The problems that will be faced VKS Russia to 2025 year. Procrastination is unacceptable!
In the extremely unstable geopolitical and economic situation of the second decade of the XNUMXst century, any detailed prognostic analysis is a very difficult and ungrateful task, especially when it comes to assessing the future technological potential and the strength of the armed forces of the state in question. Meanwhile, from individual “sketches” represented by the trends observed today in the development of elements of on-board electronic equipment for fleet, SV and VKS, as well as progress in the development of missile and bomb weapons, it is often possible to draw up a very clear overall picture at least 3-5 years in advance. Today we will try to most accurately predict the appearance of our aerospace forces by the middle of the third decade of the XNUMXst century, as well as “probe” all its positive and negative aspects that have a direct impact on the defense capability of the Russian Federation.
The reason for the prognostic analysis was the very optimistic statements of two Russian experts in the field of military equipment, as well as Colonel General Viktor Bondarev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. On June 20, just a week before information appeared in the media regarding the probable resignation from the post of commander of the VKS and further transfer to the Federation Council for the Kirov Region V. Bondarev made a very loud statement about the future formation of the modern look of the ground and air components of the Russian air forces The year 2025. According to him, until the mid-20s, the share of new equipment in the tactical, strategic, reconnaissance, military transport and army fleet aviation Russia will make up from 80 to 90%, while today this figure ranges from 52 to 55%, which is noticeably lower than in the US Air Force and NATO Joint Air Force.
DIAMOND OF A LARGE-SCALE UPDATE OF THE GROUND-ENDED COMPONENT OF THE AIRCRAFT DEFENSE OF RUSSIA'S VCS RETAINS THE POSITIVE TEMPES
There is a diametrically opposite situation in the ground component of aerospace forces represented by the air defense, electronic warfare, and radio engineering troops: the share of advanced anti-aircraft missile systems. radar complexes of electronic reconnaissance (RTR), radar DRLO and air traffic control, as well as high-potential multi-purpose interspecific radar systems is more than 70 — 75%, which not only does not differ from Western indicators, but also in some aspects significantly outpaces them. In particular, in contrast to the US Navy, the Russian VKS have at their disposal a much larger number of types of modern anti-aircraft missile systems of various classes both in range and as intended. This is particularly clearly seen if we take into account the military air defense of the Land Forces of Russia. For example, in the American army and armed forces of Western European states, the ground component of the air defense system is based on the Patriot PAC-2 and SAMP-T long-range anti-aircraft systems, the Patriot PAC-3 and the SLAMRAAM (using ground-adapted launch guided missiles such as AIM-120C-5 / 7 / D).
The near line is covered by various self-propelled short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, including MANPADS, the most famous and effective of which are: the American self-propelled Avenger air defense missile system (based on the FIM-92E Block I self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system with dual-band infrared-ultraviolet GPS); also the British Starstreak short-range air defense system using the Starstreak HVM high-speed small interceptor missile with a split 3 cheelem warhead, represented by three controlled tungsten "spears." Each “interceptor spear” (also called a “dart”) is equipped with laser beam sensors for semi-automatic laser targeting of the “saddle beam” type (“SACLOS beam-riding”), a two-sided section of the nose aerodynamic control surfaces, and a light fragmentation warhead of 500 gram; 900-gram "darts", due to the small 20-mm caliber, have a low speed of ballistic braking, which allows you to hit targets at a distance of more than 7 km and altitude 5000 m.
The disadvantage of the Starstrek complex is the impossibility of working in difficult meteorological conditions and atmospheric smoke. Meanwhile, the semi-automatic laser guidance system has a high noise immunity from such defensive means as infrared traps and dipole reflectors; to suppress it, it is necessary to use promising countermeasures based on laser emitters that are able to “blind” the Starstreak optical-electronic complex, located on the LML multiple-charge launcher. The above list contains the most advanced air defense weapons used by the United States and Western European countries.
In our own aircraft, only the “Three Hundreds” is represented by 4 with the main modifications: C-300PS, C-300PM1 (in video conferencing), as well as C-300B and C-300В4 (in military air defense), not counting the intermediate modifications of C-300XXXXXXXXXXXX and V-NNXXXXXXX. / 1 / BM2 / 3. The former still continue to meet the conditions of the modern network-centric warfare and are capable of intercepting operational-tactical ballistic missiles at ranges from 1 to 2 km; the latter can be classified as specialized anti-missile complexes capable of striking both ballistic objects and hypersonic aerodynamic objects with speeds up to 5 m / s. It should be noted that if the American missile anti-missile system (the Patriot PAC-35 complex) can destroy a ballistic missile at an altitude of up to 4500 km, then the 3М22М interceptor (С-9ВМ / В82 complex) performs a similar procedure in 300 - 4 km above the surface . As for the C-30PM35 complexes, they are ahead of the Patriot PAC-300 / 1 by the missile component: the 2Н3Е anti-aircraft missiles have a maximum flight speed of the order of 48 km / h, while the MIM-6C accelerates to about 7300 km / h.
Special attention should be paid to the advanced anti-missile 9М82МВ, which is designed to radically expand the combat potential of the C-300B4 complex. This product brings the range of the advanced Antey complex to 350 km and the interception height to more than 45 km. This is possible due to the high flight speed 9М82МВ in 2700 m / s (9720 km / h): at this speed, the aerodynamic control surfaces partially retain their effectiveness in the upper stratosphere. The combat (second) stage of the anti-missile is compact enough and has an aerodynamic “carrying cone” scheme, due to which a low coefficient of ballistic braking is observed: a high supersonic flight speed is maintained at a distance of more than 300 km. Such an anti-aircraft missile with anti-missile capabilities, 350 km range, and even on a mobile launcher, is not in the composition of the ground-based missile defense components of the United States or in service with the air forces of Western European countries. The GBMD and Aegis Ashore complexes with exoatmospheric interceptors GBI and RIM-161C (SM-3 Block IB) cannot be considered as rivals C-300B4, since they are stationary.
There are also good rates of entry into service of the VKS and military air defense of the Triumph C-400 long-range anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as the Tor-M2 and Tor-M3 medium-range complexes. The latter are gradually replacing the outdated Buk-МХNUMX air defense system. In particular, the Buk-М1 anti-aircraft missile system is already ahead of the C-3PS in combat qualities. The speed of the targeted target for the battery of the prospective "Buka" is 300 km / h, the height is 11000 m, and the range is of the order of 35000 km. As you remember, the C-75PS is capable of destroying targets at speeds up to 300 km / h: against high-speed hypersonic targets, the PS is ineffective. The speed of the anti-aircraft missile 4600М9М reaches 317 km / h, which corresponds to the interceptor ERINT. Maneuvering with overloads over 5600 units. carried out thanks to the gas-jet system of deviation of the thruster vector solid propellant rocket. “Buk-М45”, as well as its early modifications “М3 / 1”, is intended for work on ballistic targets, and it copes with this task no worse than the anti-aircraft missile system “Patriot PAC-2”.
To several dozen long-range C-400 “Triumph” airborne missiles on combat duty, battalions of the advanced C-350 “Vityaz” air defense system will soon be added. By the presence of an active radar guidance system, the C-350 and C-400 can be viewed in a “single harness”. “Triumph” can be used for long-range interception of aerospace attack at a distance of 250 km (using 48H6DM SAM, the speed of the target for which the 4800 m / s is driven), while at 130 - 150 km it can easily support C -350 Vityaz (50P6A). The advantage of the Vityaz is the fact that the 9М96ДМ anti-aircraft guided missiles are about 2,7 times larger than in a single anti-aircraft missile division of the C-400 complex. For example, on each four-dozen 5P85TE2 launcher, instead of one transport-launch container for the 48H6DM missiles, a triple module for the 9М96ДМ missiles can be placed. For the 12 PU, the total 36 9M96DM anti-rocket is obtained. The standard Vityaz division incorporates 8 50P6А self-propelled fire units, each of which is equipped with a box-shaped farm on the 12 9XXXUMXM MUR missile, which causes the presence of 96 ammunition from anti-aircraft missiles. The capabilities of the Vityaz in repelling a massive strike by enemy tactical ballistic missiles should be much higher than the C-96 Triumph in the configuration observed today.
The Triumph C-400 anti-aircraft missile division: 5P85TE2 launchers (in the foreground) and 92Н6Е multi-purpose radar for illumination and targeting (in the background)
Today, the 48H6DM interceptor missiles continue to be used as part of Chetyrsotok. Despite their long range and speed in 8,47М (9000 km / h), the maximum overload during interception can reach 30 - 40 units, which is not enough to destroy the modern small-sized and intensively maneuvering combat equipment of ballistic missiles. The anti-missile 9М96ДМ, due to the presence of gas-dynamic transverse control engines (DPU), can maneuver with overloads up to 65 units. at low altitudes and up to 20 units. - in the stratosphere. Due to the creation of the moment of rocket on the site of the center of mass of the rocket (the DPU is located there), 9X96DM moves in space towards the target, while 48H6DM maneuvers through standard tail aerodynamic rudders rather viscous. There is practically no information about the presence of 9М96ДМ as part of the adopted C-400 divisions, and therefore all hope remains for their successful promotion due to the ambitious program of the Vityaz C-350. C-350 "Vityaz" is able to work in system coordination with the C-300P series, and with the C-300В family, and with C-400 "Triumph" thanks to the integration into a single air defense system through automated control systems of anti-aircraft missile units " Polyana-D4М1 ". At the same time, in each of the cases, Vityaz will increase the survivability of a mixed anti-aircraft missile brigade by approximately 30 - 40%.
The most noticeable effect from the integration of Vityaz into mixed ZRBr and ZRP will be observed in the case of joint work with C-300PS / PM1. These systems, due to the use of a semi-active radar guidance system, do not have the ability to perform an all-anti-ballistic missile defense. Complex 50P6A solves this problem without delay. As the long-term practice of updating the air force and airspace of Russia with modern anti-aircraft missile systems shows, it is we who continue to maintain strong leadership in this area of the defense industry, designed to preserve the sovereignty of the state and preserve its economic infrastructure during times of major military-political crises of regional or / and global importance. And we have not yet taken into account the enormous number of short-range anti-aircraft missile and anti-aircraft missile and artillery systems (Tor-M1 / 2, Tungusska-M1, Pantsir-S1, Gyurza, Verba and etc.), on which the unprecedented defense of the positions of long-range air defense systems and missile defense systems against attacks of such air attack weapons as cruise missiles of the Tomahawk, KEPD-350 "Taurus", AGM-158 JASSM-ER, NSM and AGM- families 154 JSOW / -ER.
The indisputable advantages of the VKS of Russia are also observed in terms of the equipment of the Radio-technical troops and the troops of the Electronic warfare. For the highest situational awareness of the command posts of the anti-aircraft missile battalions, brigades and regiments of the surrounding air situation, radio-technical units armed with advanced radar systems of the meter, decimeter and centimeter ranges are being used today. A real masterpiece in the field of radar of a new generation can be considered a promising interspecific multi-band radar 55Ж6М "Sky-M". He can participate in air traffic control, long-range detection of ballistic and aerodynamic targets (the instrumental target detection range with the 0,3 m2 EPR is 350 - 380 km with an altitude of 15 - 20 km, 20 “trails” of difficult maneuvering ballistic targets at the same time, accompanied by 200 aerodynamic targets, including hypersonic objects. The Nebo-M radar complex is represented by 3 antenna modules based on solid-state AFAR operating in meter (RLM-M), decimeter (RLM-DM ) and centimeter (RLM-CE) ranges. The energy potential and wavelength of the first 2-x modules makes it possible to detect large aerospace objects at a distance of 1800 and an altitude of 1200 km.
Of particular interest is the centimeter module RLM-CE. When you install the appropriate software and hardware base, this antenna post can quickly turn into a multifunctional radar combat mode, allowing you to target, or highlight the target list of an extensive list of anti-aircraft guided missiles (from 9М96DM to 48Н6ММ and 9М82МВ). As for the functionality, here “Nebo-M” surpasses not only the Israeli “Grine Pine”, but also the American AN / TPY-2, which is used as the MRLS of the THAAD anti-missile system. Today, Nebo-M actively enters Russian RTV units responsible for the most rocket-dangerous air routes, including Kola, Baltic and Balkan. Such advanced highly specialized radars are being used as: TSB) 48L6E, Opponitor-G long-range radar detection radar (“sees” low-orbit space objects in 1 km from the ground), GnmaXNXX 1L1200 multifunctional radar complex of the centimeter C-band.
Low-altitude detector of high-speed aerodynamic and ballistic means of air attack 48YA6-K1 "Flying-K1"
The Gamma-С1 complex was developed with the aim of replacing the outdated P-37 two-coordinate X-ray radar detector with attached PRV-13 / 16 altimeters. The product was created by the Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering at the end of the 90s, and despite this, it remains one of the best radar facilities in the 21st century. The uniqueness of its elemental base lies in the fact that a large number of hardware modules and software filters are used to level the effects of various types of electronic interference (noise, barrage, asynchronous, noise frequency sliding, response, pulse response, etc.). Consequently, due to the high level of adaptability, the Gamma-С1 station is able to perform basic tasks even in the face of opposition from air-based systems such as F / A-18G “Growler”. The detection range of a typical fighter type target for Gamma-С1 is of the order of 300 km in standard mode, and of the order of 400 km in the narrow sector of scanning. Due to the use of the centimeter range, the accuracy of target detection in range is of the order of 50 m, which is significantly better than most well-known domestic and foreign radars. What is the situation with the Americans?
The Air Force and the United States Marine Corps cannot boast of such a nomenclature of radar equipment, which Russian VKS have. The main US multi-purpose radar is the AN / TPS-75 "Tipsy-75" operating in decimeter S-band. The prototype of this radar appeared at the end of 60-ies, and differed much more bandwidth, reliability and resolution in comparison with the radar complex of the previous generation AN / TPS-43. This radar even then was distinguished by the presence of a phased antenna array. In our time, “Tipsy-75” has received a modern digital element base, represented by advanced high-performance CPUs, display equipment based on wide-format liquid crystal MFIs for camera crews, etc. It is known that the capacity of AN / TPS-75 increased to 1000 simultaneously accompanied air targets. However, the Tipsi radar is not as accurate as the Gamma-С1, the 96Л6Е all-altitude detector, or the RLM-CE centimeter module of the Nebo-M complex. The instrumental distance AN / TPS-75 is completely standard and is 430 km, which is 3,5 times less than the 55-X6. The maximum detection height reaches about 30000 m, which is why “Tipsy-75” cannot be used to detect tactical ballistic missiles on the upper part of the trajectory, as well as on the ascending and descending branches, when the height reaches more than 35 - 70 km .
The second most famous radar is a more modern complex with an active phased array antenna AN / TPS-59. It is distinguished by a large vertically oriented AFAR operating in the decimeter D / L range (from 1215 to 1400 MHz). The use of this frequency in the upgraded version of AN / TPS-59 (V) 3 made it possible to increase the range to 740 km, and the height of detection - to 152,4 km. Bandwidth has been brought to 500 goals. Thus, in terms of tactical and technical parameters, this radar is located at an intermediate level between Opponent-G and Neb-M. The range resolution of this radar is of the order of 60 m. In the Marine Corps this radar received the index "GE-592". At the same time, this radar complex has a significant technological disadvantage, represented by a low-elevation scanning zone, which barely reaches 20 degrees: there is no possibility of detecting threatening targets “above the head” of operators. Specialists from Raytheon and Northrop Grumman are actively working to correct the situation. The first is actively developing a promising modular "expeditionary" radar 3DELRR, operating in the centimeter C-band, and possibly in the decimeter wavelength range to increase the range in the review mode and target designation. The second company is designing the AN / TPS-80 multifunctional radar complex, which should replace several radar types at once, including the AN / TPQ-36 / 37 "Firefinder" anti-battery artillery reconnaissance radars and the AN / TPS-73 air traffic control radars.
From this we conclude that the technological level of ground-based mobile radar detection and target designation among Americans is noticeably lagging behind the indicators of the Russian RL technology. Now we will return to the consideration of the most controversial aspect of our work today - the success of the program of updating the fleet of aerospace forces.
DIFFICULT TECHNOLOGICAL "GAP" VCS Aviation Park Do Not Endure Refusal
According to the commander-in-chief of the VKS, Viktor Bondarev, as well as military expert and retired colonel Viktor Murakhovsky, the trend of updating the tactical fleet has reached a magnificent level. Yes, this is partly true: only the highly accurate Su-34 front-line fighter-bomber in the VKS bomber squadrons are already more than 110 units. Unique in its kind tactical fighters can not only deliver decapitating strikes at enemy targets with tactical missiles X-59MK2, anti-radar X-58USHKE and promising multipurpose X-38, but also to stand up for themselves in close and long-range air combat with the help of an air combat missile, as well as an air combat missile, as well as long-range air combat missiles. 73РМД-2, РВВ-СД, Р-27ЭР. Despite the fact that Su-34 thrust at normal take-off mass is only about 0,72 kgf / kg, the machine's maneuverability after acceleration to 600 speeds - 800 remains at a decent level due to the huge constructive similarity with Su-27 and Su-30 gliders. Due to low thrust, Su-34 can not perform long-term energy maneuvering without losing speed, but in short periods of time, the angular speed of the turn can easily reach 19 - 20 deg / s.
Replenishment of the fleet is also carried out at the expense of the multipurpose super-maneuverable fighters of the 4 ++ generation, the Su-30CM and the Su-35C. At the moment, armed with combat units of the VKS and naval aviation of the Navy is about 120 machines of two types, the total number of which, according to the LG-2020, should be close to 300 units. Whether the new state armaments program will include an increase in the series of the above machines is not yet known, but it is clear that this number will not be enough to effectively counter the threat from the 184 F-22A "Raptor", more than 200 - 300 F-35A, and also a few hundred “Typhoons” of the last “tranche” and “Rafale F-3R”. Moreover, further plans to restart the Raptor production line continue to be under the veil of secrecy. At the moment, the secret report transmitted by Lockheed and the United States Air Force is being reviewed by the Arms Commission of the United States Congress. Restarting the production branch of the F-22A will cost the US treasury about 2 billion dollars, and the production of the first 75 fighters will cost 17,5 billion more, because the cost of the upgraded machines will be more than 220 million dollars per unit.
Here you can have no illusions: Washington will always have enough money to “restart” Raptors, and for us it can be a very unpleasant moment. If Congress deems it necessary and gives the green light to continue the updated ATF program, then by 2025, the number of F-22A in the front-line units may increase to approximately 230 - 250 machines. These will be completely different from the F-22A that went off the assembly line at the beginning of 2000-ies: the future is behind the advanced modifications of the F-22A Block 35 Increments 3.3 and F-22C Block 35 Increases 4 / 5 (the latter is also classified as Block 40) . Most likely, the fighters of these modifications will receive new network-centric tactical information exchange interfaces with the integrated radio channel MADL (for data exchange with F-35A / B / C), TTNT (with F / A-18E / F / G Super Hornet / Growler ) etc. Moreover, according to sources from Lockheed Martin, the new F-22A avionics are planning to equip with an optical-electronic surveillance and targeting system with a distributed AAQ-37 DAS aperture, after which the "Raptors" will not yield to the F-35 family in any parameter . As a result, by the 2025, the US Air Force will consist of at least 400 - 500 X-NUMX generation fighter F-5A and F-22A / B / C, equipped with modern AFAR-radar AN / APG-35 and AN / APG-77 . In addition to all of this, the Raptors of the last “blocks” endow with full-fledged impact qualities: the AN / APG-81 on-board radar worked out the GMTI mode, allowing you to accompany the enemy’s moving ground targets.
Now we look at our situation. Onboard Su-30СМ and Su-35С are installed onboard radars with passive phased antenna arrays H011 Bars and H035 Irbis-E, respectively. The Su-34 heavy strike fighter received an onboard radar complex Ш-141-E, developed by the design bureau Zemlya of the TsNPO Leninets, which is also represented by a passive HEADLAMP. These radars have high energy capabilities and an impressive list of operating modes, among which there are: “air-ship”, “air-surface”, “air-air”, synthetic aperture modes (SAR, including terrain mapping with the classification of ground objects), moving targets (GMTI), following the terrain, scanning meteorological conditions, etc. The BXNXXX Bars radar, which has a 011 kW impulse power, is capable of detecting an F-4,5A target (EPR is of the order of 35 m0,2) at a distance of 2 - 80 km, Irbis-E detects a similar object at a distance of 90 km. This is enough so that our fighters of the transitional generation can conduct an equal long-range air battle with the Lightning. Possible long-range air combat with “Raptors” for the Su-200CM will be very difficult to “take out”, since the calculated EPR of the American machine reaches the entire 30 m0,07 (Bars can detect such a target only with 2 - 55 km), while F- 60A detects the Su-22CM at a distance of 30 - 300 km.
Super-maneuverable multipurpose fighter Su-30CM
For Su-35C, at first glance, everything is at times “rosy”: “Irbis-E” is able to divert F-22A at a distance of 120 - 140 km, but not everything is so simple. Passive phased array antenna "Irbis", exactly like the "Barca", has a much worse noise immunity than the AN / APG-77. PFARs are technically incapable of creating “zero sectors” of the radiation pattern in the direction of the source of electronic noise, and therefore any airborne electronic countermeasure complex following Raptor will inexorably reduce the chances of interception by our fighters in long-range air combat. The Khibiny container complex of electronic warfare is able to provide Dryers with a high degree of protection against modern American long-range AIM-120D USRVs, but this will not change the essence of the problem - the passive Irbis FAR is unlikely to “capture” the inconspicuous F-22A, especially if its on-board APG-77 radar itself also emits complex types of radio-electronic interference (Reytonovskie and Lokhidovskiy AFAR-RLS are adapted to work in the directional mode of the REB).
And this is only half the problem. It is well known that almost all modern long-range air combat missiles are equipped with multi-mode active radar homing heads capable, in a passive mode, to be induced by radiation from an enemy radar or radio-electronic jammer. One of these missiles is RVV-SD ("Product 170-1"). This product has already been adopted by the Air and Space Forces of Russia, and can be completed with an active-passive radar self-homing head 9Б-1103М-200ПС, which can be directed to a radio-emitting object at a distance of about 200 km, which for a modern air game in cat and mouse Is enough. But the point here is not in the GOS. Solid propellant solid propellant charge has only one mode of operation, providing the maximum range - 110 - 120 km, which is definitely not enough to intercept the maneuvering F-22A, or to destroy the "penguin-like" F-35A.
The only way out of the current situation would be the early launch of serial production of a promising long-range air combat missile RVV-AE-PD with an integrated rocket-ramjet engine with the ability to control the gas generator. The range of URVV RVV-AE-PD (“Product 180-PD”) should be of the order of 160 - 180 km, which makes it possible to launch a rocket on F-22A, relying solely on the radiation of its radar. At the same time, the “Dryers” pilots will not fall into the effective area of AIM-120D, which is limited to about 140 km. As we have already considered in previous works, the main advantage of an ASUV with an integral rocket-ramjet engine (IRPD) is the maintenance of high speed indicators throughout the entire flight path. If, for example, P-33 or AIM-120D at a distance of 140 - 160 km (as a result of ballistic braking) lose speed from 4500 to 1500 km / h, and there is already no fuel charge to increase it, then RVV-AE-PD, on the contrary , is able to increase speed at the final leg of the flight due to the opening of a special valve located in the nozzle of the gas generator (on the front wall of the combustion chamber).
The RVV-AE-PD long-range missile is fully capable of changing the balance of power in the 21st century air theater, but its project, for unknown reasons, slowed down around 2013, and over the past 4, not a single message was received regarding the state programs that can even a little equalize the ratio of technological potentials between the fleet of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the United States Air Force. Representatives of the Ministry of Defense, as well as representatives of the company-developer of the State Design Bureau Vympel, are silent. At that time, the development program of our “direct-flow” rocket “slips”, and the “closest” RVV-SD (barely corresponding to the American AIM-120C-7) arrive at the VCS, the defense structures of Western European states very quickly picked up the “chip” while maintaining “ energy "and the speed of the rocket at the time of approach to the target. It was embodied in a unique "straight-through" long-range air combat rocket from MBDA - Meteor.
Enrolling the Swedish Gripen fighter in July 2016, Meteora received its initial operational readiness for the first time, after which active air traffic from other European states is expected. The main operators are the Air Forces of France, Great Britain and Germany, which possess the Rafale and Typhoon fighters. In particular, the EF-2000 "Typhoon", upgraded with the new onboard AFAR-radar "Captor-E" with a range of 250 km and equipped with "Meteors", will significantly outrun our Su-30CM and will reach the Su-35С practically by means of long-range capabilities. Equally disturbing is the integration and constructive adaptation of MBDA “Meteor” missiles to the armament control complex and the internal compartments of the British F-35B.
In the event that the RVV-AE-PD missile launch project will continue to be delayed, then in the near future, the Su-30CM and Su-35С will not be able to oppose Western tactical aviation, which received all the necessary updates. The perspective aviation complex of the front aviation of the 5 generation T-50 can seriously change the alignment of forces in the modern theater of operations, but do not flatter yourself: by the 2025 year agreed by the commander of the VKS Viktor Bondarev, there will be no more 70 - 90 T-50 PACK FA, while the total Shtatovskih "Lightning" and "Raptor" closer to 600!
Also, do not forget about the modernization of existing fighters like the Su-27CM and MiG-29C. While our “Falkruma” and “Flanker” continue to serve with “old” slot-type radars H019MP and Cassegrain AR H001VE, American F-16C Block 52 + and F-15C / E continue to actively receive the most advanced radars with active AN / AP-X-83C / E FARs with AN / AP-X-63C / E AF radars with active AN / AP-X-2C / E AF radars with active AF / AP-XL-3C / E radars. and AN / APG-29 (V) 12 / XNUMX, which official representatives of Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have been reporting with enviable regularity. In our country, not a single MiG-XNUMXС / СМТ fighter squadron was equipped with Zhuk-AE-type airborne radars, the reasoning of which has been an integral part of most analytical forums devoted to Russian combat aviation for the past XNUMX. Consequently, it is necessary to predict the future combat potential of the aircraft fleet of the VKS of Russia not only on the basis of the number of incoming new equipment, but also through the “technological prism” and disposable missile weapons, with which everything is not going smoothly at the moment.
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