Tu-141 "Strizh": About the drones that are believed to have attacked the airfields of Diaghilevo and Engels

On December 5, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out an unprecedented attack on the Russian military airfields Dyagilevo (Ryazan region) and Engels (Saratov region). As a result of the incident, three servicemen of the RF Armed Forces were killed. Four more were injured.

Later it was reported that the attack to a depth of almost 650 km was carried out using Soviet Tu-141 Strizh UAVs, which were shot down by our air defense systems on approach. However, the fall and explosion of debris drone led to the death of servicemen and damage to the skin of two strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

So, what's thedrones-kamikaze" is used by Ukraine to strike deep into our territory?

To begin with, the Strizh was originally created as a reusable reconnaissance drone. They began to produce it in the USSR in the late 70s, along with the smaller Tu-143 "Flight".

Regarding the characteristics of the Tu-141, it is made according to the "duck" aerodynamic configuration, has a wingspan of 3,8 meters, a length of 14,33 meters and a mass of 5,37 tons.

However, this is not the most interesting thing. Developing a cruising speed of 1000 km / h, the Swift could fly into enemy territory to a depth of 450 km. At the same time, this distance was calculated taking into account the need to return the device to the base. If the Tu-141 is sent to "one way", then the fuel in the tank will be enough for it to overcome up to 1000 km. Actually, that's how he "got" to our airfields.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, all Swifts went to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A total of 1979 units were produced from 1989 to 152.

Initially, they were tried to be used in Ukraine as aerial targets in air defense exercises. However, it turned out that the Swift, unlike the same Flight, is an extremely difficult target. Anti-aircraft missiles practically do not take it on a collision course, but can only hit on a catch-up.

As a result, for more than 2 decades this UAV has been gathering dust in the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For the first time, they started talking about it at the beginning of this year, when the Tu-141 was used in the joint exercises of Ukraine and NATO "Joint Efforts 2022", again, as a target.

Later, starting in March, "Strizh" tried on a new "role". Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are stuffing it with explosives and trying to use it as a “kamikaze drone” or a cruise missile to hit targets deep behind Russian lines.

Comments

[svp67]

But the "Reisy" should not be discounted either ... They may well be used as a "breakthrough of the air defense system", and they will be followed by the modernized "Swifts" and other flying "evil spirits", which are now hastily stamped outside Ukraine.
And we have long holidays ahead of us, Catholic Christmas, New Year, Orthodox Christmas, Old New Year ... the last two for the "Sumerians" that that "red rag for a bull." So, you need to prepare and be ready.

[rocket757]

So, what kind of “kamikaze drones” does Ukraine use to strike deep into our territory?

. If you put your hands on it, upgrade it, you get a cruise missile, practically!
A serious strike system with a powerful warhead. They IS, they will be finalized at minimal cost and they are not a pity!

[Vladimir Postnikov]

Quote: rocket757

If you put your hands on it, upgrade it, you get a cruise missile, practically!

What does "if" mean? It won’t work, but it already did if it was the Swift. It is here that the controller from the "washing machine" simply asks. Someone here laughed at the accusation of Russia of using components from "washing machines". Here is an example for them. Not funny anymore?

[rocket757]

Element base, c. including controllers, a universal piece / element ... the correct kit / set of nodes, sensors, actuators, on which, by the way, there are no restrictions for them ... but programmatically, you can drive anything you need.

[Vladimir Postnikov]

Quote: rocket757

anything can be programmed

Yes. Only 99% do not know what controllers are, especially their capabilities. I worked with automatic equipment based on Siemens controllers, even went through their courses in St. Petersburg. A wonderful constructor that has unlimited possibilities for automating anything (let's say so). A large set of specialized units for solving specific tasks of ACS. I have repeatedly mentioned the need to manufacture industrial controllers such as Siemens in Russia, especially in the concept of "Sixtieth Latitude" (2005). Did not work out.

[rocket757]

Once upon a time, I had to assemble an imitation of the simplest MGI PIC controller for an imported welding machine ... it was not possible to order then.
It was a long time ago, but as I remember now, the handkerchief turned out to be 100 times more than the original microcircuit.
The men then DRINKED me TO DEATH, they really needed that unit. I never agreed to such a "feat" again, and it became easier to get spare parts, over time.
And so, if you remember ... I came across catalogs on the development of microcircuits of our electronic industry ... only live, I did not have to see these microcircuits, and it was almost impossible to order.

[businessv]

Quote: rocket757

If you put your hands on it, upgrade it, you get a cruise missile, practically!

So there’s no need to modernize anything here - this is a full-fledged tactical reconnaissance aircraft, load equipment into the warhead (in their case, the corresponding explosive), the destination point and go!

[rocket757]

The electronic stuffing is easy to upgrade, and the executive units already exist.
Perhaps from long storage, something soured, but not a big problem if there is a place to remove a working part, a node.
In general, the threat is real, alas.

[Andrei Rimsky]

Something else bothers me. Any of our aircraft taking off on the territory of Russia, even deep in the rear, is immediately tracked by NATO intelligence. Strizh is slightly smaller than a combat aircraft, with a jet engine. And so he flew over part of Ukraine and reached Engels through Russia.
The fact that it was not detected by air defense systems can still be explained, they have a limited radius and so on and so forth. But then it turns out that our other technical reconnaissance equipment, flying radar, etc., do not scan the territory of Ukraine around the clock, as the United States does for Ukraine in the Black Sea and over Romania. Or maybe they can’t record the takeoffs of the remaining aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force and other objects at all?

[Scientist]

We simply do not have the opportunity to scan the entire territory of Ukraine around the clock. And what they missed is very similar to what was already written on social networks - a multi-level process of agreeing to open fire.

[businessv]

Quote: U. Cheny

multilevel approval process for opening fire.

Yeah, like a request from the Belgorod region to open fire and a response from the General Staff - the Urals district to prepare to repel a raid?

[Scientist]

And laugh in vain. When there are videos on the Internet about how our drone destroyed this or that, then this is only a successful ending. And the way he spins over the target for half an hour, until he receives permission, is not shown.

[businessv]

Quote: U. Cheny

And laugh in vain.

Yes, this is laughter through tears of course! I know firsthand the inertia of our system.

[Akuzenka]

But then it turns out that our other technical reconnaissance equipment, flying radar, etc., do not scan the territory of Ukraine around the clock, as the United States does for Ukraine in the Black Sea and over Romania. Or maybe they can’t record the takeoffs of the remaining aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force and other objects at all?

This has already been repeatedly written that the Russian Federation does not constantly use AWACS aircraft in the NWO. There seemed to be only a couple of uses, if I'm not mistaken. The AWACS aircraft would definitely spot it.

[Parvis rasulov]

In the USSR, the TU 141 UAV at the end of the 80s was part of the first deployed brigade of the RUK OTR 9K714 "Oka" complex in Belarus.
At the same time, they began to create brigades of RUK and ROK with MLRS Smerch, where they also planned to create a battery of BUAR UAVs Tu 141

[combat192]

Are you confusing anything? The name itself - UAV was not used. These devices were called unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. And they were reduced to detachments and separate squadrons. According to the states of that time, the divisions had detachments of the BSR "Wing", the armies and corps of the OEBSR "Reis", in the fronts of the OEBSR "Strizh".

[cpls22]

It may have been detected, but they could not shoot down an object that had already deepened inside the Russian Federation, or they relied on the air defense of the airfield.
And the goal turned out to be "difficult". But the Ukrainians already knew this, and we, it turns out, only now.

[zenion]

God, we don't like it. Everything turned out so interesting for Russian President Yeltsin, as in a fairy tale about a man and a bear. A man agreed with a bear that the bear wants to get this year and the bear decided - I will take the roots. The man sowed wheat. The man mowed down the wheat, the roots went to the bear. What do you choose for the next year asked the man of the Bear? The bear answered - I choose inches. The man planted potatoes. He collected potatoes and went home, but the bear got the top. A lot of time has passed, Yeltsin is gone, and Russia continues to choose, now tops, then roots.

[HaByxoDaBHocep]

Well, not good Bolsheviks, they riveted drones, and now the capitalists have to spend money to bring them down, but where are the modern capitalist drones ?, just don’t drag Geranium and Orlan with a camera like on Nokia 3310, at least one jet is mass-produced?

[vovochkarzhevsky]

Like it or not, this is the biggest air defense failure. And everything is quiet, on the brakes, no remains and ships. Unlike the provocation with Rust, where the air defense acted in strict accordance with international treaties.

[AdAstra]

There was nothing to punish the Soviet generals from air defense along Rust, but today’s ones should be petted against wool for such a good thing. Whoever writes anything about possible modernization, but these ones, as they say, are "as ancient as a mammoth's ram" and if they really missed this, then not everything is in order in the "Danish kingdom" of air defense.

[acetophenone]

Generals should be punished during the war - these are the eggs you need to have. And they don't seem to be there anymore. Some imitators. Silicone.