The US Air Force announced the start of production of hypersonic missiles under the ARRW program

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The production of hypersonic missiles under the ARRW (Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon) AGM-183 program in the interests of the US Air Force is planned to be deployed in 2021 or 2022. Will Roper, Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force for Procurement, Technology and Logistics, announced this.

We are very close to launching the AGM-183, the first hypersonic weapon USA. This will happen in FY2022. To be placed on the B-52. This will provide us with the potential to deliver a quick strike out of the reach of weapons. (...) I think this creates a good dilemma for the opponent

- stated Roper.



According to him, the B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers (four missiles for one strategist) will be the first to receive a hypersonic missile.

Earlier it was reported that the US Air Force and Lockheed Martin signed a contract worth $ 988,8 million to create a hypersonic missile ARRW (Airborne Rapid Response Weapon). The agreement includes a critical review of the ARRW project, support for testing and preparation of the complex for production.


In February of this year, Lockheed Martin announced the successful defense of the project of a promising hypersonic aeroballistic missile ARRW (Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon), which has been under development by order of the US Air Force since 2018. The missile should be ready by 2021, and the initial operational readiness by 2022. According to the company, work is progressing on schedule.
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    1. -1
      19 December 2020 09: 29
      Until Trump or Zombie Beadon decrypt, I don’t believe. By the way, you have to rummage about Biden in the archives of the CPSU of foreign guests' visits, maybe he came to get permission for the board?
      1. +2
        19 December 2020 09: 47
        Quote: tralflot1832
        Until Trump or Zombie Beadon decrypt, I don’t believe. By the way, you have to rummage about Biden in the archives of the CPSU of foreign guests' visits, maybe he came to get permission for the board?

        Do you even understand what you wrote about, or do you learn about your thoughts from what you have written?
        1. +8
          19 December 2020 09: 49
          You have a bad mood in the morning, not everyone understands, humor is far from you!
          1. +3
            19 December 2020 09: 52
            Quote: tralflot1832
            You have a bad mood in the morning, not everyone understands, humor is far from you!

            Oh, this is your humor belay Well then Ha.Ha.ha.
            1. +2
              19 December 2020 11: 58
              The Americans are actively developing offensive weapons, and a new AGM-88G AARGM-ER air-to-surface missile with electronic warfare functions has also been developed to reliably suppress modern and future air defense systems by F-35A fighters before bombing attacks.

              It is assumed that the electronic warfare system located on the AARGM-ER will jam the anti-aircraft radar systems, which should allow American missiles to attack air defense systems unhindered.

              The prototypes of the RQ-180 UAVs have also been created, which are distinguished by low radar signature, the drone is capable of continuously operating in the sky for a day at an altitude of 18 kilometers, seven RQ-180 prototypes have already been made.

              1. +1
                20 December 2020 18: 20
                So let's see how in the USA the desired coincides with reality ..) In the meantime, these are Wishlist, as our all-fencing people say about Russia)
        2. +7
          19 December 2020 10: 00
          Quote: Stroporez
          And what did you write about, did you even understand?

          He about it:
          hi
          1. +1
            19 December 2020 10: 04
            Quote: LIONnvrsk
            He about it:

            Colleague, thanks for decrypting the cryptogram. hi
            1. +8
              19 December 2020 10: 07
              Quote: Stroporez
              Colleague, thanks

              Yes please! We have this shoe polish ... laughing
              1. +2
                19 December 2020 10: 14
                Quote: LIONnvrsk
                Yes please! We have this shoe polish ...

                I myself love to neigh, but it's too intricate there laughing drinks
      2. 0
        19 December 2020 16: 11
        I remembered something))

    2. +3
      19 December 2020 09: 38
      Well, of course, they have super-duper rockets 28 times faster than the speed of light ... only they are invisible ... tongue
      They can also destroy the enemy through the display (on Twitter or Facebook), as well as in computer games ...
      1. +9
        19 December 2020 10: 10
        Quote: Mountain Shooter
        Well, of course, they have super-duper rockets 28 times faster than the speed of light ... only they are invisible... tongue
        They can also destroy the enemy through the display (on Twitter or Facebook), as well as in computer games...

        I don't see anything funny in the published news. But when the states put hypersound into service, it will not be laughing at all (not for hats).

        Maybe you think that they promise to do something fantastic and absolutely unfeasible ... well, they don't have Rogozin.
        1. +8
          19 December 2020 10: 14
          Quote: Stas157
          Maybe you think that they promise to do something fantastic and absolutely impossible ...

          Let them put it first. The tests have not yet been carried out - and the production plans have already been announced ... Somehow it is not entirely logical, is it? While we are talking about missiles suspended from the B-52 ...
          Against whom and what? What is the range? Etc. a lot of questions, isn't that so? That's why sarcasm ...
          Yes, and Rogozin, fortunately, does not deal with our "hypersound" ... If he did, then it would be worth worrying ...
          1. +15
            19 December 2020 10: 40
            Quote: Mountain Shooter
            Let first will deliver. No tests have been carried out yet

            The fact that they will make hypersound and put it into service is, in principle, a matter of time and now it is short. Or do you strongly disagree that the Americans can do what the Russians and the Chinese have done (due to the lack of brains and money)?
            1. +5
              19 December 2020 10: 46
              It still seems to me that the mattresses, they throw fluff on themselves ... Of all the tests they had only throw ... and then the layout ... But then, yes ... time will tell
              1. +2
                19 December 2020 10: 59
                There were no tests, only the project was recently approved on paper. The rocket will be ready in 2022, then the tests will begin. It is not worth waiting for adoption before 30 years, if at all.
            2. +3
              19 December 2020 10: 48
              Quote: Stas157
              Or do you strongly disagree that the Americans are capable of what was done by the Russians and the Chinese (due to the lack of brains and money)

              Of course I agree ... They will print money. Brains ... will buy ... probably. Technology will master. Everything takes time. I will not remind about 9 pregnant women ...
              1. +14
                19 December 2020 10: 59
                Quote: Mountain Shooter
                About 9 pregnant women I will not remind ...

                Do you seem to be firmly convinced that during your lifetime the Americans cannot overcome hypersound and you can rest easy (laugh)?
                1. +3
                  19 December 2020 11: 18
                  Quote: Stas157
                  You seem to be firmly convinced that during your lifetime the Americans cannot overcome hypersound and you can rest easy (laugh)

                  And I'm a scientist. Physicist. I managed, you know, after the artillery past. And I know how all this is not easy, no matter how much money they give you. Nobody rests laughing. From our designers ... If you do not have an experienced team, experienced in this particular task, the volume of necessary experiments and tests grows many times over. And each such test is TIME. You collect the team, you carry out experiments, the designers are working, the workshops are plowing in three shifts - and at the exit there are only fragments ... Normal research work! And it is like this everywhere, both with us and with the Americans, I dare to assume, and the Martians, if they were. Here they can steal ... They will find a weak link, bribe ... But there, besides the drawings, there is also the technology of the materials used ... Steal EVERYTHING? Even the Chinese can't do it ...
                  1. +9
                    19 December 2020 11: 26
                    Quote: Mountain Shooter
                    And I'm a scientist. Physicist.

                    Well, it's good if our physicists are so sure that Americans have this long history. Inspires!)) But let's see what time will tell, these were empty promises or not. It is not long to wait for 2021-2022.
                    1. 0
                      19 December 2020 11: 28
                      Quote: Stas157
                      Quote: Mountain Shooter
                      And I'm a scientist. Physicist.

                      Well, it's good if our physicists are so sure that Americans have this long history. Inspires!)) But let's see what time will tell, these were empty promises or not. It is not long to wait for 2021-2022.

                      Show, show ... show cartoons.
                      1. 0
                        21 December 2020 02: 39
                        Well, so far, the Americans are doing pretty well and are developing in all areas. Both in Hi-tech and in technology, one of the leaders of world progress. Take your iPhone, reusable rockets, fighters. What and where are they backward? Only where they don't pay attention. And when they do, they do everything. The Chinese can of course catch up with them and overtake them. But this case is still written on the water with a pitchfork ...
                  2. -2
                    19 December 2020 13: 05
                    And I'm a scientist. Physicist.
                    It's like Kadushkin from the Peschelany Miner "who, like Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus Turin, can say that he is an athlete and footballer.
                    1. +1
                      19 December 2020 16: 00
                      As far as I understand, the Peshelanians are minus.
                2. +2
                  19 December 2020 11: 32
                  Quote: Stas157
                  you can rest easy

                  Now, means of countering hypersonic weapons will be developed. The "duel of armor and shell" has been going on for centuries.
          2. -2
            19 December 2020 11: 37
            Let them put it first. The tests have not yet been carried out - and the plans for production have already been announced ... As it is not entirely logical, is it?

            Ahahahah Rocket Expert Entered Chat laughing laughing

            1. -1
              19 December 2020 16: 41
              Quote: Simon Schempp
              Ahahahah Rocket Expert Entered Chat

              As an engineer, I can only repeat my statement. The most expensive thing in a stage is the engine. And in the price of the steps, the main cost is not iron. And a lot of bench tests and checks of this iron. To reduce the cost of launching - it is necessary to reduce the number of checks ... My acquaintance from Energia said exactly that. Plus fuel for landing - reduces payload. That is why the accounting department "does not fit" ... But it actually does not. It is impossible to verify Mask's approvals at the cost (prime cost) of launches. Closed accounting ...
              1. 0
                19 December 2020 17: 22
                It is impossible to verify Mask's approvals at the cost (prime cost) of launches. Closed accounting ...

                Yeah. Musk loves rockets at a loss. It is logical.
                1. -1
                  19 December 2020 17: 25
                  Quote: Simon Schempp
                  Yeah. Musk loves rockets at a loss. It is logical.

                  What an expert on everything in the world you are - it is already clear. In addition to the manual, can you quote anything?
        2. +2
          19 December 2020 10: 43

          Stas157 (Stas)
          Today, 10: 10
          ... well, they don't have Rogozin.
          And what have the Merikatos missiles and Rogozin to do with it? Hike, like Rogozin in Roskosmos .... request
          1. +12
            19 December 2020 10: 47
            Quote: aszzz888
            What does it have to do with Rogozin?

            Collective and colorful image of Russian officials who promise a lot and do little. I hope you do not think that Rogozin's image is unique and not applicable to the all-Russian format?
            1. +6
              19 December 2020 10: 50

              Stas157 (Stas)
              Today, 10: 47

              0
              Quote: aszzz888
              And what does Rogozin have to do with it?

              A collective and colorful image of Russian officials who promise a lot and do little. I hope you don’t think that the image of Rogozinbut unique and not applicable to the all-Russian format?
              Actually, the article is about the tests of the Merikatos missile, not about the "images" of officials. request
              1. +6
                19 December 2020 10: 52
                Quote: aszzz888
                Actually an article about the tests of the Merikatos missile, not about the "images" of officials.

                So what? Rogozin can't even be mentioned in context ??
            2. +3
              19 December 2020 11: 39
              Quote: Stas157
              Quote: aszzz888
              What does it have to do with Rogozin?

              Collective and colorful image Russian officials who promise a lot and do little. I hope you don’t think that Rogozin’s image is unique and not applicable to the all-Russian format?

              Then Chubais is a more colorful figure in this regard. In terms of the amount of public funds flushed down the toilet, he has no equal.
              1. +2
                20 December 2020 06: 48

                Piramidon (Stepan. Russia)
                Yesterday, 11: 39
                NEW

                +3
                Quote: Stas157
                Quote: aszzz888
                And what does Rogozin have to do with it?

                Collective and colorful image of Russian officials who promise a lot and do little. I hope you do not think that Rogozin's image is unique and not applicable to the all-Russian format?

                Then Chubais is a more colorful figure in this regard. In terms of the amount of public funds flushed down the toilet, he has no equal.
                hi ! Stepan,good!
              2. 0
                21 December 2020 02: 44
                Right! That is why Russia will not be able to overtake anyone. Because of the Rogozins and Chubais, put everywhere. And if it overtakes, only for a short time ... Because the money is "drained" .... not in the toilet, do not worry ... The money has been let go to their villas and to the bank accounts of the "Merikos" ...
        3. +2
          19 December 2020 10: 49
          Quote: Stas157
          I don't see anything funny in the published news. But when the states put hypersound into service, it will not be laughing at all (not for hats).
          But many people laughed at "Putin's cartoons" - both abroad and in our country. Even you chuckled. But for some reason the same personalities do not laugh at American projects. The logic cannot but amuse :))
          1. +9
            19 December 2020 11: 50
            Quote: Volder
            But many people laughed at "Putin's cartoons" ... But for some reason the same personalities do not laugh at American projects. Logic

            No. Just something else is true)) Those who piously believed in the cartoons of Putin, now do not believe that the Americans can do the same! Where logic?
            1. -1
              20 December 2020 14: 24
              Quote: Stas157
              Those who piously believed in Putin's cartoons now do not believe that Americans can do the same! Where is the logic?
              The logic is that the Americans have not completed a single project over the past 20 years. But Russia has a bunch of projects, and these projects are actually being implemented. So why do you laugh at Russian successes, but not at American attempts to catch up with Russia?
              1. 0
                21 December 2020 02: 53
                You turned everything upside down .... It's just the Americans who bring everything to mind, while the Russians only promise "Armata" and "PAK FA" to equip the army ...
          2. 0
            21 December 2020 02: 50
            Well, they laughed because everything was presented in the form of primitive "cartoons", and not because of the idea. Of course, no one believed it, because all the material for Putin was done very poorly ... Maybe it was specially done to "classify" from the enemy, in the form of a cheap cartoon. Well, the enemy didn’t really know anything ... I didn’t believe it ... Which was required .......
            1. -1
              21 December 2020 08: 54
              Quote: onstar9
              Well, they laughed because everything was presented in the form of primitive "cartoons"
              This is a good lesson for those who do not believe Putin's words about weapons.
              Maybe this was done on purpose to "classify" from the enemy, in the form of a cheap cartoon.
              Think right. Let the enemy suffer in conjectures :)
              Well, the enemy really didn't know anything ... I didn't believe it ...
              In the end, everyone in the West believed - from generals to politicians. And even began frantically to open projects to develop hypersonic and "hydrosonic" super-duper missiles.
              It's the Americans who bring everything to mind.
              Give examples of successful, well-developed projects / developments. You are not unfounded, are you?
              the Russians only promise "Armata" and "PAK FA" to equip the army ...
              These projects have already been implemented, i.e. built in metal, tested and run in the field. And equipping the Army is the second stage, which they are working on, but not particularly in a hurry for obvious reasons.
        4. +3
          19 December 2020 10: 55
          Maybe you think that they promise to do something fantastic and absolutely unfeasible ... well, they don't have Rogozin.

          No, no, no, all the Jews in America still cannot come up with hypersonic missiles)))
          1. +1
            19 December 2020 11: 26
            Quote: lucul
            No, no, no, all the Jews of America still cannot come up with hypersonic missiles

            The Jews of America no longer regard work in laboratories and technical firms as prestigious. Lawyers, doctors, financiers, IT specialists ... Get your hands dirty? Fi ... this is for the Chinese wassat
            1. +1
              19 December 2020 11: 34
              The Jews of America no longer regard work in laboratories and technical firms as prestigious. Lawyers, doctors, financiers, IT specialists.

              "So they will win")))
    3. -5
      19 December 2020 09: 41
      Here is the answer to our "no analogue world". Soon they will acquire their own "super-super-hydrodynamic" ones and restore parity. And with a difference in budgets, they will quickly catch up and overtake them.
      1. +7
        19 December 2020 09: 46
        So we are already experiencing chilled Zircon, and this is already a completely different weight category. We have already passed the air one. And no one said that they would not do it, on pure dollars in the exhaust of the engine, if only they had to do it!
        1. -2
          19 December 2020 11: 49
          So we are already experiencing the overcooked Zircon, and this is already a completely different weight category.

          Yeah. Launched Onyx. They said that Zircon. Peremoga. fellow
          1. -1
            21 December 2020 09: 00
            Quote: Simon Schempp
            Launched Onyx. They said it was Zircon.
            1. Zircon could have been created on the basis of Onyx. 2. Even if Onyx is launched, then this does not deny the existence of Zircon.
      2. +1
        19 December 2020 09: 58
        Quote: Jacket in stock
        Here is the answer to our "no analogue world". Soon they will acquire their own "super-super-hydrodynamic" ones and restore parity. And with a difference in budgets, they will quickly catch up and overtake them.

        I agree. And taking into account the fact that they have a multiple of carriers, then ...., in general, scare that the thread promises.
      3. +4
        19 December 2020 10: 12
        Quote: Jacket in stock
        And with a difference in budgets, they will quickly catch up and overtake.

        And with a difference in the carriers of this hypersound. What's in the sea, what's in the air.
        1. +3
          19 December 2020 10: 42
          Quote: Stas157
          And with a difference in the carriers of this hypersound. What's in the sea, what's in the air.

          Comrade, mendele will begin to pour out non-analogue gripping hats for us. wassat
          Rjunemagu laughing
    4. +3
      19 December 2020 10: 17
      If we take into account the total number of B52s that will undergo a deep modernization (it is far from the fact that all 74 vehicles will carry hypersonic missiles), then even a full salvo of all missile-carrying aircraft will not greatly change the balance of forces and certainly will not be able to influence the course of a hypothetical conflict with Russia or China ...
    5. +2
      19 December 2020 10: 30
      Chet looks like our Iskander, we didn’t sell Iskander to anyone? Well, a copy is direct, they take an example from the Chinese, only there was enough money for capright!
    6. -5
      19 December 2020 10: 32
      Max 20 however
    7. +3
      19 December 2020 10: 45
      deploy in 2021 or 2022 ... I think this creates a good dilemma for the enemy
      Really? And today you (USA) do not face any dilemma, because your enemy (Russia) already has such a weapon? A personable person with a smart look is deliberately nonsense.
    8. +4
      19 December 2020 10: 53
      I think this creates a good dilemma for the opponent.

      Calm itself ...
      In fact, we have long crossed the line when the conflict between the superpowers will end fatally for everyone.
    9. 0
      19 December 2020 11: 00
      Year from project to product? -The stars are similar.
    10. -2
      19 December 2020 11: 17
      Well, we thought so, whether rain, or snow, or it will be, or not.
    11. -2
      19 December 2020 11: 18
      [planned to roll out in 2021 or 2022. ] As soon as the plan for mastering the military budget is approved ...
    12. 0
      19 December 2020 11: 27
      In 2022, when the hell is behind the back?
    13. +2
      19 December 2020 11: 54
      Judging by the photo, the rocket does not have a ramjet engine, in fact it has a rocket engine. A question to local "experts" who repeatedly stated that "a hypersonic missile only with a ramjet engine" and this one was sent with some or no changes, was also on other sites topics. Their answer in this case is curious.
      1. -2
        19 December 2020 13: 16
        This is a common BR. The engine runs for about a minute.
        The rocket gives a candle and goes up to a height of 40-50 km.
        Flies at hypersonic speed along a ballistic trajectory.
        Guided but inertial, plus GPS, plus correction at the terminal area.
        Works on stationary objects.
        In general, an analogue of Iskander / Dagger.
        1. +4
          19 December 2020 13: 20
          Iskander and the GPS Point have an auxiliary system. There are quite complex seeker with radar and optics and target recognition and flight with a more complex trajectory.
          1. +1
            19 December 2020 18: 18
            There is no radar station in Iskander.
            There is an optical system that works in the last seconds
            before hitting a target, when Iskander falls almost vertically,
            braking from hyper to supersonic speed.
            Optics allows you to reduce the CEP from 100 to 10 m.
            Iskander has no maneuvering in the middle (ballistic) sector.
            It may wiggle slightly on takeoff (to make interception more difficult)
            and adjust your own accuracy at the terminal site.
            Iskander is a good weapon, although it is "heavy" in weight and size.
            But don't exaggerate its capabilities.
            1. -1
              21 December 2020 09: 07
              Quote: voyaka uh
              There is no radar station in Iskander. Iskander has no maneuvering in the middle (ballistic) sector.
              Do you even know that at least 7 missiles with different internal filling and characteristics have been developed for the Iskander complex?
              1. 0
                21 December 2020 10: 51
                We are discussing Iskander, a ballistic missile.
                I told about her.
                There is also Iskander - a cruise missile. This is something completely different.
                With all the advantages and disadvantages of cruise missiles. drinks
                1. -1
                  21 December 2020 11: 49
                  Quote: voyaka uh
                  We are discussing Iskander, a ballistic missile.
                  Iskander may have more than one ballistic missile. What rockets are made of and how they behave in flight, no one knows for sure. One can only be content with open general information and conjectures based on physical laws.
    14. -1
      19 December 2020 12: 10
      Is it a BR or a Rucker with a ramjet engine?
      1. -2
        19 December 2020 13: 11
        Pure BR, like Iskander.
    15. -1
      19 December 2020 13: 11
      This is, as it were, the American version of the Dagger.
      The OTBR was hung on the plane.
      1. 0
        19 December 2020 13: 19
        It looks like I agree. And they did it very quickly. BR is suitable for this.
    16. 0
      19 December 2020 15: 19
      Quote: Stas157
      (not up to hats)

      Are you already throwing your bonnets up in anticipation of the hyper-super-american-wunderwafele? Bend your back and bow down, you can put on your pants backwards. Guardian for Russia unfinished.
    17. +1
      19 December 2020 16: 48
      Quote: Mountain Shooter
      Let them put it first. The tests have not yet been carried out - and the production plans have already been announced ... Somehow it is not entirely logical, is it? While we are talking about missiles suspended from the B-52 ...
      Against whom and what? What is the range? Etc. a lot of questions, isn't that so? That's why sarcasm ...
      Yes, and Rogozin, fortunately, does not deal with our "hypersound" ... If he did, then it would be worth worrying ...

      Well, ours also sin with this. "Poseidon", "Petrel", "Sarmat" are not yet available, the tests have not passed yet, and the number of deployments in the future has already been announced. There is nothing super complicated in such a rocket. This is essentially an analogue of our "Dagger". And what will be the range and speed - we will find out

      Quote: Doccor18
      If we take into account the total number of B52s that will undergo a deep modernization (it is far from the fact that all 74 vehicles will carry hypersonic missiles), then even a full salvo of all missile-carrying aircraft will not greatly change the balance of forces and certainly will not be able to influence the course of a hypothetical conflict with Russia or China ...

      The only difference is that we have strategists who are sharpened to carry out nuclear tasks. They, in addition to the same "atomic" bombers, also have so-called. "non-nuclear" bombers. Both B-52N and B-1B. And if necessary, they will remove from storage more pieces of 30 B-52Gs and a certain number of B-1Bs in storage there. As a result, after a while they will be able to have up to 100 bombers, which can be equipped with hypersonic weapons. How much can we do? Upgrade a number of TU-22M3? So it is worth treating such information with due attention.

      Quote: tralflot1832
      Chet looks like our Iskander, we didn’t sell Iskander to anyone? Well, a copy is direct, they take an example from the Chinese, only there was enough money for capright!

      All missiles are similar to each other, as they perform the same tasks.
      1. -1
        21 December 2020 10: 19
        Quote: Old26
        As a result, after a while they will be able to have up to 100 bombers, which can be equipped with hypersonic weapons.
        To equip bombers with new missiles (especially hypersonic ones), they need to be modernized. So far, they have neither super-duper missiles nor upgraded aircraft for these missiles. By the way, those aircraft that are in storage are used as donors of spare parts. parts, i.e. they will never take off. According to the Pentagon's official data, less than 50% of the bombers on the payroll are in combat readiness.
    18. 0
      21 December 2020 21: 33
      Quote: Volder
      Do you even know that at least 7 missiles with different internal filling and characteristics have been developed for the Iskander complex?

      Frankly speaking, I'm tired of writing for the tenth time at least that this is a fake voiced by our "advanced journalists" who are not even able to clarify from the interviewee what he meant.
      Okay, I can write for the eleventh time

      Unlike the missiles that were previously in service with the Soviet and Russian armies, the designation of Iskander missiles is more complex. If the same Oka missile had one single designation - 9M714 (and the letters after the index spoke of combat equipment, without going into details how this head was designated), then the Iskander has its own designation of the warhead, and there is a designation for the missile parts. The designation of the missile unit is the same for all - 9M723. But the designation of warheads can be different: the nuclear - one, the high-explosive fragmentation - another, the cluster - the third (9N722K1 and 9N722K5), the high-explosive - incendiary - the fifth, the penetrating - six. But in fact it is the same missile, just with different warheads. In other cases, this difference was indicated by different letters after the number.
      But journalists are the main sensation. They didn't even ask what the interviewee meant. That is why Iskander had 7 missiles with different warheads. The internal filling (control system, engines, fuel charge) are the same. Separate more homing heads, but at the same time being the same missile. So, these 7 Iskander missiles are "roaming the Internet". combat equipment is not yet different missiles

      Quote: Volder
      Quote: Old26
      As a result, after a while they will be able to have up to 100 bombers, which can be equipped with hypersonic weapons.
      To equip bombers with new missiles (especially hypersonic ones), they need to be modernized. So far, they have neither super-duper missiles nor upgraded aircraft for these missiles.

      What prevents them from carrying out such modernization now, without waiting for the end of the tests of this missile? There is B-1B. If its length is more than 4,5 meters (and judging by the photo, this is so). then only 2 and 3 bomb compartments are upgraded (the partition is shifted and the rotor installation is replaced with a "longer" one. Plus they are installed under the fuselage holders in the amount of 7-8 pieces (for two missiles each holder). The weapon control system is modernized (if required), and other electronics, possibly motors.
      Even if we take into account that now the Americans have 1 EMNIP machines in service with B-62Vs and they plan to write off 2021 of them in 17, they still have 45 units.
      The same is with the B-52N. Leaving their 52 "nuclear" B-47H bombers unchanged, they can upgrade their 52 "non-nuclear" B-41H bombers by installing 2 holders for 2 missiles on each.

      Quote: Volder
      By the way, those aircraft that are in storage are used as donors of spare parts. parts, i.e. they will never take off.

      Not all. The Americans have a program to resuscitate the bombers on the HH. Now I don’t remember the number, you have to dig in the archive, but they can upgrade from storage about (not exactly, but approximately) 10 or 12 V-52H, up to 24 B-52G bombers and 4-6 B-1B bombers. If we sum up it turns out:
      41 "non-nuclear" В-52Н, 45 "non-nuclear" В-1В "plus from 38 (minimum) to 42 (maximum) bombers in long-term storage. By the way, at that airbase there is a much larger number of В-52s used as donors. Those, here you are right, will never take off. So even if you take the minimum, the Americans are able to equip from 110 to 128 bombers with hypersonic ballistic missiles. Even if we assume that they will not restore B-52Gs, then such there will be just from 100 to 104 bombers-carriers of the GZBR.

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      According to the Pentagon's official data, less than 50% of the bombers on the payroll are in combat readiness.

      You think. that we have a larger percentage of the payroll is in combat readiness? Of course, we are not 100% either. And when an aircraft (bomber) is waiting for a queue for repairs and upgrades, then, of course, it is not on the list.
      Take the same data exchanges. There is such a position as "not deployed" media. Even the Americans had 71% of strategists in combat readiness in the middle of last year (these are B-2A and B-52N)

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