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Very different aircrafts imho.
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Yes both are Different Aircrafts. 1 is an SU-57 and on the other hand, the Other one is a YF-23. By the way, Northrop YF-23 and the SU-57 do share a lot of resemblance with each other. Both have :
- 1)Small Vertical Stabilizers
- 2)Similar looking intakes as well
- 3)Both Aircrafts seem to have a very Flat Body at the same time.
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Or maybe the main reason YF-23 was stealthier than YF-22{which is today known as F-22}is that it used the V tail instead of 1 pair of horizontal stabilitor and 1 pair of vertical stabilitor, so it eliminate 2 corners reflectors.
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They have similarities and differences.
the common things are 3 main elements for the fuselage, I mean a forebody blending into the wing with podded engine nacelles, both are very flat lifting bodies.
They have high perched canopies with both having wing LEX, but the differences are the LEX on the YF-23 is long and very sharp blending into the chines to improve the diamond wing lift at high AoA.
On Su-57 the wing LEX is less swept and has a LEVCON.
Su-57 is much more optimised for agility, thus the LEVCON and Thrust vectoring nozzles reduced the size of the vertical tail.
On YF-23 the large V tail is far much more stealthy, but less optimized for agility.
The intakes are different in terms the Su-57 has a conventional splitter for the boundary layer diverter, on YF-23 the intakes have holes to take the boundary layer simplifying the intake and making it simple and stealthy, however both more or less they follow F-22 type of intake with the intake walls of a caret 2 D intake .
Both aircraft use similar weapons bays arrangements
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I know that this aircraft does not belong on this thread, but it has interesting information.
Source: Tu-160M will be the first aircraft with reverse launch missiles
Source RIA Novosti: Tu-160M will be the world's first aircraft with reverse launch missiles
MOSCOW, February 4-RIA Novosti. The upgraded Tu-160M strategic bomber will become the world's first aircraft with reverse launch missiles - they are capable of intercepting targets located "behind its back", a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.
As reported, the first built from scratch strategic bomber-missile carrier Tu-160M made its debut 30-minute flight on January 12 this year. The new aircraft received upgraded engines, updated avionics and avionics, as well as new weapons control systems.
"The first newly manufactured Tu-160M is equipped with a rear-view radar station, which will allow the aircraft to use so-called reverse launch missiles for self-defense against air-to-air, surface-to-air missiles and fighters. Such air-to-air missiles will target targets in the rear hemisphere, that is, those located "behind" the Tu - 160M, according to the target designation of the bomber's tail radar, "the source said.
The source added that " the use of rear-view radar on heavy bombers is most appropriate, since these are low-maneuverable vehicles that simply may not have time to turn their nose to the enemy."
On the basic version of the Tu-160, there is no tail radar. The source also clarified that reverse launch missiles can hit targets in the front hemisphere. When hitting targets in the rear hemisphere, according to target designation from the tail radar, they turn 180 degrees in flight.
I recall a KRET official before stating that the EW system in the back of the Su-57 not only has passive detection but active detection, oh boy looking forward to its avionics upgrade i mean just look at this a bomber with a hard kill APS system that is put in service. Never a boring day in Russia's military aviation.
Source: Tu-160M will be the first aircraft with reverse launch missiles
Source RIA Novosti: Tu-160M will be the world's first aircraft with reverse launch missiles
MOSCOW, February 4-RIA Novosti. The upgraded Tu-160M strategic bomber will become the world's first aircraft with reverse launch missiles - they are capable of intercepting targets located "behind its back", a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.
As reported, the first built from scratch strategic bomber-missile carrier Tu-160M made its debut 30-minute flight on January 12 this year. The new aircraft received upgraded engines, updated avionics and avionics, as well as new weapons control systems.
"The first newly manufactured Tu-160M is equipped with a rear-view radar station, which will allow the aircraft to use so-called reverse launch missiles for self-defense against air-to-air, surface-to-air missiles and fighters. Such air-to-air missiles will target targets in the rear hemisphere, that is, those located "behind" the Tu - 160M, according to the target designation of the bomber's tail radar, "the source said.
The source added that " the use of rear-view radar on heavy bombers is most appropriate, since these are low-maneuverable vehicles that simply may not have time to turn their nose to the enemy."
On the basic version of the Tu-160, there is no tail radar. The source also clarified that reverse launch missiles can hit targets in the front hemisphere. When hitting targets in the rear hemisphere, according to target designation from the tail radar, they turn 180 degrees in flight.
I recall a KRET official before stating that the EW system in the back of the Su-57 not only has passive detection but active detection, oh boy looking forward to its avionics upgrade i mean just look at this a bomber with a hard kill APS system that is put in service. Never a boring day in Russia's military aviation.
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Hypersonic missile "Dagger". Forecasts and realities (naukatehnika.com)
the Journal of NiT published reflections on the latest hypersonic complex "Dagger", which has just appeared "on the horizon". Today, according to media reports, it has been put into service. But, since it remains a secret complex, there are a lot of questions and assumptions. How often the past can tell us about the future - let's look in our material. Year of construction 2018 Fact #1 Fact #2 Fact #3 Fact #4 Fact #5 Fact #1 Fact #2 Fact #3 Fact #4 Year of construction 2022 Among the latest models of weapons, the existence of which has been talked about for a long time, but officially became known only from the address of the President of Russia V. V. Putin to the Federal Assembly of the country made in March 2018, the hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex attracts attention. It is designed to destroy targets covered by the most modern means of missile defense. We are talking about the usual tactical targets for such weapons - military command posts, radar stations, bases and positions of missiles and other heavy weapons. However, the ability of the new aviation and missile system to hit sea targets - large ships and vessels on the move - was emphasized. Year of construction 2018 So far, only five facts relating to the new aviation and missile complex (ARC) of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation have been made public. FACT #1 The first fact is that the name of the new Kinzhal missile has been announced. According to experts, it refers to the entire complex, which includes a carrier aircraft with an on-board weapon control system and a launcher, a missile with its homing system, as well as ground-based means of preparing the carrier and missiles for combat use. The MiG-31 aircraft board 93 is the carrier of the X-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex Photo: FACT #2 The carrier of the complex is a specially converted MiG-31BM (MiG-31K) aircraft. This aircraft (see NiT No. 6-10 of 2011) was created as an air defense interceptor, however, as noted in the final part of this article, the modernization of the MiG-31 fleet to the level of a modification of the BM provided for various air-to-surface weapons, for which the carrier's on-board equipment and its software were changed. On the published video frames, three carriers of the ARK "Dagger" are viewed - aircraft with tail numbers 592 (blue), as well as from 91 to 93 (red). Probably, the first is an experimental machine, and it is quite possible that it was converted from the first prototype MiG-31DZ aircraft (serial number 01-36-03 or it is also 3603), which after the successful completion of tests of the in-flight refueling system in the late 1980s. remained in the Mikoyan Design Bureau. This aircraft also had a blue tail number 592. The other three aircraft are most likely the first converted combat vehicles. The MiG-31 prototype aircraft is the carrier of the Kh-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex. The configuration of the lower part of the fuselage of the aircraft does not differ from the serial one for the MiG-31 interceptor, but another suspension point appeared along the axis of the aircraft. Photo https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5aa4560d9a7947750204d11b FACT #3 Declared the speed of the rocket, corresponding to the number Mach 10. It's "deep hypersound." Judging by the published data, the missile is ballistic, and this number M it or, more likely, the warhead separated at the calculated point of the trajectory reaches on the descending section of the trajectory at an altitude of about 25 km. There it corresponds to an airspeed of 2,984 m / s or 10,740 km / h. FACT #4 Published video footage gives a general idea of the rocket and its carrier. First, the latter. MiG-31 aircraft No. 592, 91, 92 and 93 still retain the configuration of the fuselage lowland with characteristic stampings for the suspension of air-to-air missiles of long range R-33 (four under the fuselage), but in some detailed shots the details of the actual AKU-410 catapult devices, which produce forced separation of R-33 missiles from the carrier during launch, are not visible in them. Four transition beams for installation under the wing of P-72-1D catapult devices for R-73 intermediate-range missiles on aircraft No. 91-93 and standard AKU-84 underwing pylons from board No. 592 have also been removed. The MiG-31 pilot aircraft board 93 is the carrier of the Kh-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex. Photo http://vm.ru/news/469650.html All this is included in the missile weapons control system for hitting air targets, but it is not a fact that there are no AKU-470 devices for "heavy" R-33 missiles (they can simply be closed with lids), and the suspension means of R-73 missiles are not difficult to mount back. Judging by the information about the equipment of the MiG-31BM, the architecture of its electronics, including on-board power grids and data transmission buses of on-board computers, is built in such a way that the replacement of weapons does not require either the dismantling of old and the laying of new networks, or the installation of new computers and switching units. FACT #5 In February-March 2018, operational military tests of the Kinzhal AKR began. Usually this is the last stage of testing, and it is performed after the successful completion of factory tests conducted by the developer, and both stages of state tests - at the first, flight design stage, the developer shows the general characteristics of the product, and at the second stage they are fully checked by the Customer. Operational military tests are designed to determine the forces and means necessary for the combat use of the product, the laboriousness of its maintenance, the time that is required for use, the norms for the consumption of spare parts, etc. The modernized MiG-31BM aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the basic version is an all-weather long-range interceptor. Photo by S. Gortman // http://gisman.livejournal.com/14502.html As reported, operational tests of the Kinzhal AKR took place in the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. However, the combat regiments of the Russian Aerospace Forces armed with MiG-31 aircraft are not based there, which suggests that these tests are held not on the basis of the combat unit of the VKS, but at the airfield of the 929th State Flight Test Center of the Ministry of Defense named after V. P. Chkalov, which is located at the Akhtubinsk air base in the Southern Military District. However, military tests usually take place not in this institution, but in any combat unit. Those are the facts. Now some guesses. Fact #1 Although in the media the new hypersonic missile itself is also called the "Dagger", most likely, this is the usual simplification. According to the system of designations of such equipment adopted in the USSR, the "verbal" name referred specifically to the complex, and the rocket had an alphanumeric index. For example, the Kh-59 is a tactical cruise missile of the Ovod complex. Thus, the designation of the new missile is not officially presented, but a number of experts use the name Kh-47M2 for this missile. It is also not reported who the developer of the new rocket is. But thoughts on this matter are just below. Variants of the strike armament of the MiG-31BM aircraft, worked out at the stage of its development and testing. This picture shows the Kh-58 anti-radar missile. Author's photo Fact #2 In terms of its technical capabilities, the MiG-31 aircraft is quite suitable as a carrier for such a weapons complex, which turns it from a specialized defensive weapon into a universal tool with a very large strike potential. Of particular value is the fact that it itself has a very high flight speed - as reported by our website, the modernized MiG-31 aircraft not only return the lost airframe resource, but also increase speed data. The maximum speed of the MiG-31BM aircraft with air-to-air missiles reached 3,400 km / h, and the long -term - 3,200 km / h. It can be assumed that with the suspension of one X-47M2 missile instead of eight R-33 and R-73, which have smaller dimensions, it will remain at the same level, and the typical combat speed at which the MiG-31 is flown into the launch zone within 2,400 ... 2,800 km/h at an altitude of 16,000 ... 20 000 m. In real tactical situations, given the location of the points of departure, such an aircraft can hardly be intercepted by the best NATO fighters - American F-15C, F-18E and F-22A, as well as European Typhoon II and Rafale. This is defined as the insufficient dynamic characteristics of these aircraft and their missiles, which are focused on applications at low and medium altitudes and numbers M = 0.7 ... 1.5, and the speed of computers, data transmission systems and radar scanning devices - on-board on these aircraft and external on radar patrol aircraft and on the ground. And aircraft such as the F-16, F-35, Mirage 2000 or Grippen are generally useless for combating MiG-31 strike aircraft. Kh-31A anti-ship missile under the wing of the MiG-31BM prototype The picture shows the Kh-58 anti-radar missile. Author's photo However, whether the MiG-31 will be the main carrier of this missile is not a fact. The fact is that so far these aircraft are not enough to solve the air defense problems of such strategically important areas as the Far East, Siberia and the Moscow zone, for which they were created. Although it is reported that not all MiG-31s will be converted into the BM version, and some will be modernized for "fundamentally new types of weapons", there is reason to believe that the deployment of the Kinzhal AKR will not be limited to them. As a promising carrier of the X-47M2 rocket, the Su-57 is called. The use of the X-47M2 from the Su-34 also looks quite rational. They are also capable of carrying one such missile on an external sling under the fuselage - with the appropriate refinement of the systems, of course. It is also likely that the Kinzhal will enter the arsenal of promising complexes not only for front-line, but also for long-range aviation - the fact that the experimental strategic missile carrier PAK DA under construction will be armed with hypersonic missiles has already been stated by the Russian military, defense industry leaders and senior officials. The Su-57 aircraft is considered the most likely alternative carrier of the Kinzhal aircraft missile system with the Kh-47M2 hypersonic missile. Photo by M. Scriabin // RussianPlanes.net In addition to the Su-57, such missiles can be placed on other aircraft of the Long-Range Aviation of Russia, for example, on supersonic missile carriers - medium-range Tu-22M3 and intercontinental Tu-160. The first theoretically (based on the possible values of the mass and dimensions of the Kh-47M2 missile) can take two or four such missiles on an external sling (placing it in a half-recessed position in place of the Kh-22 requires refinement at least the flaps of the bomb bay), and the second is four missiles in the weapons compartments without significantly redoing them. Again, for the suspension of the X-47M2, they must undergo refinement - significant, but by no means technically impossible. And then the entire ARC "Dagger" will turn from an operational-tactical weapon into a means of strategic influence. Fact #3 So, the flight speed of the X-47M2 rocket is declared. But what could be its other tactical and technical characteristics? As for the range of the missile, the opinions of experts are contradictory, but, according to the most skeptical estimates, it is unlikely to be lower than 500 km - based on speed and size. And the most optimistic estimates of this parameter are up to 2,000 km, which is comparable to the flight range of subsonic air-launched cruise missiles. Technically, it is possible to suspend X-47M2 missiles on the new Russian Su-34 front-line bomber. Photo by A. Kharisov // http://forum.topwar.ru The flight path is obviously close to the classic ballistic curve - the footage shows how after dropping, stabilizing and starting the engine, the rocket goes up the parabola. According to experts, it reaches an altitude of about 50 km, where the engine is turned off, then the warhead separates and goes into a descent, at which, already without engine thrust, and accelerates to the number M = 10. In this section, it can maneuver using accumulated inertia and aerodynamic steering surfaces. Also, the flight path of the rocket, both in the ascending section of the trajectory and in the descending section, when the warhead is separated, accelerated and maneuvered, is significantly influenced by the lift force - at such numbers M to obtain its large values, the wing is no longer needed - it is also created by the axisymmetric hull. Such a trajectory is called quasi-or aeroballistic, but here control impulses also intervene, which make the path of the rocket unpredictable. The Tu-22M3M supersonic long-range bomber can also be converted to an external installation of two to four Kh-47M2 missile launchers to existing suspension points under air intakes and a centroplane. Photo by D. Pichugin // http://topwar.ru/35876-prervannyy-polet-bekfayra.html Obviously, the basis of the missile control system is a three-axis inertial navigation device, which most likely has correction according to the GLONASS satellite system or by natural signs, for example, by terrain. However, such a guidance scheme does not yet ensure the destruction of a mobile target - even taking into account the short flight time of the Kh-47M2 missile and the MiG-31 carrier. However, here the determining factor is the time from receiving information about the target to the take-off of the aircraft to defeat it, and it will be calculated in minutes, and possibly tens of minutes. The Tu-160 aircraft has two closed weapons compartments - their dimensions and carrying capacity are sufficient to accommodate two Kh-47M2 missiles in each. Photo https://www.facebook.com/russoss For such situations, when the target "leaves" the point of detection, the Americans considered a scheme for tracking the movements of the target and correcting the coordinates in real time. But combat experience showed its inoperability even in simple conditions (when the enemy does not have electronic warfare equipment) and forced to install optical homing heads on satellite-guided weapons. Most likely, such a seeker exists or will be installed on the missile of the Kinzhal complex. Judging by the published images, it is radar, but these "pictures" are retouched, and retouching, perhaps, hides the sensors of the optical seeker, which works in parallel with the radar or instead of it. And, finally, we should expect the appearance of the Kh-47M2 missile as part of the Prospective Complex of Long-Range Aviation (PAK DA), the development of which has reached the final level. Photo http://militaryarms.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/p3.jpg Then the use of the "Dagger" will be performed according to the following scenario: detection and identification of the target (including the determination of nationality); binding the initial coordinates of the target and the parameters of its movement (if any) to a digital map of the terrain, forecasting further changes in the movement parameters with an accuracy comparable to the size of the gos seeker field of view; creation of a digital 3D image of the target by computer processing of its photographs or the use of a ready-made image of the identified target from the database (the latter is a typical version for ships and vessels); making a decision on the use of the Kinzhal ACR, preparing and loading the flight program and the target image in the SURO of the carrier; preparation, take-off and exit of the carrier to the launch point; correction of the flight program according to the actual data on the parameters of the movement of the carrier and the launch point, the launch of the rocket; separation of the rocket, stabilization by aerodynamic rudders, reset of the tail fairing, engine start and exit to the ballistic curve; primary correction of the trajectory of the rocket (from this moment onwards, the rocket performs everything autonomously, and the carrier returns to base); disconnection of the warhead at a given point, activation of its control system (inertial part and stability maintenance system) and its transition to independent flight; the use of means of countering missile defense, including maneuvering, switching on electronic warfare equipment, etc .; correction of the trajectory of the missile to reach the target search point; the inclusion of GOS and the search for a target; correction of the trajectory according to the GOS data and transfer of control to it; operation of the fuses in contact with the target, at a given height above the target or after the penetration of the penetrating warhead into the ground and penetration of the bunker floors. The MiG-31 prototype board 592 is the carrier of the Kh-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex. Photo https://123ru.net/mix/138948670/ Fact #4 What can be said about the new complex, based on the published video footage? Again, first about the carrier. It is unlikely that it can be a standard MiG-31BM only with a new launcher along the axis of the fuselage. As for the 42P infrared surveillance system removed, it does not directly participate in the guidance of R-33 missiles, but is used only for the "quiet" identification of air targets at short ranges - without turning on the radar and the active request system "friend or foe". To launch the main R-33 missiles, it is not needed at all, the R-73 missiles can be used according to the 42P station, but for them this mode is not the only one. Obviously, its dismantling is associated with the need to find a place to install new equipment on board, which previously did not exist on the aircraft at all. This need is determined by the features of the homing system of the ARK "Dagger", as we mentioned above. The MiG-31 prototype launches the Kh-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex. Photo https://www.youtube.com/watch? Now about the rocket itself. Judging by the known images, it has a length without a tail fairing of a little more than seven meters, the diameter of the hull is about 0.9 m and in appearance resembles the operational-tactical missile 9M723 of the 9K720 Iskander-M land-based complex. The latter has a length of 7.2 m, the diameter of the hull is 0.92 m, the starting weight is 3,800 kg, and its heaviest warhead weighs 480 kg. The 9M723 missile and the Iskander-M complex have generally developed the Orders of Lenin and the Red Banner of Labor of JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation "KB Mashinostroenie". KBM is located in Kolomna. As for other "firms" of the Russian defense industry, in the 1990s very difficult times came for KBM, however, the company was able to successfully complete the development of the Iskander OTRK, which began in Soviet times - it was adopted by the Russian army and is being exported. The creation of a modification of this OTR for an air launch has been talked about for a long time, and now, perhaps, these fragmentary information, not supported by any facts, is being confirmed. The 9M72 operational-tactical missile of the 9K720 Iskander-M complex for arming the ground forces is a possible prototype of the Kh-47M2 missile of the Kinzhal aviation complex. Photo http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-816.html If this is indeed the case, then further assumptions can be made: the maximum launch range of such OTR from the ground is 500 km, then when launched in the air at a speed of 2,000 ... 2,400 km/h at an altitude of 18,000 ... 20,000 m can indeed be expected to receive a range of about 2,000 km; The detachable warhead of the ISKANDER-M otR complex can maneuver with an overload of up to 30 units, then, taking into account the difference in speeds, it can be expected that the Kinzhala warhead will evade anti-missiles with overloads of at least 25 units. This is more than the available overload of any NATO anti-aircraft or air-to-air missile. The Kinzhal aviation missile system is Russia's asymmetric response to new threats. Photo https://riafan.ru/1033789-komu-adresovany-kadry-ispytanii-raketykinzhal- obyasnil-voennyi-ekspert Again, based on the analogy with the Iskander-M, it can be assumed that the Dagger can be equipped with a very wide range of warheads, in fact, the same as the alleged land prototype. We will not list them all here, an interested reader will easily find a list of them on the Internet, we will only say that this is a very powerful and universal non-nuclear weapon capable of hitting not only pinpoint, but also dispersed targets, for example, tank groups or enemy OTRK launch vehicles deployed in position. Since the Iskander-M has a nuclear version, we should expect its presence in the Dagger. Thus, the new Russian missile is so superior to any NATO analogue that it is even inconvenient to compare them. But we'll give it a try, and here's what happens (see table). The table shows that only American subsonic AGM-158B missiles can compete with the launch range with the new Russian aviation missile in its class, since the supersonic French ASLP, the appearance of which was expected in 2005, "did not come out", and work on its alternative hypersonic version ASN4G with a flight number M = 7 ... 8 has just begun, and their prospects are far from clear. The range of effective firing of the best land-based serial air defense / missile defense system adopted by NATO and a number of other countries, the MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 on a high-altitude supersonic aircraft is less than 200 km, which makes it possible to launch the Kh-47M2 missile without entering the zone of its destruction. The warhead itself is not able to shoot down such an air defense system not only because of the insufficient range (20 km or 33 km for the modified PAC3MSE for a ballistic target), but also because of the weak dynamics of its SAMs. One of the foreign competitors of the Russian Kh-47M2 is the European scalp EG cruise missile - "Storm Shadow". However, their combat capabilities are simply incomparable – not in favor of NATO. Photo http://www.esdpa.org/page/31/?s=MBDA The characteristics of either the latest American mobile missile defense system THAAD (the speed of the missile corresponds to the number M = 8.24 and the range of fire on a ballistic target up to 200 km, air and generally maneuvering with significant overloads of the target complex "does not take"), nor its European, Israeli and Taiwanese analogues are insufficient against the new weapon. The only missiles whose launch speed and range are sufficient to protect against the Dagger are the heavy anti-missiles of the continental US missile defense system and the RIM-161 SM3 Standard naval missiles. However, these missiles have their own problems - they are also useless against maneuvering targets - even against miG-31 type aircraft, not to mention the Kh-47M2 missiles themselves with their available overload of up to 25 units. So, the new Russian aviation missile system "Dagger" with the X-47M2 hypersonic missile has become an unexpectedly effective response to the statement of the American corporation "Lockheed Martin" about the completion of conceptual studies of the SR-72 hypersonic reconnaissance and strike aircraft, the speed of which should reach 6,400 km / h. The 9K720 Iskander-M complex is a launch vehicle with two 9M723 operational-tactical missiles. Photo http://voenchel.ru/index.php?newsid=127 Even if it turns out that military tests have not yet begun, and there is only another stage of state tests, it still turns out that the Russian hypersonic system is at a much more advanced stage of work than hypersonic weapons in other countries. The response to them turned out to be asymmetrical, effective and is not a "one-time action", but an organic part of the extensive program of modernization of all components of defense, which is now being conducted by the Russian Federation. Year of construction 2022 We should not look at the Kinzhal missile or any other weapon as an absolute – the solution to all problems once and for all. This article was written in 2018, four years have passed since then and a lot of things have changed - in particular, in the United States from the board of the Strategic Bomber Boeing B-52N "Stratofortress" began tests of the heavy aeroballistic missile HAGM-183. The hypersonic race is just beginning and will be won by the one who, on the one hand, approaches this issue comprehensively, and on the other hand, does not allow such an overspending of funds that will "expose" other areas of development of the defense complex. The development of hypersonic air-launch missiles in the United States is not going quite smoothly so far - the HCSW project is closed to finance the development of a new ground-launched intercontinental missile GBSD (Ground Based Strategic Deterrent), and the test schedule for the replacement "simpler" aeroballistic missile AGM-183 ARRW (Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon) has been disrupted. Of its four trials in 2021, three were considered unsuccessful, and the results of the fourth were never announced. B-52N E-193. Strategic bomber of the US Air Force Boeing B-52N "Stratofortress" S/N 60-036, specially converted for testing the hypersonic aeroballistic missile AGM-183A ARRW. Photo: https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3678793.html Although US President Donald John Trump (already a former) announced that he already has a "Super-Duper Missile", referring specifically to AGM-183. But he could not say anything concrete about it, and so far neither Russian, nor Chinese, nor any other foreign media, including the American ones themselves, have confirmed either the declared number of M = 20 (twice as much as the Russian "Dagger"!), or even M = 17. No official statements have been made to confirm the declared range of 1600 km. Meanwhile, Russia put its Kinzhal complex on experimental combat duty, during which several hundred flights with the rocket were made to determine the dynamic and tactical characteristics of the carrier, and the declared data of the rocket were confirmed by launch tests of complete samples - including in difficult weather and climatic conditions and in cooperation with other forces and means. At the end of November 2019, the test launch of the ADB Kh-47M2 "Dagger" from the MiG-31K was carried out in Arctic conditions. The plane took off from the Olenegorsk airfield and hit the target at the Pemboy training ground in the Komi Republic. Finally, on December 21, 2021, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation at an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense with the participation of the President - Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Putin that "A separate aviation regiment armed with MiG-31K aircraft with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile has been formed. That is, this complex is already in combat operation. MiG-31K V-6. A link of MiG-31K aircraft - carriers of the X-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex with tail numbers 90, 92, 93 and 98. Photo: https://lv.sputniknews.ru/20220210/...perzvukovye-kinzhaly-na-baltike-20394003.html But this does not mean that the Russian hypersonic missile "Dagger" will remain forever the only one in its class – the arms race and the Cold War are taking their course and this, unfortunately, is the usual state of the human community, which is still better than a "hot" war, and even a nuclear one. The paradox of the situation is that the build-up of weapons on the one hand makes the world more fragile, but the law of unity and the struggle of opposites works regardless of whether this or that person believes in it. And this law turns the threat in defense. Who knows, maybe it was the ever-improving weapons that can now reach anyone, anywhere, and even destroy life on our planet in general, that saved us from The Third World War, which even without the atomic bomb would certainly have become much bloodier and more destructive than the previous two combined. But will this continue? In any case, as the ancient sage Vegetius said "si vis pacem para bellum" – if you want peace, prepare for war. The first regiment, equipped with hypersonic missiles "Dagger", was included in the composition of long-range aviation. It was placed at the Savasleyka airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region, sources in the Ministry of Defense said. By the end of 2022, the regiment is planned to be equipped with additional MiG-31K missile carrier aircraft. Experts note that the "Daggers" will be used to defeat the most important, best protected targets, since the attack with this weapon is not yet possible to repel.
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the Journal of NiT published reflections on the latest hypersonic complex "Dagger", which has just appeared "on the horizon". Today, according to media reports, it has been put into service. But, since it remains a secret complex, there are a lot of questions and assumptions. How often the past can tell us about the future - let's look in our material. Year of construction 2018 Fact #1 Fact #2 Fact #3 Fact #4 Fact #5 Fact #1 Fact #2 Fact #3 Fact #4 Year of construction 2022 Among the latest models of weapons, the existence of which has been talked about for a long time, but officially became known only from the address of the President of Russia V. V. Putin to the Federal Assembly of the country made in March 2018, the hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex attracts attention. It is designed to destroy targets covered by the most modern means of missile defense. We are talking about the usual tactical targets for such weapons - military command posts, radar stations, bases and positions of missiles and other heavy weapons. However, the ability of the new aviation and missile system to hit sea targets - large ships and vessels on the move - was emphasized. Year of construction 2018 So far, only five facts relating to the new aviation and missile complex (ARC) of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation have been made public. FACT #1 The first fact is that the name of the new Kinzhal missile has been announced. According to experts, it refers to the entire complex, which includes a carrier aircraft with an on-board weapon control system and a launcher, a missile with its homing system, as well as ground-based means of preparing the carrier and missiles for combat use. The MiG-31 aircraft board 93 is the carrier of the X-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex Photo: FACT #2 The carrier of the complex is a specially converted MiG-31BM (MiG-31K) aircraft. This aircraft (see NiT No. 6-10 of 2011) was created as an air defense interceptor, however, as noted in the final part of this article, the modernization of the MiG-31 fleet to the level of a modification of the BM provided for various air-to-surface weapons, for which the carrier's on-board equipment and its software were changed. On the published video frames, three carriers of the ARK "Dagger" are viewed - aircraft with tail numbers 592 (blue), as well as from 91 to 93 (red). Probably, the first is an experimental machine, and it is quite possible that it was converted from the first prototype MiG-31DZ aircraft (serial number 01-36-03 or it is also 3603), which after the successful completion of tests of the in-flight refueling system in the late 1980s. remained in the Mikoyan Design Bureau. This aircraft also had a blue tail number 592. The other three aircraft are most likely the first converted combat vehicles. The MiG-31 prototype aircraft is the carrier of the Kh-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex. The configuration of the lower part of the fuselage of the aircraft does not differ from the serial one for the MiG-31 interceptor, but another suspension point appeared along the axis of the aircraft. Photo https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5aa4560d9a7947750204d11b FACT #3 Declared the speed of the rocket, corresponding to the number Mach 10. It's "deep hypersound." Judging by the published data, the missile is ballistic, and this number M it or, more likely, the warhead separated at the calculated point of the trajectory reaches on the descending section of the trajectory at an altitude of about 25 km. There it corresponds to an airspeed of 2,984 m / s or 10,740 km / h. FACT #4 Published video footage gives a general idea of the rocket and its carrier. First, the latter. MiG-31 aircraft No. 592, 91, 92 and 93 still retain the configuration of the fuselage lowland with characteristic stampings for the suspension of air-to-air missiles of long range R-33 (four under the fuselage), but in some detailed shots the details of the actual AKU-410 catapult devices, which produce forced separation of R-33 missiles from the carrier during launch, are not visible in them. Four transition beams for installation under the wing of P-72-1D catapult devices for R-73 intermediate-range missiles on aircraft No. 91-93 and standard AKU-84 underwing pylons from board No. 592 have also been removed. The MiG-31 pilot aircraft board 93 is the carrier of the Kh-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex. Photo http://vm.ru/news/469650.html All this is included in the missile weapons control system for hitting air targets, but it is not a fact that there are no AKU-470 devices for "heavy" R-33 missiles (they can simply be closed with lids), and the suspension means of R-73 missiles are not difficult to mount back. Judging by the information about the equipment of the MiG-31BM, the architecture of its electronics, including on-board power grids and data transmission buses of on-board computers, is built in such a way that the replacement of weapons does not require either the dismantling of old and the laying of new networks, or the installation of new computers and switching units. FACT #5 In February-March 2018, operational military tests of the Kinzhal AKR began. Usually this is the last stage of testing, and it is performed after the successful completion of factory tests conducted by the developer, and both stages of state tests - at the first, flight design stage, the developer shows the general characteristics of the product, and at the second stage they are fully checked by the Customer. Operational military tests are designed to determine the forces and means necessary for the combat use of the product, the laboriousness of its maintenance, the time that is required for use, the norms for the consumption of spare parts, etc. The modernized MiG-31BM aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the basic version is an all-weather long-range interceptor. Photo by S. Gortman // http://gisman.livejournal.com/14502.html As reported, operational tests of the Kinzhal AKR took place in the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. However, the combat regiments of the Russian Aerospace Forces armed with MiG-31 aircraft are not based there, which suggests that these tests are held not on the basis of the combat unit of the VKS, but at the airfield of the 929th State Flight Test Center of the Ministry of Defense named after V. P. Chkalov, which is located at the Akhtubinsk air base in the Southern Military District. However, military tests usually take place not in this institution, but in any combat unit. Those are the facts. Now some guesses. Fact #1 Although in the media the new hypersonic missile itself is also called the "Dagger", most likely, this is the usual simplification. According to the system of designations of such equipment adopted in the USSR, the "verbal" name referred specifically to the complex, and the rocket had an alphanumeric index. For example, the Kh-59 is a tactical cruise missile of the Ovod complex. Thus, the designation of the new missile is not officially presented, but a number of experts use the name Kh-47M2 for this missile. It is also not reported who the developer of the new rocket is. But thoughts on this matter are just below. Variants of the strike armament of the MiG-31BM aircraft, worked out at the stage of its development and testing. This picture shows the Kh-58 anti-radar missile. Author's photo Fact #2 In terms of its technical capabilities, the MiG-31 aircraft is quite suitable as a carrier for such a weapons complex, which turns it from a specialized defensive weapon into a universal tool with a very large strike potential. Of particular value is the fact that it itself has a very high flight speed - as reported by our website, the modernized MiG-31 aircraft not only return the lost airframe resource, but also increase speed data. The maximum speed of the MiG-31BM aircraft with air-to-air missiles reached 3,400 km / h, and the long -term - 3,200 km / h. It can be assumed that with the suspension of one X-47M2 missile instead of eight R-33 and R-73, which have smaller dimensions, it will remain at the same level, and the typical combat speed at which the MiG-31 is flown into the launch zone within 2,400 ... 2,800 km/h at an altitude of 16,000 ... 20 000 m. In real tactical situations, given the location of the points of departure, such an aircraft can hardly be intercepted by the best NATO fighters - American F-15C, F-18E and F-22A, as well as European Typhoon II and Rafale. This is defined as the insufficient dynamic characteristics of these aircraft and their missiles, which are focused on applications at low and medium altitudes and numbers M = 0.7 ... 1.5, and the speed of computers, data transmission systems and radar scanning devices - on-board on these aircraft and external on radar patrol aircraft and on the ground. And aircraft such as the F-16, F-35, Mirage 2000 or Grippen are generally useless for combating MiG-31 strike aircraft. Kh-31A anti-ship missile under the wing of the MiG-31BM prototype The picture shows the Kh-58 anti-radar missile. Author's photo However, whether the MiG-31 will be the main carrier of this missile is not a fact. The fact is that so far these aircraft are not enough to solve the air defense problems of such strategically important areas as the Far East, Siberia and the Moscow zone, for which they were created. Although it is reported that not all MiG-31s will be converted into the BM version, and some will be modernized for "fundamentally new types of weapons", there is reason to believe that the deployment of the Kinzhal AKR will not be limited to them. As a promising carrier of the X-47M2 rocket, the Su-57 is called. The use of the X-47M2 from the Su-34 also looks quite rational. They are also capable of carrying one such missile on an external sling under the fuselage - with the appropriate refinement of the systems, of course. It is also likely that the Kinzhal will enter the arsenal of promising complexes not only for front-line, but also for long-range aviation - the fact that the experimental strategic missile carrier PAK DA under construction will be armed with hypersonic missiles has already been stated by the Russian military, defense industry leaders and senior officials. The Su-57 aircraft is considered the most likely alternative carrier of the Kinzhal aircraft missile system with the Kh-47M2 hypersonic missile. Photo by M. Scriabin // RussianPlanes.net In addition to the Su-57, such missiles can be placed on other aircraft of the Long-Range Aviation of Russia, for example, on supersonic missile carriers - medium-range Tu-22M3 and intercontinental Tu-160. The first theoretically (based on the possible values of the mass and dimensions of the Kh-47M2 missile) can take two or four such missiles on an external sling (placing it in a half-recessed position in place of the Kh-22 requires refinement at least the flaps of the bomb bay), and the second is four missiles in the weapons compartments without significantly redoing them. Again, for the suspension of the X-47M2, they must undergo refinement - significant, but by no means technically impossible. And then the entire ARC "Dagger" will turn from an operational-tactical weapon into a means of strategic influence. Fact #3 So, the flight speed of the X-47M2 rocket is declared. But what could be its other tactical and technical characteristics? As for the range of the missile, the opinions of experts are contradictory, but, according to the most skeptical estimates, it is unlikely to be lower than 500 km - based on speed and size. And the most optimistic estimates of this parameter are up to 2,000 km, which is comparable to the flight range of subsonic air-launched cruise missiles. Technically, it is possible to suspend X-47M2 missiles on the new Russian Su-34 front-line bomber. Photo by A. Kharisov // http://forum.topwar.ru The flight path is obviously close to the classic ballistic curve - the footage shows how after dropping, stabilizing and starting the engine, the rocket goes up the parabola. According to experts, it reaches an altitude of about 50 km, where the engine is turned off, then the warhead separates and goes into a descent, at which, already without engine thrust, and accelerates to the number M = 10. In this section, it can maneuver using accumulated inertia and aerodynamic steering surfaces. Also, the flight path of the rocket, both in the ascending section of the trajectory and in the descending section, when the warhead is separated, accelerated and maneuvered, is significantly influenced by the lift force - at such numbers M to obtain its large values, the wing is no longer needed - it is also created by the axisymmetric hull. Such a trajectory is called quasi-or aeroballistic, but here control impulses also intervene, which make the path of the rocket unpredictable. The Tu-22M3M supersonic long-range bomber can also be converted to an external installation of two to four Kh-47M2 missile launchers to existing suspension points under air intakes and a centroplane. Photo by D. Pichugin // http://topwar.ru/35876-prervannyy-polet-bekfayra.html Obviously, the basis of the missile control system is a three-axis inertial navigation device, which most likely has correction according to the GLONASS satellite system or by natural signs, for example, by terrain. However, such a guidance scheme does not yet ensure the destruction of a mobile target - even taking into account the short flight time of the Kh-47M2 missile and the MiG-31 carrier. However, here the determining factor is the time from receiving information about the target to the take-off of the aircraft to defeat it, and it will be calculated in minutes, and possibly tens of minutes. The Tu-160 aircraft has two closed weapons compartments - their dimensions and carrying capacity are sufficient to accommodate two Kh-47M2 missiles in each. Photo https://www.facebook.com/russoss For such situations, when the target "leaves" the point of detection, the Americans considered a scheme for tracking the movements of the target and correcting the coordinates in real time. But combat experience showed its inoperability even in simple conditions (when the enemy does not have electronic warfare equipment) and forced to install optical homing heads on satellite-guided weapons. Most likely, such a seeker exists or will be installed on the missile of the Kinzhal complex. Judging by the published images, it is radar, but these "pictures" are retouched, and retouching, perhaps, hides the sensors of the optical seeker, which works in parallel with the radar or instead of it. And, finally, we should expect the appearance of the Kh-47M2 missile as part of the Prospective Complex of Long-Range Aviation (PAK DA), the development of which has reached the final level. Photo http://militaryarms.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/p3.jpg Then the use of the "Dagger" will be performed according to the following scenario: detection and identification of the target (including the determination of nationality); binding the initial coordinates of the target and the parameters of its movement (if any) to a digital map of the terrain, forecasting further changes in the movement parameters with an accuracy comparable to the size of the gos seeker field of view; creation of a digital 3D image of the target by computer processing of its photographs or the use of a ready-made image of the identified target from the database (the latter is a typical version for ships and vessels); making a decision on the use of the Kinzhal ACR, preparing and loading the flight program and the target image in the SURO of the carrier; preparation, take-off and exit of the carrier to the launch point; correction of the flight program according to the actual data on the parameters of the movement of the carrier and the launch point, the launch of the rocket; separation of the rocket, stabilization by aerodynamic rudders, reset of the tail fairing, engine start and exit to the ballistic curve; primary correction of the trajectory of the rocket (from this moment onwards, the rocket performs everything autonomously, and the carrier returns to base); disconnection of the warhead at a given point, activation of its control system (inertial part and stability maintenance system) and its transition to independent flight; the use of means of countering missile defense, including maneuvering, switching on electronic warfare equipment, etc .; correction of the trajectory of the missile to reach the target search point; the inclusion of GOS and the search for a target; correction of the trajectory according to the GOS data and transfer of control to it; operation of the fuses in contact with the target, at a given height above the target or after the penetration of the penetrating warhead into the ground and penetration of the bunker floors. The MiG-31 prototype board 592 is the carrier of the Kh-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex. Photo https://123ru.net/mix/138948670/ Fact #4 What can be said about the new complex, based on the published video footage? Again, first about the carrier. It is unlikely that it can be a standard MiG-31BM only with a new launcher along the axis of the fuselage. As for the 42P infrared surveillance system removed, it does not directly participate in the guidance of R-33 missiles, but is used only for the "quiet" identification of air targets at short ranges - without turning on the radar and the active request system "friend or foe". To launch the main R-33 missiles, it is not needed at all, the R-73 missiles can be used according to the 42P station, but for them this mode is not the only one. Obviously, its dismantling is associated with the need to find a place to install new equipment on board, which previously did not exist on the aircraft at all. This need is determined by the features of the homing system of the ARK "Dagger", as we mentioned above. The MiG-31 prototype launches the Kh-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex. Photo https://www.youtube.com/watch? Now about the rocket itself. Judging by the known images, it has a length without a tail fairing of a little more than seven meters, the diameter of the hull is about 0.9 m and in appearance resembles the operational-tactical missile 9M723 of the 9K720 Iskander-M land-based complex. The latter has a length of 7.2 m, the diameter of the hull is 0.92 m, the starting weight is 3,800 kg, and its heaviest warhead weighs 480 kg. The 9M723 missile and the Iskander-M complex have generally developed the Orders of Lenin and the Red Banner of Labor of JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation "KB Mashinostroenie". KBM is located in Kolomna. As for other "firms" of the Russian defense industry, in the 1990s very difficult times came for KBM, however, the company was able to successfully complete the development of the Iskander OTRK, which began in Soviet times - it was adopted by the Russian army and is being exported. The creation of a modification of this OTR for an air launch has been talked about for a long time, and now, perhaps, these fragmentary information, not supported by any facts, is being confirmed. The 9M72 operational-tactical missile of the 9K720 Iskander-M complex for arming the ground forces is a possible prototype of the Kh-47M2 missile of the Kinzhal aviation complex. Photo http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-816.html If this is indeed the case, then further assumptions can be made: the maximum launch range of such OTR from the ground is 500 km, then when launched in the air at a speed of 2,000 ... 2,400 km/h at an altitude of 18,000 ... 20,000 m can indeed be expected to receive a range of about 2,000 km; The detachable warhead of the ISKANDER-M otR complex can maneuver with an overload of up to 30 units, then, taking into account the difference in speeds, it can be expected that the Kinzhala warhead will evade anti-missiles with overloads of at least 25 units. This is more than the available overload of any NATO anti-aircraft or air-to-air missile. The Kinzhal aviation missile system is Russia's asymmetric response to new threats. Photo https://riafan.ru/1033789-komu-adresovany-kadry-ispytanii-raketykinzhal- obyasnil-voennyi-ekspert Again, based on the analogy with the Iskander-M, it can be assumed that the Dagger can be equipped with a very wide range of warheads, in fact, the same as the alleged land prototype. We will not list them all here, an interested reader will easily find a list of them on the Internet, we will only say that this is a very powerful and universal non-nuclear weapon capable of hitting not only pinpoint, but also dispersed targets, for example, tank groups or enemy OTRK launch vehicles deployed in position. Since the Iskander-M has a nuclear version, we should expect its presence in the Dagger. Thus, the new Russian missile is so superior to any NATO analogue that it is even inconvenient to compare them. But we'll give it a try, and here's what happens (see table). The table shows that only American subsonic AGM-158B missiles can compete with the launch range with the new Russian aviation missile in its class, since the supersonic French ASLP, the appearance of which was expected in 2005, "did not come out", and work on its alternative hypersonic version ASN4G with a flight number M = 7 ... 8 has just begun, and their prospects are far from clear. The range of effective firing of the best land-based serial air defense / missile defense system adopted by NATO and a number of other countries, the MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 on a high-altitude supersonic aircraft is less than 200 km, which makes it possible to launch the Kh-47M2 missile without entering the zone of its destruction. The warhead itself is not able to shoot down such an air defense system not only because of the insufficient range (20 km or 33 km for the modified PAC3MSE for a ballistic target), but also because of the weak dynamics of its SAMs. One of the foreign competitors of the Russian Kh-47M2 is the European scalp EG cruise missile - "Storm Shadow". However, their combat capabilities are simply incomparable – not in favor of NATO. Photo http://www.esdpa.org/page/31/?s=MBDA The characteristics of either the latest American mobile missile defense system THAAD (the speed of the missile corresponds to the number M = 8.24 and the range of fire on a ballistic target up to 200 km, air and generally maneuvering with significant overloads of the target complex "does not take"), nor its European, Israeli and Taiwanese analogues are insufficient against the new weapon. The only missiles whose launch speed and range are sufficient to protect against the Dagger are the heavy anti-missiles of the continental US missile defense system and the RIM-161 SM3 Standard naval missiles. However, these missiles have their own problems - they are also useless against maneuvering targets - even against miG-31 type aircraft, not to mention the Kh-47M2 missiles themselves with their available overload of up to 25 units. So, the new Russian aviation missile system "Dagger" with the X-47M2 hypersonic missile has become an unexpectedly effective response to the statement of the American corporation "Lockheed Martin" about the completion of conceptual studies of the SR-72 hypersonic reconnaissance and strike aircraft, the speed of which should reach 6,400 km / h. The 9K720 Iskander-M complex is a launch vehicle with two 9M723 operational-tactical missiles. Photo http://voenchel.ru/index.php?newsid=127 Even if it turns out that military tests have not yet begun, and there is only another stage of state tests, it still turns out that the Russian hypersonic system is at a much more advanced stage of work than hypersonic weapons in other countries. The response to them turned out to be asymmetrical, effective and is not a "one-time action", but an organic part of the extensive program of modernization of all components of defense, which is now being conducted by the Russian Federation. Year of construction 2022 We should not look at the Kinzhal missile or any other weapon as an absolute – the solution to all problems once and for all. This article was written in 2018, four years have passed since then and a lot of things have changed - in particular, in the United States from the board of the Strategic Bomber Boeing B-52N "Stratofortress" began tests of the heavy aeroballistic missile HAGM-183. The hypersonic race is just beginning and will be won by the one who, on the one hand, approaches this issue comprehensively, and on the other hand, does not allow such an overspending of funds that will "expose" other areas of development of the defense complex. The development of hypersonic air-launch missiles in the United States is not going quite smoothly so far - the HCSW project is closed to finance the development of a new ground-launched intercontinental missile GBSD (Ground Based Strategic Deterrent), and the test schedule for the replacement "simpler" aeroballistic missile AGM-183 ARRW (Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon) has been disrupted. Of its four trials in 2021, three were considered unsuccessful, and the results of the fourth were never announced. B-52N E-193. Strategic bomber of the US Air Force Boeing B-52N "Stratofortress" S/N 60-036, specially converted for testing the hypersonic aeroballistic missile AGM-183A ARRW. Photo: https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3678793.html Although US President Donald John Trump (already a former) announced that he already has a "Super-Duper Missile", referring specifically to AGM-183. But he could not say anything concrete about it, and so far neither Russian, nor Chinese, nor any other foreign media, including the American ones themselves, have confirmed either the declared number of M = 20 (twice as much as the Russian "Dagger"!), or even M = 17. No official statements have been made to confirm the declared range of 1600 km. Meanwhile, Russia put its Kinzhal complex on experimental combat duty, during which several hundred flights with the rocket were made to determine the dynamic and tactical characteristics of the carrier, and the declared data of the rocket were confirmed by launch tests of complete samples - including in difficult weather and climatic conditions and in cooperation with other forces and means. At the end of November 2019, the test launch of the ADB Kh-47M2 "Dagger" from the MiG-31K was carried out in Arctic conditions. The plane took off from the Olenegorsk airfield and hit the target at the Pemboy training ground in the Komi Republic. Finally, on December 21, 2021, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation at an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense with the participation of the President - Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Putin that "A separate aviation regiment armed with MiG-31K aircraft with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile has been formed. That is, this complex is already in combat operation. MiG-31K V-6. A link of MiG-31K aircraft - carriers of the X-47M2 hypersonic air-to-surface missile of the Kinzhal complex with tail numbers 90, 92, 93 and 98. Photo: https://lv.sputniknews.ru/20220210/...perzvukovye-kinzhaly-na-baltike-20394003.html But this does not mean that the Russian hypersonic missile "Dagger" will remain forever the only one in its class – the arms race and the Cold War are taking their course and this, unfortunately, is the usual state of the human community, which is still better than a "hot" war, and even a nuclear one. The paradox of the situation is that the build-up of weapons on the one hand makes the world more fragile, but the law of unity and the struggle of opposites works regardless of whether this or that person believes in it. And this law turns the threat in defense. Who knows, maybe it was the ever-improving weapons that can now reach anyone, anywhere, and even destroy life on our planet in general, that saved us from The Third World War, which even without the atomic bomb would certainly have become much bloodier and more destructive than the previous two combined. But will this continue? In any case, as the ancient sage Vegetius said "si vis pacem para bellum" – if you want peace, prepare for war. The first regiment, equipped with hypersonic missiles "Dagger", was included in the composition of long-range aviation. It was placed at the Savasleyka airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region, sources in the Ministry of Defense said. By the end of 2022, the regiment is planned to be equipped with additional MiG-31K missile carrier aircraft. Experts note that the "Daggers" will be used to defeat the most important, best protected targets, since the attack with this weapon is not yet possible to repel.
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when will these come ??
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starting from 2023-27/28 of total 76.
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i have question regarding internal weopons bay of 5th gen fighters except F-35
kya wo storm shadow ya AGM-158 jaise missile carrry kar sakte hain kya
aur AMCA ke liye ise kutch plan kiya ja raha hai
kya wo storm shadow ya AGM-158 jaise missile carrry kar sakte hain kya
aur AMCA ke liye ise kutch plan kiya ja raha hai
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it seems that the misinformation is still spreading...lol
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the 'true' new engine that Su57 will have--- different TVC mechanism from the above one by 'another' manufacturer of AL 31 serial engine.
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the 'true' new engine that Su57 will have--- different TVC mechanism from the above one by 'another' manufacturer of AL 31 serial engine.
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Are you asking whether all 5th generation fighters leaving F-35 can carry Missiles like storm shadow ,AGM-158 in their IWB(Internal Weopons Bay)? I didn't get your question sorry.
No. I don't think so.
