An image of a new hypersonic missile from the fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft arsenal has appeared on the web. The experts & nbsp; assume that this ammunition is created as part of the project & nbsp; & quot; Larva-MD & quot; (short range) for use from internal aircraft compartments.
New missiles from the Su -57 arsenal. Photo: Mikhail Zherdev. pic.twitter.com/u60g21iblR
& mdash; Ivan O & # 39; Gilvi (@o_gilvi) December 29, 2021
An image of the new ammunition was found on a poster for the Tactical Missile Corporation. This Russian company, one of the largest manufacturers of missile weapons, discussed the holding's plans for 2022. The photo shows the Su-57 fighter itself, the training complex Oka-E1 aviation weapons, as well as several missiles it may be equipped with in the near future. It is among them that & # 39; illuminated & # 39; & # 39; new weapons. Its appearance resembles the Onyx universal medium-range supersonic anti-ship missile.
What do we know?
It is assumed that this particular class of ammunition “ air & ndash; surface '' is under development as part of the Experimental Design Work (ROC) for the “ Larva-MD & # 39; & # 39; (short range) to be used from the internal compartments of the fifth generation Su-57 fighters, which will become carriers of hypersonic weapons. Since 2019, the second stage of the R&D project has been underway for this project. Now the development is at the ground testing and flight stage with mass and size models. Work on the key component & mdash; active homing head & mdash; is carried out in the Ural Design Office 'Detail'.
Presumably, the new missile will fly at a speed at least five times faster than sound and become a difficult target for modern air and missile defense systems. It will be a short range ammunition with a range of around one hundred kilometers, while other hypersonic missiles will fly at 1,000 kilometers or more. The primary targets of the missile will be sea targets of a potential enemy. The missile will be designed to engage land and sea targets. In the future, the ammunition will replace one of the most common Kh-31 anti-ship missiles in the arsenal of the Russian aerospace forces.
The hypersonic missile engine will be the '70 product' direct-flow hypersonic engine, developed by the Soyuz Turaev machine-building design office, specializing in power units for very high-speed missiles. This will allow a speed above Mach 5 to be developed and will be able to free itself from existing and future air/anti-missile defense systems. Currently “Article 70” is undergoing fire tests. This element is already in use as a powerhouse for a number of Russian hypersonic weapons, including the promising Gremlin hypersonic missile.
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It is known that Russia is creating at least several hypersonic systems. Last year it was reported that they wanted to use the first production Su-57 fighter to test such weapons. The fact that the new fifth-generation fighter is considered a hypersonic missile carrier was also raised in 2018. At the same time, experts said the & nbsp; Su-57 will receive hypersonic weapons, which it can use from internal compartments. Thus, we can conclude that & nbsp; the rocket will be significantly smaller than a single hypersonic aircraft missile, which is now in service with the Russian aerospace forces & mdash; 9-А-7660 “ Dagger. & # 39; & # 39; & Nbsp; Its carrier is the MiG-31 interceptors, which have undergone a special modernization for this, as a result of which the external suspension has been improved. The alleged carriers of the new missiles & nbsp; will also be & nbsp; the Su-34 frontline bomber and the Tu-22M long-range missile carrier.
Anti-ship missile P-800 “ Onyx '', International military-technical forum “ Army – 2018 & # 39; & # 39; Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org
Other hypersonic
This year, it became known that bombers of the Russian aerospace forces will be able to use the promising X-95 complex. Among the carriers are called Tu-22M3M long-range bombers, “ strategists '' Tu-160M, as well as PAK DA (promising long-range aeronautical complex). The rocket prototypes have already passed the air carrier's tests. One of the most important Russian innovations in this field is the Zircon hypersonic missile designed for surface ships and navy submarines. This year the program has gone through several milestones at once. In particular, the military launched a burst of zircons. It was known even earlier that the missile was capable of reaching a speed of M = 8 during tests. The mass of the “ Zircon '' warhead estimated to be around 300-400 kilograms. The flight range exceeds a thousand kilometers. The technologies tested on this rocket will also be used on hypersonic aircraft complexes.
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