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http://www.popularmechanics.com/militar ... ce-cannon/
Here Is the Soviet Union's Secret Space Cannon
Installed on the Almaz space station in 1970s, the R-23M Kartech was derived from a powerful aircraft weapon. The original 23-millimeter cannon was designed by Aron Rikhter for the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder supersonic bomber. That gun is relatively well known. However, its space-based cousin had largely remained in obscurity.Until now. This year, thanks to a Russian television show, the world got to see grainy footage of the space gun. Using that footage, we created the virtual model of the R-23M that you see above. Only after the fall of the USSR did Russian sources revealed that the cannon had actually fired in orbit. It happened on Jan. 24, 1975, onboard the Salyut-3 space station. Worried about how firing a giant cannon would impact the outpost itself, Soviet officials scheduled the test firing just hours before the planned de-orbiting of the station, and long after the departure of the crew on July 19, 1974. The outpost ignited its jet thrusters simultaneously with firing the cannon to counteract the weapon's powerful recoil. According to various sources, the cannon fired from one to three blasts, reportedly firing around 20 shells in all. They burned up in the atmosphere, too.
The results of the tests still remain classified. However it appears that the follow-up Almaz station was to be equipped with a pair of interceptor missiles rather than a cannon. It didn't matter: The upgraded Almaz was permanently grounded before its scheduled launch in 1978.
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brar_w wrote:That's a point I have been making here as well. Their deterrence isn't threatened by any current, or planned ABM activity. BMD against a near peer is unsustainable and that fact hasn't really changed since the 70's..Detterence is your best BMD at the strategic level. The wiggle room is at the Theater level and of course against non near-pear nations where there is a wider technology gap.
Thats a very grey area where no one really knows what is happening , For eg what are these so called hypersonic vehical , how is that any different from hypersonic RV like say Agni-5 RV , are we looking at same thing or different , Claims are coming from other side which are not verifiable , For eg US has a very comprehensive Hypersonic Program and how is that Russia or China which has scale much lower than US can succeed.

I think we are just looking at Agni-5 like RV that due to recent political issue between China , Russia and West is getting highlighted as some thing new class etc etc I see a lot of political tone for the weapon here then weapon itself
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Not sure how reliable Dave Majumdar is but his write up on S-500/S-350

National Interest: Russia's Deadly S-500 Air-Defense System: Ready for War at 660,000 Feet
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Not sure how reliable Dave Majumdar is but his write up on S-500/S-350
As long as he sticks to facts he is fine (and provides sources). If you however look at his past with Flight, USNI, and other organizations his most popular stories never named a source. They were always like "sources told us", "people with experience told the author" etc etc etc - a way of reporting that is fine but a pattern none the less. With him you have to be careful and dig into some of the claims he makes. He started his career working for a politico with deep ties with POGO and the circus they have going where they loop back and forth to each other...still has the tendency to take some of the garbage at face value, but he generally lacks the know how to actually put together a critical analysis so he's ok if he sticks to reporting.
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brar_w wrote:That's a point I have been making here as well. Their deterrence isn't threatened by any current, or planned ABM activity. BMD against a near peer is unsustainable and that fact hasn't really changed since the 70's..Detterence is your best BMD at the strategic level. The wiggle room is at the Theater level and of course against non near-pear nations where there is a wider technology gap.
Thats a very grey area where no one really knows what is happening , For eg what are these so called hypersonic vehical , how is that any different from hypersonic RV like say Agni-5 RV , are we looking at same thing or different , Claims are coming from other side which are not verifiable , For eg US has a very comprehensive Hypersonic Program and how is that Russia or China which has scale much lower than US can succeed.

I think we are just looking at Agni-5 like RV that due to recent political issue between China , Russia and West is getting highlighted as some thing new class etc etc I see a lot of political tone for the weapon here then weapon itself
I wasn't speaking of hypersonics per say but current ABM architectures, and counter ABM capability (current). Against another nation that has near peer status in strategic capability (weapons, SSA etc) your ABM systems aren't going to cut it..those systems perform, against those where you have a wider technology lead, and that is where the investments should be focused in the strategic sense. At the theater level yes I agree, its a cost issue so yes, they can and will work to a degree, but if someone thinks that a nation can design an ABM that can overcome a near peer nation's strategic capability than that is bordering insanity imho.

Hypersonics are again a different breed especially if you start going into what the objectives are. You have various degree of capabilities demanded even in the various programs. The HTV-2, that DARPA learned a ton from is still requirements wise very different from the currently ongoing TBG program, even though they get clubbed int the same boat and were/are both gliders. One way to seperate the various glide programs is to chase the requirements. There can be a difference of night and day between them, with little that is known yet they are all generally clubbed as ' gliders '. Then there is the conventional vs strategic route..China is likely chasing a strategic option, the US is most definitly taking the conventional weapons route. China will obviously put these things on their long range ballistic missiles..The US will be launching these things initially from the B-2 bomber, and perhaps later from a USN ship if the arms control community ever allows that to happen. I don't see the army program going anywhere since they don't have a ton of money to chase high end technology for now. Russia, would initially beef up its strategic deterrence using these but they can go conventional as well if there is a need and availability of resources in the mid to late 2020's. The biggest myth is that Hypersonics (any form i.e gliders or scramjet powered) weapons will be there by 2020 (Russia, US or China)..That timeframe is likely to be off by 5-10 years at a bare minimum.
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100 mass-produced T-14 Armata tanks to be ready by 2018
28 April 2016 Nikolay Litovkin, RIR
Makers of the Armata tank plan to provide the Russian armed forces with 100 tanks by 2018. The manufacturing concern also plans to reduce the cost per tank by raising the volume of orders.

Tanks "Armata" of the mechanized columns of the Central Military District's Moscow Garrison during the rehearsal of the military parade to mark the 71st Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Source:Vladimir Astapkovich/RIA Novosti

The Russian Armed Forces will receive the first 100 mass-produced T-14 Armata Tanks by 2017-2018, Vyacheslav Khalitov, Deputy General Director of NPK Uralvagonzavod, said during an appearance at the radio station Echo of Moscow.

The manufacturer also said there was a possibility of reducing the cost per vehicle of the newest tank “in batch volumes of 100-150 pieces, with streamlined production.” Currently, the declared price of each T-14 Armata is around 250 million rubles (around $3.8 million – ED).

The basic version of the T-14 tank is designed to use a 125-mm gun. The weapons manufacturer, however, said the combat vehicle could also be equipped with 152-mm cannon.

The T-14 tank is capable of shooting up to ten rounds per minute, and can hit targets at a distance of seven kilometres. In comparison, the American Abrams can fire just three rounds per minute, and has a range of 4.6 kilometres.

Each new Russian tank is additionally equipped with its own radar system, which provides it specific advantages, in terms of aiming and firing control. The T-14 can also hit aircraft and intercept rockets and missiles launched by an enemy.

Armament:

A) 1 x 125-mm 2A82-1M smoothbore gun-launcher. Ammunition – 40 rounds (32 of these located in the automatic loader);

B) 1 x 7.62 mm PKTM remote controlled machinegun. Ammunition – 2,000 rounds in a continuous strip

Combat weight: 55 tons

Crew: 3

Engine: 1500 horsepower

Highway speed: Up to 80 km/h

Target detection range: over 5000 metres

Target hitting range: 7,000 metres

Cruising range: over 500 km.

Armour strength: more than 900 mm.
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brar_w wrote:One way to seperate the various glide programs is to chase the requirements. There can be a difference of night and day between them, with little that is known yet they are all generally clubbed as ' gliders '. Then there is the conventional vs strategic route..China is likely chasing a strategic option, the US is most definitly taking the conventional weapons route. China will obviously put these things on their long range ballistic missiles..The US will be launching these things initially from the B-2 bomber, and perhaps later from a USN ship if the arms control community ever allows that to happen. I don't see the army program going anywhere since they don't have a ton of money to chase high end technology for now. Russia, would initially beef up its strategic deterrence using these but they can go conventional as well if there is a need and availability of resources in the mid to late 2020's. The biggest myth is that Hypersonics (any form i.e gliders or scramjet powered) weapons will be there by 2020 (Russia, US or China)..That timeframe is likely to be off by 5-10 years at a bare minimum.
How does one differentiate an HGV from a ballistic trajectory? A ballistic trajectory used over long distances is automatically presumed to be strategic is it not? so, how does one use these HGV's for conventional roles? Understand their use in defeating ABM's and hence useful for strategic warheads.
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How does one differentiate an HGV from a ballistic trajectory?A ballistic trajectory used over long distances is automatically presumed to be strategic is it not? so, how does one use these HGV's for conventional roles?
You do that by adjusting the weapon range as they have done with a shorter ranged system (it is after all air-launched) and by making sure that 50+ % of the flight profile of the weapon is non ballistic (arms control definition of a ballistic missile is one where 50+% of the flight profile is ballistic). It would be a theater deployable system, which means that you are launching it off of bombers supporting a particular theater. In the case of the Pacific, and even Europe the other side already fields ballistic profile weapons with conventional payloads so there is precedent and an already established escalatory risk. The escalatory risk argument can be made for a host of weapons. How does a China distinguish between a 2000 km conventional TLAM, vs an ALCM? or between a conventional ALCM, vs a nuclear armed one (the gist of the argument the arms control community is using to stop the LRSO) ? Does the US assume, that a Soviet Bomber launching a KH 101 from a bomber is using nuclear weapon and respond in kind? What about the DF-21? Does the US assume that their folks are under nuclear attack if one is launched and then prepare for the end of the world? Its all about risk, and managing it. Surely many research papers, and masters level work will be done in the arms-control domain over the next decades as is expected and this is something the policy makers would most likely need to invest in. They have dropped the plans for using the MMIII and turning it into conventional system that would have very very clear escalatory implications. Longer ranged HTV-2 would have also posed similar problems, but I think with the current B-2 deployed TBG they won't look for high continental range.

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New sniper rifle and a machine gun "Kalashnikov"

http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/77242/

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It will produce five new weapons, including portable light machine gun, AK-12 and AK-15, an informal series of 400 (with a 1:10 minute video clip).

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The shot hit and a new semi-automatic sniper rifle neizvesno name, based on the system of the famous "Kalashnikov" machine.

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Hypersonic Brahmos -2/Tsikron program NPO Mash Patent ( via secretprojects )

NPO Mashinostroyeniya patent for a two-stage hypersonic (Mach 6) scramjet-powered missile design which basically flies very high at high speed then separates when approaching the target, dropping the engine section and flying unpowered down to the target. This simplifies the scramjet design as it doesn't have to work in the dense air at low altitudes.

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The invention relates to a hypersonic cruise missiles (CMP), equipped with scramjet (scramjet). CMP contains marching step with design, built on the basis of two modules. The first module is a battle and is designed as a glider sustainer stage CMP. The second - unit sustainer propulsion system combines air intake, combustion chamber, the nozzle, the fluid system and devices that run the scramjet. The second module is mounted under the fuselage of the combat module packet (parallel) scheme, with the possibility of separating in flight by BASS team. After detection and target coordinates in the point of the trajectory, calculated onboard equipment control system (BASS) for BASS team produced the separation of the power plant (SU) CMP and defeat the purpose of planning is carried out combat unit. The technical result of the invention is to expand the scope of rockets from scramjet. 2N. 1 ZP f ly-4-yl.



The invention relates to the field of missile technology, and more particularly to a hypersonic cruise missiles equipped with scramjet (scramjet). The invention describes a method of using the device and hypersonic cruise missile (CMP), solves the problem of the combat mission for the defeat of ground and surface targets such missile.

Known hypersonic aircraft X-51, equipped with scramjet ventral air intake, which is a technology demonstrator. X-51 flight tests took place in order to develop technologies used in the creation of CMP. During the tests, the unit was separated from the aircraft carrier at a speed corresponding to 0.8M, and a height of 15.2 km, then he accelerated detachable solid-starter-boost stage to the speed corresponding to M = 4.5-4.8. Then launch the scramjet was carried out, after which the device scored a height of about 30 km and was flying, maintaining a speed of about 5M. After completion of the flight at a given altitude test plan provided off of the power plant and the fall of the unit (based on the 17th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference).

This method is the use of the aircraft and its equipment to the technical nature the most similar to the subject matter of the invention, despite the fact that the X-51 makers were hesitant tasks directly hitting the ground or sea targets, as the entrance into the dense layers of the atmosphere of the overclocked to an altitude of Mach number = 5 and a vehicle with a scramjet is associated with the probability of sequential destruction of its powerplant and airframe before reaching the destruction of the object.

The described invention is designed to maximize the combat potential of the CMP with the scramjet and aircraft, discussed above, is accepted as the closest analogue.

To solve the problem of the use of missile weapons in the promising samples scramjet propulsion system requires (SU), which will fully meet all the demands placed upon it.

A feature of the cruise trajectory missiles scramjet is the presence of the main high-altitude flight section, for example, at a height of H = 30 km at a constant speed corresponding to Mach 6. Before hitting surface or ground object CMP must be reduced to the height of the location of the target (for surface targets 10 m, and for the land at altitudes from 0 to 4000 m) and at the same time produce a decrease of flight speed to reduce aerodynamic loads and provide acceptable handling characteristics.

It should be noted that the calculation mode for the scramjet propulsion are flight conditions at high altitude with the maintenance of the settlement cruise velocity, and the need to reduce the height and speed creates intractable technical problems related to the fact that:

- The engine is designed to perform hypersonic cruise flight at high altitude, is not able to continue to work on the low-altitude areas of the trajectory, coupled with a decrease in flight Mach number, it follows that to the ground or surface target missile must be approached with engine inoperative;

- Stability and controllability characteristics CMP inoperative scramjet significantly deteriorate, it becomes possible loss of stability;

- There is also the danger of the destruction of the scramjet designs due to increased pressure in the running of the engine while reducing the CMP with the cruise altitude before hitting the target.

Availability of off-design conditions for the scramjet high altitude causes that enable flight CMP requires regulated power unit (SU), in which the air intake flow of the engine and nozzle are configured to change their shape in a wide range of geometric parameters. Such decisions need to be implemented to create a scramjet performance in a wide range of parameters of the incoming flow. Changing the shape of the air intake, combustion chamber and engine nozzle is only possible with the use of sophisticated control devices.

The above device should provide a work SU wide range of speeds and altitudes by continuously adaptive adjustment to the conditions of flight gas path geometrical parameters and supply fuel substantially from SU transforming scramjet supersonic flow in SC conventional subsonic flow from the ramjet.

The solution of such a complex technical and technological tasks under tight weight and size restrictions placed on weapons systems, it seems inappropriate.

The object of the invention to provide a method for applying CMP to combat scramjet to destroy ground and surface targets within the constraints imposed on the flight propulsion rocket.

This object is achieved by the fact that in contrast to the known method defeats the purpose of the capital master plan, which consists in removing the missile at a given altitude and flight speed starter-boost stage (CPC), the CPC office, launching cruise scramjet, active flight at the design height in the direction of the goal, search , seizure and destruction of the target, in the claimed invention, after detection and target coordinates in the point of the trajectory, calculated onboard equipment control system (BASS) for BASS team is made off scramjet followed by separation of the power plant by marching step by tripping piroustroystv and defeat the purpose carried out planning combat unit, correcting its trajectory according to the homing system.

The proposed method makes it possible to realize the combat capabilities of the missiles by firing at a target while minimizing approach to it due to the high speed of the march CMP flight.

Branch power plant will reduce the drag and hence to increase the duration of the planning area and combat unit will be able to withstand high overload permissible, and hence have better controllability. Also SU compartment lead to a significant decrease in firing module effective surface scattering and hence to reduce its visibility, which is especially important at the approach to the target.

For carrying out the process of hitting the target in the known device of hypersonic aircraft, comprising solid-starter-booster stage (CPC) and the marching step with ventral air intake scramjet liquid hydrocarbon fuel, comprising SU containing air intake, combustion chamber, nozzle, the fluid system and devices that run the scramjet, the claimed invention there is provided marching step by CMP to build on the basis of two modules, the first of which is to combat and is designed as a glider sustainer stage CMP and the second - in the form of unit sustainer propulsion system, combining the all of the above device SU and fixed under the fuselage of the combat module packet (parallel) scheme, with the possibility of separating in flight by BASS team. This module propulsion system (IAS) mounted under the fuselage of the combat module piroustroystvami, and to ensure supply to the power plant unit propulsion fuel and control commands it is connected with the combat unit discontinuous hydraulic and electrical connectors.

The proposed CMP device allows to solve the problems associated with the creation of hypersonic combat unit through a specially designed rocket, allowing it to separate from the marching power plant, thereby avoiding the need to make a flight with a scramjet to deliberately off-design conditions. In addition, the union into a single unit air intake, combustion chamber, nozzles, heat exchanger and the fluid system will significantly reduce launch weight of CMP, as its design will be perceived only loads acting on the dispersal areas and active (working with scramjet) flight.

The modular design will allow SU to make it an autonomous ground tests and increase the reliability of the whole installation.

The essence of the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 ÷ 3. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the starting step CMP, Fig. 2 - layout sustainer stage CMP. FIG. 3 shows a general view of the combat unit. FIG. 4 illustrates the division of the combat unit and MSU after powered flight portion where a section A-A shows the location piroustroystv fuselage (19).

Start CMP step (1) is made by the normal aerodynamic scheme with plyusoobraznym plumage starter-booster stage.

The stage contains the starting kickoff-booster stage and marching gear (2) with a two-keel empennage and wings mounted on the fuselage having a longitudinal plane of symmetry. Under the fuselage of the combat unit sustainer stage mounted in parallel module power unit (3) with an air inlet (4), the pylon assembly (5), combustion chamber (6) and the nozzle (7). Securing local government by means of piroustroystv (8 and 9), giving a control command to the power plant by means of a discontinuous electrical connector (10) and power is marching fuel through the bursting gidrorazem (11).

The forward fuselage of the combat module (12) located onboard equipment control system. On average, the fuselage compartment (13) has a fuel tank and the payload bay. By the tail section (14) is mounted starter-booster stage (15).

Said device operates as follows.

After separation from the launch vehicle produced CDS and CMP concluded on march speed and altitude. Further downstream from the CDS, and simultaneously starts the supply pilot fuel into the combustion chamber of the power plant from the tank, located in its housing (16). Coming from this fuel tank, igniting using pyro (17), runs the power plant and prepare it for operation on the main fuel, placed in the middle section of the fuselage. Next, the scramjet launch and the rocket begins to cruise flight.

After the end of the active portion of the flight propulsion system is separated from the combat unit. Plot trajectories associated with the planning and the defeat of targets, overcoming a combat unit (18).

Thus, the present invention makes it possible to extend the scope of rockets from scramjet.

1. A method for hitting surface and land targets hypersonic cruise missile (CMP), which consists in removing the missile at a given altitude and flight speed starter-boost stage (CPC), the CPC office, launching cruise scramjet (scramjet), active flight at the design height towards the target, search, capture and destruction of the target, characterized in that, after detection and target coordinates at a point of the trajectory, computed onboard equipment control system (BASS) at BASU command produced off scramjet followed by separation of the power plant from the march stage through operation piroustroystv and defeat the purpose of planning is carried out combat unit, correcting its trajectory according to the homing system.

2. The apparatus for performing the method hitting surface and land targets hypersonic cruise missile, comprising a solid-starter-booster stage (CPC) and the marching step with ventral air intake scramjet liquid hydrocarbon fuel, comprising a power unit (SU) comprising an air inlet, a combustor, a nozzle, a fluid system and devices that support the operation scramjet, characterized in that the sustainer stage CMP is based on two modules, the first of which is to combat and is designed as a glider sustainer stage CMP, and the second - as a module sustainer propulsion system that combines all of the above device SU and fixed under the fuselage of the combat module packet (parallel) scheme, with the possibility of separating in flight by BASS team.

3. The apparatus of claim. 2, characterized in that the propulsion unit (ISU) mounted under the fuselage piroustroystvami combat unit and connected thereto discontinuous hydro and electrical connectors.

http://www.findpatent.ru/patent/257/2579409.html

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http://sputniknews.com/photo/20160508/1 ... ctory.html

photo feature on soviet weapons of WW2. the moisin-nagant infantry rifle had a really long barrel...longer than todays sniper rifles.
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KURGANETS-25 (ARMATA MODULAR PLATFORM)

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A Sovietd design now Antonov is part of the UKR. Amazing bird,rare chance to see it in the flesh.Lucky H'badis!

http://www.kolkata24x7.com/national-new ... -hyderabad
The Biggest Ever Flight To Touch Down Hyderabad
17 hours ago
Kolkata24x7 News desk

New Delhi: It’s called Mriya (dream in Russian) and it is big! Bigger than any other plane every built and it is scheduled to make its maiden journey to India – The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad is its destination.

Ukraine-built Antonov An-225 ‘Mriya’ will be making an overnight technical halt at Hyderabad on its way from Prague to Perth in Australia. On board will be an 117-tonne power generator meant for a mining company operating Down South.

From Prague, it will fly to Turkmenbashi in central Asia before arriving landing at Hyderabad. After flowing out of India, the plane will make one more technical stop at Jakarta before commencing the last leg of its journey to Perth in Western Australia.

There’s only one Mriya in the world and the scale of its size is mind boggling. The An-225 can operate with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes and It’s wingspan is almost as long as a football feet and the might beat has 32-wheel main landing gear. However, gives its size, the super jumbo can fly only 4000 km before needing to refuel.

As per reports, Hyderabad was chosen after evaluating a number of factors line runway length, technical facilities, air traffic density and proximity to the trans-continental air-route. The tentative date of Mriya’s arrival in Hyderabad is May 13, reports added.
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Code Name Sickle: Russia’s missile carriers and nuclear silos explored

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Corvette Pr 20380

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A scale model of Russia’s prospective multipurpose tilt-rotor drone, the Frigate, is currently undergoing trials. The UAV is designed to be used for surveillance, search and rescue operations and cargo transportation purposes.

The Frigate unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), being developed by the St. Petersburg-based Kronshtadt Group, is expected to become part of the Russian aviation force, which will be deployed in the Arctic region.

The footage released on Friday shows a scaled-down model of the drone in action during tests of the aerial vehicle in spring and winter.

The drone is powered by two tilt-rotors on its folding wings as well as a stationary rotor at the back. The unique design of the Frigate does not require an airfield to make the drone operational as the UAV combines both horizontal and vertical takeoff and landing capabilities, allowing it to carry out work in hard-to-reach regions.

The full-scale UAV designed for aerial reconnaissance and cargo transportation will be able to carry a payload of 1,700 kg when taking off like an aircraft and 1000 kg when taking off like a helicopter. The engine design would allow the drone to reach altitudes of 8,000 meters and remain in flight for 10 hours. Once completed, the massive drone will have a practical range of 5,000 km and could reach speeds of up to 700km/hr. Standing proud at 3.1 meters tall, it will have a 19 meter wingspan that with folded consoles can be reduce to 10 meters. Developers expect that due to its unique characteristics the Frigate will fill the niche between planes and helicopters.
https://www.rt.com/news/342999-russian- ... one-video/
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Austin,is the Frigate carrier compatible? It could solve the problem of a better AEW system than helo AEWs.No need for cat launches either.Vert recovery too.
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Philip , They are testing scale model of VTOL concept the full scale model is in 7T category looking at the specs , mostly developed for Arctic but perhaps could land any where even on ships

http://defence-blog.com/news/in-russia- ... igate.html
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Has begun testing reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle "Orion"

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1899626.html
As reported May 13, 2016 RIA Novosti news agency, intelligence-impact testing of large drone flight duration "Orion" started in the Flight Research Institute named after Gromov (Zhukovsky, Moscow region). This was reported by RIA Novosti on Friday a source in the military-industrial complex.

Work on the creation of UAVs "Orion" in the framework of development work "pacer" in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense is the company "Kronstadt" (formerly known as "Transas"). The contract was signed in October 2011.
According to the former vice-president of the group of companies "Transas" the Aircraft direction of Victor Godunov, in the framework of this project, it was planned to create a UAV weighing about a ton. However, at the MAKS-2015 president of the organization Nikolai Lebedev has corrected some of the data on the "Orion" - in particular, the take-off mass of the drone has increased to 1.2 tons.

"In the Gromov Flight Research Institute began testing the medium-altitude unmanned aircraft long flight duration" Orion "- said the agency.

It is assumed that the maximum duration of the flight, "Orion" is not less than 24 hours, and height - about 8 kilometers. This UAV will be able to take on board up to 300 kilograms payload.

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According to the Russian experts in the field of unmanned systems Denis Fedutinova likely to be held in Zhukovsky taxi tests, jogging on the runway, and probably the first flights. But full-flight tests of the UAV is obviously impossible in the Moscow area, most likely they will pass on the other site, said the agency.

"At the same time, despite the fact that testing UAVs are just beginning, the appearance of the machine" iron "is already talking about major positive changes in this project," - said Fedutinov.
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https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news ... -previewed
New Russian Naval Helicopter Previewed
by Vladimir Karnozov
May 17, 2016, 7:28 AM
Kamov Ka-60 on ramp

The Kamov Ka-60 has been shown on various occasions but has yet to enter production. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Russian Helicopters confirmed that a next-generation naval helicopter is being developed with funding from the Russian Ministry of Defense. During a press briefing that preceded the eighth annual HeliRussia exposition taking place this week, the company also discussed modifications to the existing line of Kamov naval helicopters.

“We have long been lobbying for development of a next-generation rotorcraft for the navy. Today, the R&D effort is ongoing. Kamov has completed the outline design. The project awaits decisions by the defense ministry,” said Andrei Shibitov, deputy general manager for manufacturing and innovations at Russian Helicopters. He declined to confirm previous reports that a first flight could occur in 2018.

Shibitov also played down previous reports that new naval rotorcraft will be based on the Kamov Ka-226 or the Ka-60. “This is a principally new platform with indigenous engines,” he said. But the design will not be made public until the defense ministry permits it, he added.

The Ka-60 medium-lift helicopter first flew in 1998, as a potential replacement for the Mil Mi-2 series. Prototypes were subsequently displayed on various occasions. But although the Ka-60’s two NPO Saturn 1,300-hp RD-600V turboshafts gained certification in December 2003, no production orders were forthcoming. The Ka-60 then provided the basis for a civilian version (designated Ka-62), which was displayed in mockup form from 2012. After repeated delays it made its first flight on April 26, 2016. The Ka-62 would be powered by a pair of Turbomeca Ardiden 3G engines each developing 1,680 hp.

At the press briefing, Andrei Boginsky, deputy minister for industry and trade, said that the French engine is economical and could be license-produced in Russia. But he also suggested that a foreign engine is not acceptable for “certain customers,” presumably meaning the Russian military. Boginsky said that the RD-600V still provides an alternative, if it can be “reworked for higher performance and suitability to both military and civilian customers.” A higher-power version of the Russian engine that produces 1,500 hp is being developed.

Shibitov mentioned the major ongoing modification and refit program for the Ka-27/28/29/31 series being performed at the Russian Helicopters KUMAPE plant in Kumertau. The Russian Navy’s Ka-27 is being modernized as the Ka-27M involving replacement of the radar and antisubmarine warfare suite, enabling use of the Kh-35 antiship missile and modern torpedoes. The Navy conducted Ka-27M operational trials in 2012-2013, and approved the new radar. The modernized helicopter is expected to serve for another 10 to 15 years.

The Ka-28 and Ka-31 are export versions, and the Ka-29 is a land-attack version for support of the marines. The Ka-31 is in service with the Indian and Chinese navies. An improved radar has been fitted to the Ka-31, for longer-range detection range of sea-skimming cruise missiles, resulting in the Ka-31R version. Kamov has also produced a few Ka-31SV versions, for over-land applications such as the location of artillery fire. To date, no firm orders for either new version of the Ka-31 have been announced.
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Interview with Designer General of JSC "Concern EKR" Almaz-Antey

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Almaz-Antey’s Chief Designer Pavel Sozinov told TASS on Thursday.

"S-300V4 is equipped with a new long-range missile that is capable of resolving tasks of non-strategic missile defense, among other things," Sozinov said.

The range of S-300V4 anti-ballistic missile system reaches 400 kilometers. "That means that Airborne early warning and control aircraft, including AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), will now be unable to enter the 400-kilometer zone without repercussions," he added.

Sozinov noted that this reduces the capabilities of a possible enemy in using fighter and attack aircraft, as well as "considerably changes noise conditions that can develop when corresponding attacks are repelled." "The same ideology lies at the basis of (S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft weapon system) and other systems, including those of fifth generation," the chief designer noted.

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T-14 Armata trials

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All-Russian Mi-38 Version To Enter Production

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The Russian defense ministry has decided to become the launch customer for the Mil Mi-38 medium-twin helicopter, now that a version with no foreign content has been developed. The decision was revealed at the opening of the HeliRussia 2016 expo in Moscow on May 19 by Alexander Mikheyev, general manager of Russian Helicopters. The Mi-38 has suffered protracted development, after originally being conceived in the late 1980s as a civilian helicopter seating up to 30 passengers, to replace the long-serving 24-seat Mi-8.

Mikheyev told the media that his company is working on some specific requirements for the paratrooping forces and army aviation units. “Today, the work is ongoing and shall lead us to the signing of a long-term contract,” he said. In addition to the main utility/transport version, the Russian defense ministry is said to be interested in a patrol version able to operate in the extreme Arctic conditions.

Three years ago, the original Mi-38-1 version with Pratt & Whitney PW127H engines and western avionics was abandoned in favor of the Mi-38-2. This version features Klimov TV7-117V turboshafts and a Russian-designed IKBO-38 avionics set that includes a glass cockpit on five LCDs. The Mi-38-2 was first shown in 2011 and won type certification in December 2015. Russian Helicopters describes it as “one of most automated civil helicopters in the world. Its flight control system provides for automatic flight, landing, stabilization in the hover and all other flight regimes.”

Mikheyev said that the Mi-38-2 has been accepted by the Russian military because it does not have any imported components. “Russian Helicopters acknowledges the need of self-efficiency…and has implemented various programs aimed at creating local substitutes.” Most of the popular rotorcraft models from Mil and Kamov come with Ukrainian-built TV3-117 engines, which now causes problems for the Russian manufacturer.

Four Mi-38-2 prototypes have been flown so far. Mikheyev noted that the type has already set a number of records for altitude and rate of climb, but acknowledged the need for further maturation. “This helicopter is still a very new product…within the next 12 to 18 months we expect to complete the process of making the baseline helicopter suitable to the real buyer,” he said.
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Russian Navy Super burst gun firing 8 000 rounds per minute DUAL CIWS

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6 new-generation surface vessels, 6 submarines to be built in Russia
May 21, 2016

Related
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Russia plans to build a number of new-generation surface vessels and diesel-electric submarines for its Pacific Fleet in the near future, the Defense Ministry's press service quoted its Commander Adm. Vladimir Korolyov.

"The Defense Ministry attaches special significance to the Pacific Fleet's development. The Vladimir Monomakh, a Borei Project submarine, will arrive at its permanent base in 2016. A decision has been made to build six Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarines for the Pacific Fleet," Korolyov said in greeting the Pacific Fleet personnel on the occasion of an anniversary of the fleet's foundation on May 21.

"A series of new-generation surface vessels will also be built for the surface forces. The matter implies six corvettes," he added.

The Pacific Fleet will continue to play an immense role in maintaining security in the seas and oceans, Korolyov said.

In particular, about 20 Pacific Fleet vessels are currently marking the anniversary at sea, he said.
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New Yars ICBM will beat any anti-missile defence

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Topol-M SS-27 vs RS-24 Yars TRAJECTORY

Dotted Lines Indicate Ballistic Trajectory versus Manouvering Trajectory

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Russia Builds New "Terminator-3" Fighting Vehicle
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While the T-14 main battle tank is the most prominent member of the Armata family, the vehicle series incorporates a host of new fighting machines. Among those is a platform ominously named the Terminator-3, which is a tank support fighting vehicle.“Russia also plans to develop its tank support fighting vehicle dubbed the Terminator-3 on the basis of the country’s latest Armata tanks,” Oleg Sienko, a senior manager with Uralvagonzavod Corporation told state-owned RIA Novosti earlier this year. “We will [produce them]. We have a concept for developing vehicles on the basis of the Armata platform.”There is no direct analogue to a “tank support fighting vehicle” in the U.S. Army. Perhaps the nearest equivalent is the M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV) variant of the long-serving Bradley—but it’s a poor comparison at best. A potentially closer comparison might be the Israeli Namer—which is based on a Merkava 4 tank chassis—but the Russian machines are not designed to carry troops. Perhaps the best historical equivalent in terms of roles and missions might be the World War Two-era German Brummbär or Sturmtiger assault guns.

The Terminator-3—and the two previous Terminator vehicles—are heavily armed machines designed to support tanks in combat against both other armored vehicles and dismounted infantry in difficult terrain. The Red Army—and later the Russian Ground Forces—developed the series based on the lessons it learnt from Afghanistan and Chechnya.The idea was to build a vehicle with the protection of a main battle tank, but which had the ability to engage enemy armor, bunkers and infantry in hiding in elevated positions. Indeed, every version of the Terminator built to date has the armor protection equivalent to—or better—than a main battle tank.Generally speaking, the Russians employ BMTP vehicles alongside with their main battle tanks in the same unit in combat. On the open battlefield, there would normally be a pair of tanks accompanied by a BMTP. However, in particularly mountainous or constrained environments such as a city, the ratio would be reversed. Two BMTP would accompany a tank such as the T-72 or T-90.
The first BMPT was only built in limited numbers with the Russian Ground Forces only accepting a small batch into service for testing purposes in 2005. The second Terminator—BMPT-72—was a more refined design that reduced crew size to three while also cutting down on vehicle weight. The BMPT-72 Terminator-2 is heavily armed with four laser-guided Ataka-T anti-tank missiles, a pair of 30mm 2A42 automatic cannons and a PKTM coaxial 7.62mm machine gun. The previous version also had 30mm grenade launchers—but those were deleted on the BMPT-72.Thus, while there are no details available about the Terminator-3, one can infer that it will likely share its chassis, sensors, passive armor, reactive armor and active protection system with the T-14. It will also likely carry an armament that consists of modern anti-tank missiles and a heavy automatic cannon armament. However, there are few concrete details available thus far. Nonetheless, it’s safe to assume it will be a formidable adversary.
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Topol-M silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile system. It takes over an hour to lower this missile into the 30-meter-deep silo.

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Great new infantry gear!
New Russian submarine launched
A sixth submarine for Russia's Baltic fleet has taken to water.

By Richard Tomkins | May 31, 2016

A new diesel-electric submarine, named Kolpino, launched by the Russian Navy. Photo by Russian Ministry of Defense/Facebook

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, May 31 (UPI) -- A sixth diesel-electric submarine for Russia's Black Sea fleet was launched Tuesday at a shipyard in St. Petersburg.
The Varshavyanka-class sub, named Kolpino, is an advanced version of what NATO designates as a Kilo-class submarine.
Built under the Russian Navy's Project 636.3, the submarine is between 229 and 242 feet long and has a submerged speed of as much as 25 knots. Weaponry includes torpedoes, mines and missiles.


"It's a big day for the Navy, for St. Petersburg, for the country," Deputy Commander of the Russian Navy Vice Adm. Alexander Fedotenkov was quoted by state-owned Tass as saying.

"The submarine launch is a national event. Admiralty Shipyard is indeed the flagship of the national shipbuilding industry. Your ships are delivered on time and with proper quality."
Sukhoi Su-35SSu-35S at Its Finest: Advanced Fighter Which Started Its Mission in Syria
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Russia has sent its advanced, super-maneuverable Su-35S multirole fighters to Syria to test the brand-new aircraft in a combat environment for the first time ever; aviation experts explain what makes the warplanes so unique.

The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that advanced, super-maneuverable Su-35S multirole fighters have begun their combat mission in Syria.

Su-35S
More likely these warplanes will be used as cover for SU-24 bombers which make airstrikes on Daesh fighters in Syria, the mission is similar to that of Sukhoi SU-30SM jets, according to aviation expert Vladimir Karnozov, who works for the online magazine Aviation Explorer.

“It is important to note that the Su-35S is a single-seat fighter, while a two-seated warplane is better for airstrikes. It is highly unlikely to be used as a striker but rather to patrol the skies,” Gazeta.ru quotes him as saying.

The new fighter is armed with a 30 mm autocannon GSh-301 with a rate of fire 1,500 rounds per minute. It can carry air-to-air missiles, anti-ship and anti-submarine air-to-surface cruise missiles, and guided bombs.

The armament layout is what differs a fourth-generation fighter from that of a fifth-generation fighter, the expert says. The Su-35S falls short on two parameters, thus it is defined as a Generation 4++ fighter.

“Fifth-generation jets have a number of technological advantages over the fourth-generation jet fighters. The fifth-generation warplane, unlike the fourth-generation, can carry both sling-loaded weapons and weapons stored in internal weapon bays. Secondly, it may cruise at supersonic speeds without using engine afterburners, you can hardly do it with sling-loaded weapons,” Karnozov explains.

The state-of-the-art radar system IRBIS
Airborne IRBIS Radar

The Su-35 radar system can detect targets at distances of up to 400 kilometers, as well as track aerial targets and engage up to eight of these targets simultaneously.

Sukhoi Su-35S owes these capabilities to its new Irbis phased-array radar control system.

The state-of-the-art system enables the Sukhoi Su-35S to quickly detect and simultaneously track up to four ground targets or up to 30 airborne targets, as well as engage up to eight airborne targets of the same time. Additionally, the radar control system has a friend-or-foe identification capability for aerial and maritime objects, is capable of identifying the class and type of airborne targets and can take aerial photos of the ground.

The system can be used in any weather at any time of the day, and remain effective in the face of interference, either natural or organized by the enemy electronic warfare systems.

An oscillator with peak power output of 20 kW used in the passive phased array radar makes Irbis the most powerful radar control system in the world.

This puts the Sukhoi Su-35S radar system on par with the best state-of-the-art international designs, and ahead of most US and European active and passive phased array radars.

The state-of-the-art ECM system Khibiny
Khibiny: Terror of the Destroyers

The Su-35S, which are being sent to Syria, are also equipped with a state-of-the-art radio electronic warfare system.

This relatively small container in the shape of a torpedo is mounted on the wingtips of the aircraft and makes the jets invulnerable to all modern means of defense and enemy fighters. After the crew receives a missile attack alert, Khibiny comes into action and covers the fighter with a radio-electronic protective hood, which prevents the missile from reaching the target and makes it deviate from the course. Khibiny increases the survivability of the aircraft by 25-30 times.

The above system was mentioned in reference to the infamous incident with the USS Donald Cook in the Black Sea which occurred on April 12, 2014.

The relatively small container in the shape of a torpedo is mounted on the wingtips of the aircraft.

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The relatively small container in the shape of a torpedo is mounted on the wingtips of the aircraft.
Back then, media reports suggested that the Russian Sukhoi Su —24, equipped with the newest jamming system, had paralyzed in the Black Sea the most modern American combat management system, Aegis, which was installed on the destroyer USS Donald Cook.

Use of high-thrust engines is another significant factor which differentiates the Sukhoi Su-35 from its predecessor, the Su-27. The new engines were developed by NPO Saturn, a UEC subsidiary, and are known under the designation 117S.

The new engines are essentially a significant upgrade of production AL-31F engines, with fifth-generation technologies used in the upgrade. The upgrade has increased the engine’s thrust by 16% to 14,500 kgf with afterburners and to 8,800 kgf maximum dry thrust. The engine has a significantly improved expected life (by a factor of 2x – 2.7x) compared to the AL-31F: from 500 to 1,000 hours between repairs (and to 1,500 hours running time before the first overhaul), with the total expected life increasing from 1,500 to 4,000 hours.
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Uncovered propeller ... isn't that unusual :?:

Have seen lots of photos of subs (especially the new ones) where they try to keep the propeller covered

Or is it some form of Maskirovka
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The Kilo sub is unique amongst contemporary diesel subs in that it does not have a vertical tail fin. Fins are either cruciform of "X" type.
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Is this thread a place for discussions on Russian equipment and systems or a PR Wing of the Russians ??
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Austin wrote:^^ Picture of event http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1931204.html

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Another hull can be seen on the left-- they are popping them out very fast.. :)
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