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Specifications

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 14.57 m (47.86 ft)
* Wingspan: 8.78 m (28.75 ft)
* Height: 4.80 m (15.75 ft)
* Wing area: 33.00 m² (355.2 ft²)
* Empty weight: 9,750 kg (21,500 lb) (some sources say 6,940 kg (15,300 lb))
* Useful load: 4,500 kg (9 920 lb)
* Maximum gross takeoff weight: 18,400 kg (40,565 lb)
* Powerplant: 1× Lyulka-Saturn AL-31FN turbofan, rated at 79.43 kN dry, 122.58 kN with afterburning (17,857 lbf, 27,557 lbf)

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 1.2 at sea level; Mach 2.0 at altitude (1470 km/h, 913.4 mph; 2450 km/h, 1522 mph)
* g-Limits: +9/-3 g (+88/-29 m/s², +290/-97 ft/s²)
* Range:
o Combat radius: 550 km (300 nm, 340 mi)
o Maximum range: 1,850 km (1,000 nm, 1,150 mi)
* Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,055 ft)
* Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
* Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
* Thrust/weight: at least 1:1

Armament

* Guns: 1× 23 mm internal cannon
* Hardpoints: 11, 3 under each wing and 5 under the fuselage
* Missiles:
o Air-to-air: PL-8, PL-11, PL-12, R-73, R-77
o Air-to-surface: YJ-9, YJ-9K
* Bombs: laser-guided bombs, unguided bombs

Source: Wikipedia