Su-57 will receive a hypersonic explosive rocket BB BD R-37М
The fifth-generation fighter Su-57 will receive the ultra-long-range hypersonic missile R-37М, the Interfax reports with reference to Boris Obnosov, general director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation.
Responding to a question from a journalist, Obnosov confirmed that the ultra-long-range P-37M rocket will go into service with the Su-57 and added that it will be placed on the external suspension of the aircraft. The rocket is designed to hit high-speed as high-altitude (up to 25 km), and low-flying (up to 15 meters) targets at a distance of more than 300 kilometers. At the same time, in the final stage of the flight, the rocket develops hypersonic speed up to Mach 6. She is currently undergoing a final test cycle.
The Р-37М is a further development of the ultra-long-range missile of the previous generation Р-80 created in 37-s, which was put into service in the 1989 year. Due to the large length of the 4 meter and the weight of the 600 kg, its only carrier was the MiG-31 interceptor.
As it is known from open sources, in order to be able to use the P-37M on the Su-30CM, Su-35 and Su-57 fighters, the rocket length was reduced by 14 cm due to the installation of the head section with a radio transparent fairing of the modified form, as well as reduced its starting weight. Guidance on the target is provided by the fighter’s radar system, as well as by the inertial control system and active radar homing with an integrated high-performance processor.
The rocket can be used in three modes: by preliminary target designation (shot - forgot); inertial guidance mode with correction; reprogramming mode, when the pilot, depending on the conditions, can introduce new data for the onboard computer of the rocket.
In the West, there is the only competitor of the R-37M rocket - the American AIM-120 AMRAAM, which is in service with the fifth-generation F-22 and F-35 aircraft. The declared maximum range of the American missile is 180 km. In addition to the AIM-120 AMRAAM, in service aviation The US Navy used to have an AIM-54 Phoenix long-range missile (range up to 200 kilometers), but after the F-2006 Tomcat fighters, which are the only Phoenix carriers, were removed from the US Navy in 14, only Iran left rockets.
Also in service, the Su-57 in the future can be put a bombs "Drill" - planning bomb cassette caliber 500 kg in equipment with self-targeting combat elements.
Su-57 is a fifth-generation Russian multi-purpose fighter designed to destroy all types of air targets in long-range and close combat, destroy enemy ground, surface targets with overcoming enemy air defense systems, monitor airspace at large distances from the base, destroy the action control system enemy aviation.
Long-range air-to-air missile R-37
Responding to a question from a journalist, Obnosov confirmed that the ultra-long-range P-37M rocket will go into service with the Su-57 and added that it will be placed on the external suspension of the aircraft. The rocket is designed to hit high-speed as high-altitude (up to 25 km), and low-flying (up to 15 meters) targets at a distance of more than 300 kilometers. At the same time, in the final stage of the flight, the rocket develops hypersonic speed up to Mach 6. She is currently undergoing a final test cycle.
The Р-37М is a further development of the ultra-long-range missile of the previous generation Р-80 created in 37-s, which was put into service in the 1989 year. Due to the large length of the 4 meter and the weight of the 600 kg, its only carrier was the MiG-31 interceptor.
As it is known from open sources, in order to be able to use the P-37M on the Su-30CM, Su-35 and Su-57 fighters, the rocket length was reduced by 14 cm due to the installation of the head section with a radio transparent fairing of the modified form, as well as reduced its starting weight. Guidance on the target is provided by the fighter’s radar system, as well as by the inertial control system and active radar homing with an integrated high-performance processor.
The rocket can be used in three modes: by preliminary target designation (shot - forgot); inertial guidance mode with correction; reprogramming mode, when the pilot, depending on the conditions, can introduce new data for the onboard computer of the rocket.
In the West, there is the only competitor of the R-37M rocket - the American AIM-120 AMRAAM, which is in service with the fifth-generation F-22 and F-35 aircraft. The declared maximum range of the American missile is 180 km. In addition to the AIM-120 AMRAAM, in service aviation The US Navy used to have an AIM-54 Phoenix long-range missile (range up to 200 kilometers), but after the F-2006 Tomcat fighters, which are the only Phoenix carriers, were removed from the US Navy in 14, only Iran left rockets.
Also in service, the Su-57 in the future can be put a bombs "Drill" - planning bomb cassette caliber 500 kg in equipment with self-targeting combat elements.
Su-57 is a fifth-generation Russian multi-purpose fighter designed to destroy all types of air targets in long-range and close combat, destroy enemy ground, surface targets with overcoming enemy air defense systems, monitor airspace at large distances from the base, destroy the action control system enemy aviation.
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