable Fighter Without a Carrier:Sukhoi SU-33

The Sukhoi Su-33, NATO reporting name Flanker D, is a single-seat, multi-role fighter designed as a naval interceptor for Russia’s aircraft carriers. Based on the Su-27,
The Su-33 Flanker D was based on the Su-27 Flanker, with structural changes that make it suited for carrier operations. As such, the Su-33 Flanker D has a stronger airframe and undercarriage, folding wings, stabilators, canards, and larger wings for increased lift.
The Su-33 inspired the Chinese military to build its Shenyang J-15 fighter jet, which shares capabilities with the Russian-made Flanker D.
The Sukhoi Su-33, a single-seat, multi-role fighter jet, was designed as a naval interceptor for the Russian Navy’s aircraft carriers. Agile and fast, the Su-33 is powered by two Saturn AL-31K engines, enabling it to reach speeds around Mach 2 and operate at altitudes over 55,000 feet.

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With 12 external hardpoints, it can carry a range of air-to-air and anti-ship missiles, bombs, and a 30mm cannon.

Russia’s only carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, has been out of action for repairs, leaving the Su-33 without a proper platform to operate from.
The Su-33 is agile and fast. Its two Saturn AL-31K engines can produce a combined 60,000 lbs of thrust that yield a maximum speed around Mach 2 (1,500 miles per hour). The aircraft can operate at altitudes over 55,000 feet and has an outstanding operational range of close 2,000 miles. (The combat radius, or its actual fighting range, would be smaller.) As a naval interceptor, the fighter jet can also refuel midair, boosting its operational range.
With 12 external hardpoints, the fighter jet can carry up to 14,000 lbs of munitions, including R-73 heat-seeking air-to-air missiles and R-27 radar-homing air-to-air missiles, as well as cruise missiles, glide bombs, rockets, and conventional bombs.

As a naval interceptor, the fighter can carry a wide variety of anti-ship missiles, such as AS-17 Krypton and Moskit ASM-MSS munitions.

When the action gets up-close and personal, the Su-33 Flanker can prevail with 150 rounds fired from its powerful 30mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 cannon.
Right now, the Russian Navy sports only one carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. Even that vessel is actually a mix of an aircraft carrier and guided-missile cruiser. It can carry up to twenty-four Su-33 and MiG-29K fighter jets, but the Admiral Kuznetsov is a troubled warship. It has been undergoing repairs for the past seven years, and it is not certain whether the ship will sail again operationally.

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