A MiG-31K fighter jet
armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and a fifth-generation Su-57 plane will
demonstrate their capabilities at the Army-2018 forum
MOSCOW, August 7.
/TASS/. A MiG-31K fighter jet armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and a
fifth-generation Su-57 plane will demonstrate their capabilities in the air for
the first time at the Army-2018 forum, according to the program of events
posted on the forum’s website on Tuesday.
The flights will be
performed both on the days of limited attendance and on the days open for the
public. Demonstration flights on limited attendance days will be held from
12:45 to 12:55 p.m. Moscow time on August 21-23. On the days open for the
public, the planes will take to the skies at 13:49 p.m. Moscow time also for
ten minutes. The demonstration flights will take place at the Kubinka airfield
outside Moscow.
Kinzhal air-launched
hypersonic missile system
The Kinzhal
air-launched hypersonic missile system was unveiled by Russian President
Vladimir Putin on March 1. The Russian leader said the Kinzhal had an operating
range of over 2,000 km. The MiG-31K fighter jet is the basic carrier of Kinzhal
hypersonic missiles today.
During its use, the
missile is accelerated by the aircraft to its maximum possible speed and after
its release it switches on its solid-propellant engine and gains a hypersonic
speed of 10 times the speed of the sound. The Kinzhal missile is capable of
maneuvering at this speed and remaining actually invulnerable to the air
defense and anti-ballistic missile systems existing today.
According to open
sources, the Kinzhal was developed using the aero-ballistic missile of the
ground-based Iskander tactical missile system with an operating range of 500km.
From December 1,
2017, Kinzhal hypersonic missile systems went on experimental combat duty at
airfields of Russia’s Southern Military District.
Su-57
fifth-generation fighter
The Su-57 is a
fifth-generation multirole fighter designed to destroy all types of air targets
at long and short distances and hit enemy ground and naval targets, overcoming
its air defense capabilities.
The Su-57 took to the
skies for the first time on January 29, 2010. Compared to its predecessors, the
Su-57 combines the functions of an attack plane and a fighter jet while the use
of composite materials and innovation technologies and the fighter’s
aerodynamic configuration ensure the low level of radar and infrared signature.
The Army-2018
international military and technical forum will run on August 21-26 at the
Patriot Congress and Exhibition Park outside Moscow.
Source: ITAR-TASS
08-08-2018
