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RUSSIA'S NEW BOMBER TO BE ARMED WITH HYPERSONIC WEAPONS: SOURCE
August 30, 2013 - 17:23 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia's next generation long-range bomber PAK-DA
will be armed with hypersonic weapons, a Defense Ministry source told
RIA Novosti, the news agency reported.
"PAK-DA will be equipped with all advanced types of precision guided
weapons, including hypersonic," the source said, adding that the
bomber itself will be subsonic.
Earlier this week, Boris Obnosov, general director of the Tactical
Missile Systems Corporation, revealed that Russia has developed
a hypersonic missile. However, he added that although it has been
developed, it can only make seconds-long flights.
In September 2012, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin,
whose brief covers the defense industry, announced plans to merge
the Tactical Missile Corporation and NPO Mashinostroyenie.
Lt. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, commander of the Russian Air Force
Long-Range Aviation, previously said the first PAK-DA bombers will
enter service by 2020.
In August 2012, Rogozin told the Rossiya 24 TV network "I think we
need to go down the route of hypersonic technology and we are moving
in that direction and not falling behind the Americans."
August 30, 2013 - 17:23 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia's next generation long-range bomber PAK-DA
will be armed with hypersonic weapons, a Defense Ministry source told
RIA Novosti, the news agency reported.
"PAK-DA will be equipped with all advanced types of precision guided
weapons, including hypersonic," the source said, adding that the
bomber itself will be subsonic.
Earlier this week, Boris Obnosov, general director of the Tactical
Missile Systems Corporation, revealed that Russia has developed
a hypersonic missile. However, he added that although it has been
developed, it can only make seconds-long flights.
In September 2012, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin,
whose brief covers the defense industry, announced plans to merge
the Tactical Missile Corporation and NPO Mashinostroyenie.
Lt. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, commander of the Russian Air Force
Long-Range Aviation, previously said the first PAK-DA bombers will
enter service by 2020.
In August 2012, Rogozin told the Rossiya 24 TV network "I think we
need to go down the route of hypersonic technology and we are moving
in that direction and not falling behind the Americans."