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Russia’s Supersonic Su-34 Can Destroy Almost Any Ground Target The Su-34 program was revived in earnest only in the early 2000s; by then, many of its internal components teetered on the edge of obsolescence. Here's What You Need to Remember: Designed primarily for medium-range ground attack missions under any weather conditions, the Su-34 boasts a prodigious and constantly-expanding armaments suite. Its 12 hardpoints are compatible with a slew of air-to-air, anti-ship, and air-to-ground, and cruise missiles, as well as numerous entries from Russia’s vast catalog of TV, laser, satellite-g...

Welcome back everyone. the breaking news developing overseas. russia's defense ministry says one of its air strikes may have killed abu bakr al baghdadi. they say the strike which occurred back on may 28th in raqqa hit a meeting of type isis leaders. joining us live from london, nbc news foreign correspondent lucy kafanov. what are you hearing about the air strike? >> reporter: good morning. the russians claim about 30 high level isis commanders and 300 fighters had gathered to plot their escape from raqqa, also a city under assault by the u.s. and its allies. they say baghdadi was at the meet...

The su-34, a warplane that the u.s. calls the fullback. the sukoi-34, operating, as many strikes a day as u.s.-led coalition jets are carrying out in about a month. you have a new russian cruise missile fired from 900 miles away, from some analyst estimates, more capable than u.s. cruise missiles. beyond that, a coordinated large-scale deployment, far from its shores. that is an opportunity. and it's also a sign of russia's willingness to carry out and to use some of those military assetses to, you know, far from its shores. it's something the u.s. and people certainly in this building watchin...