Source: The Mi-28NM helicopter is being turned into a front-line bomber

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The combat helicopter Mi-28NM will be capable of carrying four long-range cruise missiles on board. We are talking about the so-called "product 305", the maximum range of which is 100 kilometers.

About this agency RIA News said a source related to aircraft construction.



He noted that the missiles will be placed on the outer points of the suspension. Equipping this combat vehicle with such weapons, the Mi-28 NM helicopter is actually turned into a front-line bomber.

Cruise missiles will enable the Mi-28NM to effectively and with high accuracy carry out tasks to destroy command posts, accumulations of manpower, armory warehouses and other objects. The source noted that no other combat helicopter in the world has standard weapons with the same range and destruction power as the "product 305".

He also said that the helicopter is currently undergoing a series of tests.

Earlier, Vitaly Shcherbina, the chief designer for combat helicopters of the National Center for Helicopter Engineering of Russia, stated that the Mi-28NM is capable of shooting down planes. To do this, he will need to have on board air-to-air missile weapons and perform a funnel-on-tail aerobatics.
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  1. +34
    29 May 2021 16: 02
    Tell these reporters that helicopters have been used as bombers since the Afghan war. I liked very much how the Mi-26 "Cows" 5-ton bombs FAB-5000 were dropped on the village
    1. 0
      29 May 2021 16: 05
      ... The combat helicopter Mi-28NM will be capable of carrying four long-range cruise missiles on board. We are talking about the so-called "product 305", the maximum range of which is 100 kilometers.


      Perhaps the author confused something.

      ... stumbled upon a mention of this rocket, called the "Product 305". Also, some characteristics of the rocket are revealed, which differ from the data given by me.

      According to media reports, this missile uses a combined guidance system, seeker (TV channel + IR) + radio control or autopilot.

      It is reported that the missile can be used on the "fire and forget" principle, the onboard inertial navigation system will be engaged in guidance. A seeker will be used in the final section.

      The helicopter will receive the coordinates of the target from the combined-arms command and control system or using its own detection equipment (radar, OLS).

      The maximum range of the Product 305 missile will be 25 km.

      (Earlier, I mentioned the limitation of the helicopter's OLS, in searching for targets, at distances of up to 10-12 km. The radar will be able to detect a ground object at about the same distance. That's why I talked about the engagement range of 12 km, as it turned out, the designers bypassed this is a limitation.)

      The missile will be used to destroy stationary objects, fortifications and armored vehicles.

      In addition to the above targets, theoretically the guidance system allows you to attack surface and air targets.

      https://zen.yandex.ru/media/armsblog/raskryty-harakteristiki-izdeliia-305-sekretnoi-rakety-dlia-mi28nm-5d20922a07f8ec00ae8a4a85

      However, it was decided to further increase the firing range of the Ka-52M and Mi-28NM helicopters. And this is where the mysterious "product 305" appears, which is in development, but is already beginning to be tested. This is again reported by a TASS source in the defense industry. He spoke about the testing of "product 305" as part of the Mi-28NM helicopter. Last year, the range of this missile reached 25 kilometers.

      Here is what was known about the rocket a year ago. At the initial stage, it flies under the control of the inertial system, for which, before launch, the coordinates of the target are entered into its memory. During the flight, the missile transmits an image of the target on board using a television camera. At the final stage, the seeker turns on. Its type is not reported.


      ... Regardless of how far the "product 305" range is longer than that of the currently used helicopter missiles, it can be said unequivocally that this promising missile testifies to a qualitative leap made by the designers of anti-tank weapons. That is, the operator of the helicopter's armament does not need to accompany it with a radio signal or a laser beam until the very moment of hitting the target. "Product 305" belongs to the "fire and forget" missiles. After leaving the launcher, the rocket flies in a fully autonomous mode.

      https://svpressa.ru/war21/article/257491/
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      2. +15
        29 May 2021 17: 59
        Perhaps the author confused something.

        Here is an article a year and a half ago, which was later quoted by many.
        Source: Ka-52M helicopter will receive a cruise missile
        with a range of up to 100 km
        https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/7767415

        Here is a good description of what the Mi-28NM is:
        https://spec.tass.ru/vertolet-mi28/sistemy-vsepogodnogo-primeneniya/?utm_source=tass&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=article_preview

        Source of the article in question:
        Source: Mi-28NM will receive striking power comparable to that of bombers.
        https://ria.ru/20210529/vertolet-1734690988.html

        As far as I am aware, only the Ka-100M has a radar capable of detecting targets at a distance of 52 km. The Mi-28NM, if I am not mistaken, is 25 km away.
        Even decent publications have confusion in their characteristics.
        http://bastion-karpenko.ru/izdelie-305-aviaraketa/

        A free press is a very weak source.
        Yandex Zen is a complete trash heap for dreamers.
        With all due respect to your meticulousness. hi
        1. +1
          29 May 2021 19: 40
          Quote: Alex777
          With all due respect to your meticulousness.

          https://ria.ru/20210529/vertolet-1734690988.html?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop&nw=1622306370000
          "At present, flight tests of product 305 helicopter cruise missiles with a maximum range of 100 kilometers are underway. The upgraded Mi-28NM Night Hunter will be able to carry four such missiles on external suspension points," the agency's source said.
          1. +1
            29 May 2021 19: 53
            You have not looked at my link RIA? It's about the same thing, but shorter. wink
        2. +9
          29 May 2021 22: 42
          Complete trash heap !!
          the Mi-28 NM helicopter is actually being turned into a front-line bomber.

          A front-line bomber destroys targets at a range of up to 1000 km ... What kind of replacement, or even thought, can there be? Or do they think that the frontline is the one that hangs over the front of hostilities, or rather the place of hostilities ... Complete donkeys !!!
          1. +9
            29 May 2021 22: 45
            Journalists. As my friend said:
            Fear the bull in the front, the horse in the back, and the journalist on both sides.
        3. +3
          30 May 2021 01: 00
          Quote: Alex777
          As far as I am aware, only the Ka-100M has a radar capable of detecting targets at a distance of 52 km. The Mi-28NM, if I am not mistaken, is 25 km away.

          Goals? What kind? RDS "Rezets" of course can detect targets at 100 kilometers. Type "ship" and type "bridge". But single targets of the "helicopter" type are no further than 25 km, the tank, apparently, is even closer.
          The N025 radar works in the same way, the same 25-30 kilometers for single targets.
          1. 0
            30 May 2021 03: 41
            Goals? What kind? RDS "Rezets" of course can detect targets at 100 kilometers. Type "ship" and type "bridge". But single targets of the "helicopter" type are no further than 25 km, the tank, apparently, is even closer.

            When I talked about the Ka-52M and its ability to target the 305 product at 100 km, I meant the use of the Zhuk-A radar, which is not installed on the Mi-28NM, as far as I am aware.
            I came across specific data on targets (ship, bridge, tank) and their detection range. I will not dare to bring them back to memory, but I assure you - everything is very good there. bully
            The Ka-52K "Katran" has even more powerful missile armament and radar equipment - the detection range of targets of the "Zhuk-A" radar is up to 200 km.

            https://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2020/03/05/629397.html
            hi
            1. 0
              2 June 2021 17: 05
              Quote: Alex777
              I came across specific data on targets (ship, bridge, tank) and their detection range. I won't dare to bring them back to memory, but I assure you - everything is very good there. bully

              "Cutter" is exactly new Radar Ka-52. Beetle-A simply will not fit into this helicopter.
              Cutter


              Beetle-a



              Antenna module Ka-52
              1. 0
                2 June 2021 22: 25
                "Cutter" is precisely the new Ka-52 radar. Beetle-A simply will not fit into this helicopter.

                You apparently did not pay attention to what I wrote about the K-52K Katran. And not about the K-52 Alligator.
                Zhuk-A is on the K-52K. hi
                1. 0
                  6 June 2021 01: 25
                  Let the Beetle-A not fit into it. She's too big. That same Cutter is a new radar to replace the Crossbow with AFAR.
                  The crossbow weighs ~ 125 kg. And Zhuk-A - 285. Well, where should you hang it in 52's nose?
                  1. 0
                    6 June 2021 13: 03
                    Maybe you're right. Let's see how everything will be. hi
      3. mvg
        0
        29 May 2021 18: 34
        guidance will be handled by the onboard inertial navigation system

        It is clearly visible that the source of Yandex-Zen ... how the language turns to master such a phrase
    2. +5
      29 May 2021 17: 45
      It’s strange. I always believed that the BOMBER is when BOMBS are carried, and those who are equipped with missiles are called ROCKET CARRIERS.
      But, apparently, he lagged behind in time. Now everything is changing so quickly ...
      1. +1
        29 May 2021 20: 32
        And why does the mortar have mines and not shells? laughing
        1. 0
          29 May 2021 22: 46
          out of habit
          Today, 20: 32
          NEW

          0
          And why does the mortar have mines and not shells? laughing
          Reply ©

          Laughing: Do you have a military education? Or just like that - trolled on VO?))
          1. +2
            30 May 2021 03: 41
            VO for ordinary people!
    3. +2
      29 May 2021 18: 33
      Quote: From Tomsk
      Tell these reporters that helicopters have been used as bombers since the Afghan war. I liked very much how the Mi-26 "Cows" 5-ton bombs FAB-5000 were dropped on the village

      =======
      Actually, even "Bears" (Mi-8/17) were also bombed! Starting with Afgan! There really were lighter bombs - FAB-250 ..... But it looked spectacular! Especially the corkscrew smoke!
  2. 0
    29 May 2021 16: 06
    Discount for wholesale buyers ......
  3. D16
    0
    29 May 2021 16: 11
    Why was the mouse cut off? Leave at least a fairing from the Attack guidance station. There was a really finished image. Made Mi-28NM. Freak. belay .
    1. +7
      29 May 2021 16: 15



      Do you like it more?
      1. D16
        0
        29 May 2021 17: 26
        I do not like. He was much nicer with a nose.
    2. 0
      30 May 2021 00: 44
      Quote: D16
      Why was the mouse cut off? Leave at least a fairing from the Attack guidance station. There was a really finished image. Made Mi-28NM. Freak. belay .

      In one of the adjacent design bureaus they gave him the nickname "snub-nosed" :) It stuck.
      He had too much twisted in his nose, the radar simplified a lot of things. and the internal layout of the car was greatly changed. Leave it purely decorative?
      1. D16
        0
        30 May 2021 08: 55
        Leave it purely decorative?

        Yes. I am writing about the RP fairing from the Attack station.
        1. 0
          2 June 2021 17: 09
          Quote: D16
          Leave it purely decorative?

          Yes. I am writing about the RP fairing from the Attack station.

          I understand what you are writing about. But now the entire layout of the helicopter has been altered and it is possible that it is simply impossible to leave the "nose". It's a pity though. :)
  4. -2
    29 May 2021 16: 16
    "Mi24NM is capable of shooting down planes" - so Mi24 shot down planes, including 4th generation f16 fighters. If only he had beat them in flight. ... lol
    1. +3
      29 May 2021 17: 31
      He shot down, but not F-16. It seems it was a phantom or whatever else Iran had in the 80s.
  5. +1
    29 May 2021 16: 23
    Do not repeat, it has already been:
    https://topwar.ru/183071-mi-28nm-nochnoj-ohotnik-poluchil-novoe-raketnoe-vooruzhenie.html
    1. +1
      29 May 2021 17: 04
      I will not repeat myself, I read this information on other sites, and it seems like they wrote about it in one of their TV programs! !!
  6. +3
    29 May 2021 16: 59
    Does a missile (even a cruise) have a RADIUS of action?
    1. +1
      29 May 2021 17: 05
      Uh-huh, you don't live in diameter wassat drinks Action = defeat, essentially the same meaning
    2. +1
      29 May 2021 17: 08
      And even a spare a / d in case of bad weather at the point of arrival! good
  7. -3
    29 May 2021 17: 11
    And how reliable is all this? And from what height should this miracle weapon be dropped so that the range is 100 km, probably from space?
    1. 0
      29 May 2021 17: 26
      Ros56-do not reset, but start. Here both the launch trajectory plays a role, and the speed of the rocket. The range of 100 kilometers is not 1000, it is very easy to get it with modern missiles. And the height can be five kilometers, and 20, the main factor is the speed of the rocket!
  8. +3
    29 May 2021 19: 15
    Frankly speaking, I did not understand why everyone is focusing on their own means of detecting the Mi-28. The ground-based OTRK also does not have its own means of detection, but this does not prevent it from hitting targets at three times the distance.

    The idea of ​​using an attack helicopter to deliver to the area and launch a missile with a range of about 100 km is quite interesting. The helicopter has a high speed, that is, the time of advancing and staying in the launch area is minimal, and the helicopter overcomes any terrain. Just like the ground complex, the helicopter can receive external target designation. But before that, the helicopter can be at a greater distance than the OTRK, which reduces the number of enemy weapons nomenclatures capable of destroying it. The cost of the helicopter is an order of magnitude lower than the Su-34 and heavier aircraft systems.
    An interesting idea, let's see what happens in the end.
  9. 0
    29 May 2021 21: 01
    Are there really not enough bombers? The turntables are already being adapted for unusual tasks. This is before being optimized.
    Shoigu: "In 2020, the troops received 58 aircraft and helicopters." For the whole sky from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok 58 new boards. Inevitably, you will "sculpt" the bombardier from the turntable.
    1. +1
      29 May 2021 21: 27
      Quote: AKS-U
      Shoigu: "In 2020, the troops received 58 aircraft and helicopters."

      You about it
      May 26, 2020, AEX.RU - Since the beginning of the year, the Russian Armed Forces have received 58 state-of-the-art aircraft and helicopters, a total of more than 750 pieces of equipment, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said in a videoconference with Russian President Vladimir Putin. RIA Novosti writes about it.
      https://www.aex.ru/news/2020/5/26/213019/

      So this is less than six months.
      Quote: AKS-U
      Are there really not enough bombers? The turntables are already being adapted for unusual tasks.

      Why unusual?
  10. -2
    29 May 2021 23: 48
    If this is true, then only from a hopeless situation and the absence of fighter-bomber aircraft / attack drones.
    So they are trying to excuse me for "attaching a saddle to a cow."
    They ruined Babak's project in the form of the Su-39 attack aircraft, which they wanted to do in Ulan-Ude and almost prepared everything. But his trials were stopped by a strong-willed decision from above.
    The plane turned out to be very interesting. With an overhead radar, it carried almost the entire range of weapons that the Su-34 carries. Its speed, load and radius are, of course, less.
    But the price is 5-6 times lower than that of the Su-34 and lower than that of the Mi-28NM. In terms of avionics, it is comparable to the latter or surpasses this helicopter.
    So he could be used as a front-line bomber.
    1. 0
      30 May 2021 03: 42
      Quote: Osipov9391
      Ruined Babak's project in the form of a Su-39 attack aircraft

      The Su-39 was imprisoned for the Whirlwind anti-tank missile ... We expected a lot, but got zero! The Whirlwind laser-beam anti-tank missiles did not meet expectations! The effectiveness (efficiency) was low! The most experienced pilots still, back and forth, coped with the tasks; but the "ordinary" pilots could not ...
  11. 0
    30 May 2021 03: 26
    and perform a funnel-tail aerobatics.
    The main thing is not to get such a figure, in the end!

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