Kh-58U (AS-11 Kilter) anti-radar
missile, and feature the under-
fuselage KRK-UP launch control/
targeting equipment pod and the
L150 Pastel radar warning receiver,
together with an IP-53 display in
the rear cockpit to provide targeting
information. There is a FAP-
released photo showing a Su-25UB
upgraded for the suppression
of enemy air defences (SEAD)
mission, armed with Kh-58Us.
A long-delayed programme to
overhaul and upgrade the Frogfootfleet was launched by the Peruvian
defence ministry in July 2010, with
the required work to be undertaken
locally at the Lima-based SEMAN
(Servicio de Mantenimiento de la
FAP, FAP Maintenance Services)
Perú – a maintenance, repair and
overhaul (MRO) company owned by
the Peruvian military – together with
a foreign partner. Shortly afterwards
this effort turned into a hotly
contested competition, as Russian,
Belarusian and Ukrainian companies
bid for the lucrative contract.Above:The pilot sits in the cockpit as a maintainer prepares a ‘Frogfoot-A’
for fl ight at its Talara base, home of Grupo Aéreo 11, within which the Su-25s
previously served alongside the now retired Su-22.Katsuhiko Tokunaga/DACT
Main image: Single-seat Su-25 serial FAP 070 (c/n 10058) high over the Pacifi c
Ocean. Note the twin-barrel 30mm GSh-2-30 fi xed cannon built into the port
side of the forward fuselage, below the cockpit; this is provided with 250
rounds. Katsuhiko Tokunaga/DACTRest of the world
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