Why Russia Keeps Losing the Su 34

Nine Su-34 accidents since 2015: a training flight into an apartment block at Yeysk, a collision in cloud over the Sea of Japan, brake parachutes, gear legs and engine fires. Here is the aircraft, what its size and weight ask of it, and what the list does and does not prove. Footage credits (all rights with their owners): KHMedia:    • Су-34 пилотаж на форуме Армия 2020 RF-9584...   АРМИЯ РОССИИ:    • 100-й Су-34 на юбилейных торжествах завода...   aviasmotr•live:    • Су-34. К взлёту готов.   Marc's Best Airshow Videos by Marc Talloen:    • Great Planes  : Sukhoi SU-34 Fullback Rare...   Airshowinfo hu:    • Su 27UB Flanker - Radom International Airs...   FUNKER530 - Veteran Community & Combat Footage:    • Russian Su-34 Takeoff, Cockpit View, and L...   Airguardian:    • MAKS 2017 - SU-34 displays with ordnance -...   Новости XXI века:    • Авария самолета Су 34 под Воронежем   The London Standard:    • Russia plane crash: Two dead and tower blo...   13A5:    • MiG-29 Ejection   Cinesim Media:    • Seagull Slow Motion Fly by  - Completely F...   Город-Герой Сталинград:    • Челябинская область: экипажи Су-34 и Су-24...   AviationWeek:    • Flock_Of_Birds_Rolls_Royce   MrHappySnap:    • Slow Motion Film. SeaGulls In Flight Bexhi...   Also: DVIDS (US government, public domain; the appearance of U.S. Department of Defense visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement),. 3D models (CC BY 4.0, Sketchfab, modified): "Russian Su-34 '22 Red'" by 42manako; "Su-34 Fullback with KAB-250LG" by Jeyhun1985, weapons removed