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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia successfully test launched a Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile in the Barents Sea on Tuesday, a senior Russian commander told Vladimir Putin on the Russian leader’s 68th birthday.

Speaking to Putin by video conference, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the army’s general staff, said the test strike had been carried out from the Admiral Gorshkov vessel which was located in the White Sea.

Putin has pledged to beef up Russia’s military presence in the Arctic.

 

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Launched from a frigate in the White Sea, the weapon was claimed to have exceeded a speed of Mach 8 before hitting a naval target.

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The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced what it says is the first test launch of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile against a naval target. The first-in-class Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov fired the weapon during an event that may have been timed to coincide with the birthday of President Vladimir Putin.
The missile test took place on October 6, 2020, and the defense ministry released a brief video of the launch the following day, the president’s 68th birthday. According to TV Zvezda, the official television network of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Zircon, also sometimes transliterated as Tsirkon, achieved a speed of “more than Mach 8” before striking a target located 280 miles away in the Barents Sea during the test.


An official Kremlin account confirmed that Putin had been informed of the test launch the day after in a video conference with the Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defense Valery Gerasimov. The Russian defense chief told Putin that the missile achieved a maximum altitude of 17.4 miles and hit its target after a flight time of four and a half minutes. Gerasimov added that the Zircon, officially part of the 3K22 “weapons complex,” is expected to equip additional submarines and surface ships of the Russian Navy.


It’s also worth noting that a notice to airmen (NOTAM) was issued for this area of the White Sea covering the period October 5 to October 9, consistent with the test. This alerts pilots to potential hazards in the area and is standard procedure for a weapons test of this kind.


The footage that the Ministry of Defense subsequently released shows a missile fired from the 16-cell 3S14 vertical launch system (VLS) on the foredeck of the Northern Fleet’s 5,400-ton-displacement Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov, underway in the White Sea on the northwest coast of Russia. Another view shows the weapon pulling up, apparently stabilized by vectoring rockets, and then tilting to an angle less than 90 degrees. As the missile disappears into the cloud, the video ends.



While the video is presented as a first look at the new missile, there have been some suggestions it may have been edited by splicing together a combination of footage showing one or more other weapons, and not just the Zircon. Experts and observers have questioned whether the close-up scene of the missile ejected from its tube may show a previous, in-service weapon, to maintain the Zircon’s secrecy.

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Some have also suggested the missile in the video, despite the official description, may actually be an older design, such as the Oniks anti-ship missile. The 3S14 VLS on the Project 22350 warships can also be loaded with the supersonic Oniks, as well as the subsonic Kalibr land-attack cruise missile.




The video of the latest at-sea test doesn’t provide that many more clues about the appearance of the Zircon itself or exactly how it operates. In the past, Russian media have used graphics showing the weapon as a “waverider”-type hypersonic missile. This is the same principle used in the U.S. Air Force’s experimental X-51 Waverider, in which supersonic shockwaves are used to maintain the flight vehicle’s lift and stability. This would suggest the possibility of a conventional rocket motor bringing the Zircon to the required speed and altitude, before an air-breathing high-speed engine, such as a scramjet, takes over.
There have also been unconfirmed reports that the Zircon may employ “plasma stealth” technology, in which it’s shrouded from hostile radar by a cloud of radar-absorbing ionized particles. It’s an exotic concept that’s discussed in greater detail in this past War Zone feature. Claims of plasma stealth technology in relation to Russian weapon systems are not new and they should be taken as highly speculative at best.

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Supposedly, this is also not the first reported at-sea launch of the Zircon missile. In February 2020, state-run news outlet TASS claimed that an initial at-sea test launch had taken place in the Barents Sea early the previous month, again from the frigate Admiral Gorshkov. On this occasion, the weapon apparently engaged a simulated ground target, located in the Northern Urals, rather than a naval one. The reported January test saw the missile fly somewhat further too, apparently in excess of 311 miles. No photos or videos of the missile were released to accompany the test.
This is the first time the Russian Ministry of Defense has spoken specifically about the missile’s top speed. That the weapon reportedly hit Mach 8 would put its performance close to previous estimates and other official statements. Speaking in February 2019, President Putin had said that the weapon would have a top speed of around Mach 9 and a range of approximately 620 miles.
Otherwise, details about Zircon remain limited. The existence of the missile, which NPO Mashinostroyenia has been developing, has been known since at least early 2016 when it was identified as a component planned for the upgrade of the Russian Navy’s Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser fleet. Development of the weapon almost certainly started some time before that, likely in the early 2010s.
In June 2017, multiple reports, citing Russian state media, said that the Kremlin’s forces had tested a prototype Zircon a year ahead of schedule. This was then expected to be followed by a first at-sea trial of the weapon onboard the Admiral Gorshkov before the end of 2019.

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However, by January 2020 it seemed that the program might be running into difficulties when a leading Russian Navy official cited unspecified “childhood diseases” in its development effort.

Beyond the Project 22350 frigates, Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko announced in November 2019 that the Zircon will also be integrated on the Pacific Fleet’s Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov and the Project 949A Oscar II-class submarine Irkutsk. In theory, any other ship capable of accommodating a 3S14 vertical launch system could potentially fire the Zircon in the future, too.

Meanwhile, Putin himself said that the first-in-class Project 20385 corvette Gremyashchiy, also assigned to the Pacific Fleet, “will certainly have Zirkon,” during a visit to Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave on the Baltic Sea in October 2019. On the same occasion, Putin revealed that the missile would be able to strike land targets, as well as those at sea. Tests against targets of both types have now been completed.

Adding Zircon to various ships and submarines could significantly increase the overall capabilities of the Russian Navy. In this previous article, The War Zone looked at the game-changing potential of hypersonic weapons like the Zircon and noted that how, just flying at Mach 5, with a range of approximately 250 miles, the missile might provide a targeted American warship with very little time to respond with weapons or other countermeasures — providing these were fast enough to catch it.

Presuming it was the success that the Russian Defense Ministry suggests, when taken at face value, the latest at-sea test of the Zircon indicates the enigmatic missile is now on a more steady path toward operational use. Exactly when that will happen remains unclear and the earlier problems still underscore the enduring challenges of fielding practical hypersonic weaponry.

The reality is, we still don’t really know what the state of this weapon’s development is. Considering how challenging pulling off an operational air-breathing hypersonic weapon capability is, especially one tasked with the anti-ship role, it would be stunning if the development of this weapon is truly as far along as Russia claims it to be.

 

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Russia Developing Anti-Drone Missile for TOR Air Defense System

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Russia is working on a small and cheap surface-to-air missile (SAM) missile for the TOR short-range air defense system, especially suited for intercepting the small-sized drones.

"The cost of anti-aircraft guided missiles of the system significantly exceeds the cost of small drones. With this in mind, work is now underway to create a relatively cheap small-sized missile for this system, and the developing of the 57-mm anti-aircraft artillery system Derivatsiya-PVO is nearing completion. In addition, work is underway to adapt the Pantsir-SM anti-aircraft missile-gun system for the use in the Ground Forces," said the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Army General Oleg Salyukov, in the interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a major Russian official newspaper.

TOR air defense missile system, developed by the Izhevsk Electro-Mechanical Plant Kupol (IEMZ Kupol; a subsidiary of the Almaz-Antey concern), is designed to provide air defense for military and civil facilities against aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, guided aerial missiles and bombs, and UAVs. Among the modifications marketed globally is the modular TOR-M2KM, which can be accommodated into various types of chassis or used as a stationary SAM system. The combat module can be transported by air. The system is said to be ready for integration into an air defense network composed of the systems of any origin.

As Defenseworld.net understands from its industry sources, TOR system is especially suited for the protection of the civil infrastructure objects (oil and gas industry etc.), which are prone to fire. The missile ignites its engine only after having been pushed to a height of several dozen meters thus reducing threat to a protected facility.
In July 2020 Russian Ministry of Defense reported that TOR-M2 systems had been tested against the targets imitating the ballistic missiles. According to 2020 interview of Commander of the Russian Armed Forces’ tactical air defense Lieutenant-General Alexander Leonov, TOR systems have shot down more than 45 improvised unmanned aerial vehicles during their deployment in Syria.

In June 2020, the Russian MoD unveiled at the Victory Day parade in Moscow its latest Pantsir-SM anti-aircraft system armed with small missiles to destroy mini-drones.


 

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In the Volgograd Region (Stalingrad during World War 2), air defense units of the Southern Military District (YuVO) conducted a comprehensive training with live fire of missiles.


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Tor-M2 air defense systems (Picture source: Russian MoD)


During the training, the air defense systems were controlled from the united command post using the modern set of the Barnaul-T automated control system. At the same time, the reconnaissance and fire control planning modules were used as a multimedia simulator, and the air defense strike control was carried out against virtual targets.

While fulfilling the assigned tasks, the combat crews performed missile launches at targets that simulated both single and group air assets of a simulated enemy at various altitudes and with different speed characteristics.

More than 200 servicemen of the Southern Military District took part in the training, more than 20 pieces of weapons and military equipment were involved, including combat crews of the Tor-M2 air defense missile system, the Tunguska-M anti-aircraft cannon-missile systems and the Strela-10 air defense system.

 

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Bastion Coastal Defense System

According to TASS agency of Russia, the combat team of a Bastion coastal defense missile system struck a sea target by an Oniks cruise missile from the military base on the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic during drills, the Northern Fleet’s press office reported on 16th October.


The missile firings from the coastal defense missile system deployed on the Alexandra Land Island were performed for the first time as part of the Northern Fleet’s planned combat and operational training measures for the summer training period. The ships and vessels of the Northern Fleet’s Arctic grouping accomplishing deployment missions in the Barents Sea near the Franz Josef Land archipelago provided security of the firings and closed the sea area for the time of the exercise, the statement says.



In the past years, the Northern Fleet conducted similar firings from Bastion coastal defense systems deployed on the Kotelny Island, the press office said.


The Bastion coastal defense system with the standardized Yakhont (Oniks) supersonic homing anti-ship cruise missile is designated to strike various types of surface ships operating as part of amphibious assault formations, convoys, surface action and carrier strike groups, and also sole ships and radar-contrast land targets under intensive fire and electronic counter-measures.

The Bastion is one of the carriers of the Oniks missile, which along with the Kalibr and Kh-35 ‘Uran’ missile systems and the breakthrough Tsirkon hypersonic anti-ship missile is the Russian Navy’s basic anti-ship weapon.

 

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As far as I know tech of Oniks missile was shared with India and cooperation in this field created Indian Brahmos missile family. Oniks (Yakhont) missiles provide superior capabilities to costumers and Turkey is working on a similar technology.
 

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In service for almost 50 years, the 3M44 Progress anti-ship missile system, and the elaborate bunker that houses it, still supports defending Crimea.​


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Arecently released video provides a close look at one of Russia’s lesser-known weapons, the mighty Utes coastal-defense anti-ship missile system, in action. The particular weapon is assigned to the hardened battery that protects the maritime approaches to Sevastopol, on the strategically important Crimea peninsula that was seized by Russia in 2014.

It’s unclear when the footage was recorded, but it was posted online on October 14, 2020, by TV Zvezda, the official television channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The accompanying report suggests the missile-firing exercise occurred after the large-scale Kavkaz-2020 maneuvers, which also took place partly in the Black Sea, in late September.

According to a summary provided by TV Zvezda, the video shows a joint missile firing exercise involving the Russian Navy’s frigate Admiral Grigorovich, which is the lead ship of its class, and Sevastopol’s Utes battery.


The report explains that a 3M44 Progress anti-ship missile was launched from the Utes battery and was then successfully intercepted by the frigate’s air defense systems from a distance of more than 6.2 miles. Two video shows the Progress missile’s fiery departure from the right-side of the twin-tube launcher, which then disappears back into its bunker, protected by huge metal doors.

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The Utes’ twin-launcher for the 3M44 Progress anti-ship missile in a semi-retracted position.
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The missile leaps out of its launch canister, with the wings still folded.
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The missile climbs out over the Black Sea as the wings deploy.


The anti-ship weapon was downed by a missile from the frigate’s Shtil air defense system, in this, its latest form, known to NATO as SA-N-7C Gollum. A 9M317M missile — an advanced, containerized version of the weapon used in the land-based Buk mobile surface-to-air missile system — is seen being launched from the warship’s 24-cell vertical launch system (VLS) at around the 2:10-minute mark in the accompanying video. The missile launch is seen from various different perspectives, emphasizing the “cold launch” ejection from the VLS before the rocket motor engages.

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A 9M317M is launched from the Russian Navy’s frigate Admiral Grigorovich.


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The 9M317M launch viewed from the bow, looking back down the warship.

To ensure safety, the maritime range in the waters off Sevastopol that hosted the live-fire exercise was closed to other maritime traffic, with more than 10 warships and auxiliary vessels from the Black Sea Fleet patrolling the area to keep out intruders.
While these drills showcase some of the latest Russian weaponry, they also reveal the continued importance of the veteran Utes and its unique relationship to the Crimea peninsula.
The story of the Utes, meaning Cliff in Russian, dates all the way back to 1954, according to this authoritative Russian-language account. What is claimed to be the world’s first coastal underground anti-ship missile system was installed in the mountains near Balaklava, to protect Sevastopol and the Soviet Union’s southern maritime approaches.

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The commanding location of the Utes site today.

The secretive site at Balaklava was codenamed Object 100 and consisted of two identical launch sites and associated underground complexes located 3.7 miles apart and armed with first-generation Sopka anti-ship cruise missiles, with a range of around 62 miles.

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A former East German Sopka anti-ship cruise missile preserved at the Bundeswehrmuseum in Dresden.

Buried under thick layers of concrete to protect it from nuclear attack, the complete facilities included command posts, missile storage, and workshops for preparing and refueling the missiles, which were themselves transported on special trucks, with their wings folded.
To provide a degree of independent operation, the underground missile base was provided with diesel powerplants, filtration and ventilation units, plus stocks of fuel, water, and food.
The initial version of Object 100 was commissioned into service in July 1957 as the Soviet Navy’s first coastal missile unit.
By the early 1960s, the subsonic Sopka was showing its age and the decision was taken to replace it with the Utes system armed with a new supersonic anti-ship missile, the P-35B, which was also used in a road-mobile coastal defense system, the Redut.

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A road-mobile Redut coastal defense system assigned to the Russian Pacific Fleet.

The Utes complex went online in April 1973 and also involved the installation of a new radar, identification-friend-or-foe system, as well as an updated control center, launchers, and various new ground equipment.
The liquid-fueled P-35B missiles could be prepared below ground with their wings folded, before being raised to their firing position by elevating the launchers. These would then return below ground for reloading.

In 1982, the Utes complex was modernized again with the introduction of a third-generation missile, the 3M44 Progress. This had an effective range of a reported 286 miles, compared to 168 miles for the previous P-35B. It also included the option of a 350-kiloton nuclear warhead.
In December 1991, the Soviet Union broke up into 15 new states, each of which set about organizing its own armed forces. The Soviet-era Black Sea Fleet was divided between Russia and Ukraine, with Kyiv allowing temporary stationing of the Russian Black Sea fleet in Crimea. Meanwhile, Objekt 100 was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy in 1996 and apparently fell out of use.

However, a change in fortunes came with Russia’s illegal seizure and subsequent annexation of Crimea in 2014. The Utes was rapidly returned to combat status, with a first missile launch during an exercise occurring in April 2016.

More recently, Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has begun to deploy more modern and capable coastal defense assets in the region, as well. These include the K-300P Bastion-P mobile system, known to NATO as the SSC-5 Stooge. The missiles launched by this system reportedly have a range of 186 miles and a speed of around Mach 2.5.


Shorter-ranged, but similarly mobile, is the 3K60 Bal coastal defense missile system, which is also in use with the Black Sea Fleet. Designated SSC-6 Sennight by NATO, the Bal is a subsonic missile, broadly similar to the American Harpoon, and has a range of 75 miles. Each Bal launch vehicle can carry eight missiles, and a pair of launch vehicles can deliver a 16-missile volley against their target.


Both the Bastion-P and Bal were used during the live-fire portion of the recent Kavkaz-2020 exercise. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the missile systems were employed against a simulated enemy amphibious task force approaching the Black Sea coast in the Krasnodar region, immediately east of Crimea.

Compared to the aging Utes system, the Bastion-P and Bal are harder to target, being able to launch their solid-fuel missiles rapidly before moving to another location. They are also able to receive targeting data from a wide variety of sources, including unmanned aerial vehicles, which was also practiced during Kavkaz-2020. Both these new systems have also been deployed in Crimea.

These coastal defense systems are just one aspect of what is one of the largest concentrations of anti-ship missile capabilities in the world. Combined with their Black Sea fleet and Russian airpower counterparts, they can quickly transform nearly the whole of the confined Black Sea into a super anti-ship missile engagement zone on short notice.

While the combat efficiency of the Utes cruise missile system is questionable, it’s clear that the Russian Navy still sees value in it. Even if it is now at least partially being used for air defense training, this Cold War warrior is still playing a useful role.

 

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Solnechnogorsk Mechanical Plant delivered cargo parachutes MKS 350-12M of the second series to the Defense Ministry ahead of schedule, Technodinamika said. The parachutes are used to drop BMD-4M or BTR-MDM vehicles from Ilyushin Il-76 Candid airlifters. The weight can reach 16,100 kg. The parachute is used together with VPS-14 second series pullout system designed by the Institute of Parachute Construction of Technodinamika.


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The new generation of landing systems produced at NII Parachutostroeniya includes the fifth generation D-12 parachute system (Leaf), the MKS-350-14M parachute system for the self-propelled Spurt-SD tank destroyer, and the Series 2 MKS-350-12M parachute system for airborne combat vehicles (Picture source: Rostec)


The main unit comprises a parachute of 350 square meters, the braking parachute of 8 square meters, and other mechanisms with a total weight of 72 kg. There are 11 main and one additional pullout unit for BMD-4M and ten main and one additional pullout unit for BTR-MDM.

The pullout parachute of 20 square meters and all components comprise an additional pullout unit of over 25 kg. The total weight of MKS 350-12M of the second series does not exceed 860 kg.

“Solnechnogorsk plant confirmed the leading positions in the production of various parachutes and fulfilled its commitments ahead of schedule in the difficult economic situation of 2020. The parachutes are in demand in 30 countries and I am sure it is no limit for Technodinamika parachute division,” Technodinamika CEO Igor Nasenkov said.

The cargo parachute systems MKS-350-9, MKS-350-12 are intended for air drop of armaments, military vehicles and cargo. The parachute systems, designed and developed on the basis of main parachute with area of 350 m2, allow to drop heavy cargos with mass up to 14,400 kg from different type of aircraft. Several types of parachute systems have been developed and have been in service by the present time.

Main characteristics : Parachute area : 350 m². Aircraft speed at the moment of paradrop : 300-380 km/h. Altitude of paradrop : 300-4,000 m. Vertical speed near landing zone : 8,2 m/s. Parachute weight : up to 70 kg. Parachute pack dimensions :, 1,30 x 0,57 х 0,445 m. Quantity of 350m² parachutes fitted to cargo : 12. Maximum airlifted cargo mass : 16,100 kg.

 

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Russia has completed trials of S-300V4 air defense system. Test launches confirmed it can shoot down existing targets and prospective weapons that are designed, including hypersonic missiles. Experts believe S-300V4 with new missiles will provide reliable defense against foreign designs 10-15 years ahead, the Izvestia daily writes.


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9A83M TELAR of S-300V4 air defense system (Picture source: Vitaly Kuzmin)


S-300V4 trials were held in several stages, also during the Caucasus-2020 strategi exercise, Defense Ministry sources said. They have been completed by now. The air defense weapon confirmed the possibility to intercept tactical and hypersonic missiles. The ability to down hypersonic targets is due to a new special missile. The Defense Ministry said the latest S-300V4 missile has a hypersonic speed to guarantee the destruction of various targets, including cruise and tactical missiles at a distance of 400 km.

Air defense weapons are created for 10-15 years to defend against existing and future attack means, former Air Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief for CIS air defense Lieutenant-General Aitech Bizhev said. “S-300V2 and S-300V4 were designed for missile defense in the theater of warfare. A new-generation missile is being tested to ensure reliable defense against modern and prospective weapons. As for American claims about their hypersonic weapons, nobody has seen them in action yet,” he said.

U.S. President Donald Trump often said in 2020 that America possesses a missile which exceeds 17 times the speed of sound. He said the Russian missile accelerates to five times the speed of sound and China is designing a missile with 5-6 times the speed of sound. The Pentagon confirmed the statement and said it was designing a line of missiles. However, claims about 17 times the speed of sounds have not been confirmed so far. In early September, the U.S. Department of Defense reported successful trials of hypersonic prototypes. However, the U.S. command acknowledged it is behind Russia and China in the sphere.

In mid-October, the Air Force Magazine for the first time disclosed some characteristics of airborne hypersonic AGM-183A ARRW missile. Director of Strategic Plans, Programs and Requirements Andrew Gebara said the missile can fly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) in 10-12 minutes. It means it develops a speed of Mach 6.5-8.

S-300V4 is a breakthrough weapon against any air attack. It can defend a space two-three times bigger than S-300 can. The destruction area considerably expands. The new weapon can intercept warheads of medium-range missiles. It has directed radars and launchers to down ballistic missiles.

Open sources said S-300V4 fires medium and long-range missiles. The latter can be upgraded to down hypersonic targets, expert Dmitry Kornev said. “Previous S-300V modification could shoot down tactical missiles. The range of targets has been expanded due to upgraded equipment, radars and the command post, as well as modern missiles. They have more effective fuel and controls,” he said.

The main problem of hypersonic interception is the speed and the low altitude of maneuvering missiles. A ballistic missile can be detected several thousand kilometers away when it is ascending. A low-flying object can be detected later and leaves little time for reaction.

“The interception of hypersonic craft should be very fast. It concerns computers, detection and guidance controls. A missile fired at a maneuvering target has to maneuver itself with a major overload otherwise it is unable to turn to the missile that changed flight direction,” Kornev said.

The guidance system plays a major role. Ground means are not very fit for it. Although data transmission between them and the missile takes less than a second, it is too long for hypersonic interception. The missile should be homing itself. It can be armed with fragmentation flying in various directions, the Izvestia said.

 

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A demonstrator launch of the Krylo-SV reusable cruise missile being developed in Russia is planned for early 2023, the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Science reported.

"Work on the Krylo-SV rocket project began several years ago, and the development of a flight demonstrator started in February of this year. The first flight test of the demonstrator is scheduled for early 2023," Interfax reported quoting a statement from the ministry. "After the tests, a decision will be made to create a full-fledged rocket," the ministry said.

Krylo-SV is a reusable light-class cruise missile. The rocket will measure about six meters long and 0.8 meters in diameter. The rocket demonstrator will be one-third the size of the original. The rocket will travel at speeds up to Mach six. The launch is planned to be carried out from the Kapustin Yar test site in the direction of the Caspian Sea, the report said.

A laboratory of the Advanced Research Fund (FPI), Roscosmos has begun work on the development of a cryogenic component engine for the Krylo-SV flight-experimental demonstrator of reusable cruise missile units.

The main executor of the project is Russian firm TsNIIMash, which is responsible for the development of the rocket as a whole, the ministry explained.

"It is assumed that after the separation of the second stage, which will continue the flight with the cruise missile on board, the first stage for reuse will return to the cosmodrome on wings using an aircraft engine," the report said quoting the ministry statement.

The reusable rocket will also be used to launch a satellite which is part of another project of Roscosmos, the test launch of which is scheduled for 2022.

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Russia is developing the S-500 with a view of its operation in the next 25 years

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MOSCOW, November 27. /TASS/. Russia will complete its work on the most advanced S-500 anti-aircraft missile system in 2021, Aerospace Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Andrei Yudin said in an interview with the Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Friday.

"It should be noted that the work on developing the S-500 mobile air defense and anti-ballistic missile system is scheduled to be completed in 2021," the general said.


Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said at the Army-2020 international arms show that the S-500 system was already undergoing state trials and work was underway to purchase parts for its serial production.


Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said in February that military specialists had held the trials of the world’s unrivaled surface-to-air missiles for the latest S-500 air defense system last year.

The deputy defense minister said in December 2019 that the preliminary tests of the S-500 anti-aircraft missile system would begin in 2020 and the commencement of its serial deliveries to the troops was scheduled for 2025.


Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu earlier said that the deliveries of the latest S-500 surface-to-air missile systems to the troops would begin in 2020. Russia has been training specialists to learn to operate the new system at the Military Academy of the Aerospace Force in Tver since 2017.


Russia is developing the S-500 with a view of its operation in the next 25 years. As the Western media reported, the new Russian missile system struck the target at a range of 481.2 km or 80 km more compared to any existing missile system.

 

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On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has reported that a next hypersonic missile system outfitted with the Avangard nuclear boost-glide vehicle has been put into service.

The newest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with the hypersonic glide vehicles was assumed “combat duty” in the Dombarovsky division of the Strategic Missile Force, according to a press release from the Russian military released on 16 Dec.

The Avangard is a strategic intercontinental ballistic missile system equipped with a hypersonic boost-glide vehicle. According to open sources, the breakthrough weapon was developed by the Research and Production Association of Machine-Building (the town of Reutov in the Moscow Region) and was tested from 2004.


The boost-glide vehicle is capable of flying at over 20 times the speed of sound in the dense layers of the atmosphere, maneuvering by its flight path and its altitude and breaching any anti-missile defense.

Mounted on top of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the Avangard can carry a nuclear weapon of up to two megatons.

The first missile regiment armed with Avangard entered duty near the southern Urals city of Orenburg late last year, according to multiple reports.


 

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Kalashnikov Group has successfully completed full-scale tests of the Strela 9M333 missile at the shooting range.
Serial production has been started for the Ministry of Defense.
The "Strela 9M333" SAM is designed to destroy low-flying aircraft and helicopters, as well as unmanned aircrafts and cruise missiles.
The new missile has 3 modes of the homing head, which is its most important advantage over other missiles of this class.
Kalashnikov claims that "Strela 9M333" missiles don't require a further guidance after launch ("fire-and-forget").

In my opinion, such contracts on modernized SAMs are not a rational move. Recent conflicts (Ukraine and Karabakh) proved that Strela-10 SAM systems are completely out of date and new missiles will not solve the problem.
 

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waste of money, look what kind target they shoot down :LOL: . Infrared will not mis that kind target.
 

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İt has IR guidance. Radar is used for measuring distance. Russians claim the upgraded sterela for UAVs.


I think they have a lot of hardware left from coldwar junks, maybe they will find a country that is dumb enought buy it.
 

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I think advanced EW will negate every new technology insertion they attempt to add to this new missile.
 

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