Back in the old days Honda Accord used to be a poor man's Mercedes or not so long ago Hyundai a poor mans Jaguar. Presently Hyundai Sonata could qualify as poor man's Mercedes CLS and it's Tuscon an BMW X6 if you noticed. More importantly although they may not have the quality as well as the comfort of their rich man's counterpart, they still get their job done, that is to get their passangers to their destination.
Just like cars an SUVs, they are many multirole fighters available in today's international market. But like mercedes and BMWs not many can afford these multiroles that are in the likes of F15, Rafale, Typhoon and even the absolete Tornado as well as the not so obsolete Mirage. We very well see that in todays present and yesterdays past they belong only to the very rich of countries. So like Honda and Hyundai, middles class countries can only afford multiroles in the likes of F18, F16, Gripen and the cheapest of them all the SU30. Of course out of these poormans multiroles, only F 18 and SU 30 completes most of the requirement of a multirole fighter.
It is norm that countries aligned to Americas west will acquire F18 or F16 while countries that are not will buy into either Gripen and SU30.
Many middle class and upcoming middle class nation have opted for the multirole SU for their cheap pricing and it's capability to cover a wide and vast areas of airspace. China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia are Asian states that have either massive land or seaspace, or even both to protect so SU 30 serve as a cheap alternative to the other types.
Many too operates SU 27 the original derivative to SU 30, an air superiority fighter with basic air to ground role, again with a big tank to cover wide range of airspace.
In peace time time they are used more for air policing as well as sometimes sea patrolling from the air, and they do well in this area as they can cover wide areas. In the event of skirmishes or war SU 30s have a lethal range that put fear to even enemy that are distant to it.
SU 30 munitions too although huge and heavy by western standard are still lethal in its own right, more than enough to demolish any enemy target that is warranted by its operating state.
Like a Honda or hyundai, SU 30 gets the job done, of course maybe with a little discomfort, but for much a lesser price.
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