Tactical Missile Corporation will create a compact hypersonic missile for Su-57 fighters. Now the development is at the initial stage of working out the layout. New ammunition is being created & nbsp; as part of the Larchinka-MD project, which is the development of the Kh-31 supersonic anti-ship missile. This information & nbsp; AiF.ru has been confirmed by the Defense Ministry, while stressing that there is a high probability that it will not go beyond research.
According to experts, the main targets of the missile will be naval ships, mainly small enemy ships. Presumably a new rocket & nbsp; will be able to develop the speed & nbsp; at least five times the sound (6200 km/h), which means it will become a tough target for air and missile defense systems.
The fact that the weaponry of the Su-57 has to be replenished with such a hypersonic missile has been said for several years. In this case, the main condition set by the military department is the placement of these missiles & nbsp; in the internal compartments of the Su-57. The peculiarity of the fifth generation fighter is that it not only carries weapons on external suspensions, already used by other types of aircraft (MiG-29, Su-30SM, Su-34), but also new types of weapons that will be used from inside the fuselage space. This maintains the stated speed, stealth and maneuverability required for the fifth generation aircraft.
Create a new rocket & nbsp; entrusted to the Tactical Missile Corporation. She acts as the main developer in the development work, now the project is in the initial phase & nbsp; scene – development of the layout. Major work will begin after the Defense Ministry approves it and allocates core funding.
This isn't the only promising project the company has in the interest of the Su-57. In September 2018, its leader announced that the fighter would receive the R-37M ultra-long-range hypersonic missile. In December 2020, defense industry sources announced that testing of the Su-57 weapons complex, including the intra-fuselage one, would be completed in 2021.
There is not enough information about this project, as well as other similar weapons. According to experts, the letters “ МД & # 39; & # 39; the name of the missile most likely indicates that it will be at close range. It may be an anti-ship munition for operational-tactical aviation with a range of several hundred kilometers. The main weapon of this type for the Russian Air Force is the Kh-31 supersonic missile, also created by the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation. The maximum speed of this missile is 3600 km/h, the launch range is 160 km.
Presumably, for its acceleration, we will use the ramjet “ Product 70 '', which is developed by the technical design office Turaev “ Soyuz ''. This element is already in use as a powerhouse for a number of Russian hypersonic weapons, including the promising Gremlin hypersonic missile.
The only type of hypersonic aircraft missiles currently in service with the Russian aerospace forces & ndash; this is the Dagger. Rocket & nbsp; can fly at ten times the speed of sound, carrying conventional or nuclear warheads. The scope of his flight & mdash; about two thousand kilometers. But that's not enough, so Russia is simultaneously developing several hypersonic missile projects to equip not only heavy missile carriers for long-range aviation, but also lighter aircraft. In 2012, development work began on the creation of another hypersonic missile with a ramjet & mdash; the novelty was called Gremlin. This ammunition is intended for operational-tactical aviation weaponry, including Su-34 bombers. The small size and weight should allow multiple missiles to be suspended on each aircraft.
Earlier it was reported that in addition to small hypersonic guided missiles, a much heavier model for long-range aviation, which can reach speeds of up to ; at Mach 12, is under development. The novelty, on which work began in 2016, was called 'Sharpness'. As a power plant, this rocket uses a more powerful ramjet known as Product 71.
In addition to aircraft carriers, hypersonic munitions are being developed in Russia for the navy and missile forces strategic. Thus, the promising hypersonic rocket “ Zircon '' create for the fleet.
