Yu-71 - hypersonic aircraft / Photo: azfilm.ru
In the ongoing discussions about the creation of a hypersonic aircraft in Russia, new data has appeared.
“It is expected that the Yu-71 will be used as combat equipment for the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, and it is possible that one of the hypersonic vehicle options can be adapted for the promising PAK DA strategic bomber.”
General Director of OJSC "Tactical Corporation" missile weapons"("KTRV") Boris Obnosov, although indirectly, confirmed to the publication "VPK.name" the development of the project known as "object 4202".
The head of KTRV called the topic on “4202” closed and made it clear that to create such a weapon, systematic work is needed, which is being carried out in this direction.
“You all know very well about hypersound from the media. China, India, France, the USA and of course Russia are doing this,” explained B. Obnosov. “We have considerable historical experience in this regard.” 
Boris Obnosov / Photo: aprpress.com The author of the publication noted that a short comment was received during the MAKS-2015 salon, but the reason for its publication appeared only after recent reports about another successful test of a hypersonic vehicle by the Chinese military.
Launch secret weapon The PRC was monitored by the Pentagon. According to its representatives, the DF-ZF aircraft was launched by a ballistic missile from the Wuzhai test site in the central Chinese province of Shanxi. It separated from its host by boundary of the atmosphere, and then planned for a target located several thousand kilometers from the launch site. This test was the sixth in China.
Information about the testing of GZLA in Russia also periodically leaks. Thus, in July last year, the American publication The Washington Free Beacon (WFB), citing a report by analysts from the British publication Jane's Intelligence Review, reported that the Russian Federation launched the Yu-71 device in low-Earth orbit, where it was delivered by an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) UR -100 N (according to NATO classification SS-19 “Stiletto”). It was launched from the position area of the Dombarovsky formation of the Strategic Missile Forces in the Orenburg region. Experts say that Russia has been creating an experimental device since 2009. The goal of the top-secret program “4202” is to obtain a supernova strategic strike weapon that will significantly increase the capabilities of the Strategic Missile Forces. The Yu-71 can be equipped with both a conventional and a nuclear charge. The trajectory of a hypersonic vehicle cannot be calculated, since it flies at a speed of over 11 thousand kilometers per hour (7 thousand miles per hour) and can maneuver. These features make it almost impossible for air defense or missile defense elements to intercept GZVs. Speaking about “considerable historical experience,” Boris Obnosov meant the achievements of the USSR, which managed to get as close as possible to the practical creation of a hypersonic aircraft. In the late 1980s, the Raduga Design Bureau, which is now part of KTRV OJSC, developed a hypersonic experimental aircraft (GELA), also designated by the index “X-90”. By design, it was a cruise missile with a folding delta wing and a fuselage containing a ramjet engine. With a launch weight of 15 tons, the X-90 rocket could accelerate to a speed of at least 4.5 Mach (1 Mach = 1225 kilometers/hour). According to reliable, but not officially confirmed data, the X-90 was launched from a carrier aircraft in the late 1980s, and the rocket reached its design speed. According to VPK.name, KTRV has currently mastered flights at speeds of 3.5 - 4 Mach. But when moving to speeds of 6-7-8 Mach, a number of problems arise with the propulsion system.() “We are looking for solutions , and they appear. We have progress in this matter, including at the Raduga MKB, NPO Mashinostroenie, at the main site,” said B. Obnosov. It is worth noting that at the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS 2015, the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering (CIAM) presented a hypersonic engine capable of accelerating an aircraft to 9,000 kilometers per hour. CIAM has the largest stand in Europe, which allows one to reproduce flight conditions at speeds of 5-7.5 M - 6125-9187 kilometers/hour. Institute employees have manufactured a module for a hypersonic engine running on hydrogen fuel. During its tests, when simulating conditions on the stand corresponding to the flight number M = 7.4, positive thrust was recorded. By the way, according to Western analysts, Russian apparatus The Yu-71 was developed in the late 2000s and has been tested four times. The first test launch took place in December 2011, the second in September 2013, the third in 2014, and the fourth in 2015. Experts name these dates on the basis of a number of documents relating to the construction of new military facilities. It is assumed that the Yu-71 will be used as combat equipment for the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. It is also possible that one of the variants of the hypersonic vehicle could be adapted for the promising strategic bomber PAK DA.() Timur Alimov reports about this in the special RG project “Russian Weapons”.
Russia will be able to limit the effectiveness of the US missile defense system with the help of the Yu-71 hypersonic aircraft, which is currently being tested, writes the American edition of the Washington Times. The new weapon will be able to carry a nuclear charge at 10 times the speed of sound.
Estimated view of Yu-71 / Image: nampuom-pycu.livejournal.com
In an atmosphere of strict secrecy, Russia is testing a new hypersonic maneuvering aircraft, the Yu-71, which will be capable of carrying nuclear warheads at a speed of 10 times the speed of sound, reports the American edition of the Washington Times. The Kremlin is developing similar devices to overcome US missile defenses, InoTV notes, citing the newspaper. (Yu-71) has been in development for several years. The last tests of the aircraft took place in February 2015. The launch took place from the Dombarovsky test site near Orenburg. Previously, it was purely speculatively reported by other Western sources, but now this launch has been confirmed by new analysts. The publication refers to a report released in June by the famous Western military analytical center Jane’s.
Previously, this designation - Yu-71 - did not appear in open sources.
According to The WashingtonFree Beacon, the aircraft is part of a secret Russian project to create a certain object 4202. Analysts claim that the February launch was carried out using an UR-100N UTTH rocket, in which object 4202 served as the warhead, and ended unsuccessfully.
Perhaps this index refers to the modifications being developed of hypersonic maneuvering nuclear warheads, which have been equipped with Russian ICBMs for several years now. These units, after separation from the launch vehicle, are capable of changing the flight trajectory in altitude and heading and, as a result, successfully bypass both existing and future missile defense systems.
This would give Russia the ability to launch precision strikes against selected targets, and when combined with the capabilities of its missile defense system, Moscow would be able to successfully hit a target with just one missile.
24 hypersonic aircraft with nuclear warheads will be deployed at the Dombarovsky training ground from 2020 to 2025, the military analytical center Jane’s Information Group is confident. By that time, Moscow will already have a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying the Yu-71, the publication writes.
The speed of hypersonic aircraft reaches 11,200 km/h, and unpredictable maneuverability makes the task of finding their bearing almost impossible, the Washington Times emphasizes.
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Launch of the Stiletto ICBM / Photo: TASS, Sergei Kazak
Russia has successfully carried out the second test of a hypersonic aircraft this year, designed to equip existing and future intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), a source familiar with the situation told Interfax-AVN on Friday.
“The purpose of the launch is another test of a hypersonic warhead designed to equip the promising Sarmat ICBM”
"The launch was carried out on October 25 in the Orenburg region from the position area of the Dombarovsky missile force formation strategic purpose(Strategic Missile Forces). The purpose of the launch is another test of a hypersonic warhead designed to equip the promising Sarmat ICBM,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
According to him, “the tests were successful.”
“The previous successful tests took place in April of this year. Thus, this is the second completely successful launch of the hypersonic unit, which received the name “object 4202” in the press,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
He clarified that the promising hypersonic aircraft (HAV) is capable of flying at a speed of Mach six. One Mach corresponds to the speed of sound - approximately 300 meters per second or 1 thousand 224 km/h. () The GLA was tested by launch (according to the Western classification - “Stiletto”), the source explained.
It was previously reported that development work (R&D) under the code "4202" is being carried out in Russia to develop and create a GLA designed to guarantee the penetration of existing and future missile defense systems. This R&D is being carried out by NPO Mashinostroeniya from Reutov near Moscow.
An expert in the field of rocketry previously told Interfax-AVN that “if Russia gets an aircraft, which has already become known as the “4202 object”, capable of performing pitch (vertical plane) and yaw (horizontal plane) maneuvers at hypersonic speeds, ", our country will have the opportunity to solve the problem of guaranteed penetration of any promising missile defense system."
In his assessment, the promising Russian hypersonic aircraft “will make it possible to level out the combat potential of the US global missile defense and, in fact, make it meaningless.”
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Russia will be able to limit the effectiveness of the US missile defense system with the help of the Yu-71 hypersonic aircraft, which is currently being tested, writes the American edition of the Washington Times. The new weapon will be able to carry a nuclear charge at 10 times the speed of sound.
Estimated view of Yu-71 / Image: nampuom-pycu.livejournal.com
In the strictest secrecy, Russia is testing a new hypersonic maneuvering aircraft, the Yu-71, which will be capable of carrying nuclear warheads at a speed 10 times the speed of sound, reports the American edition of the Washington Times. The Kremlin is developing similar devices to overcome US missile defenses, InoTV notes, citing the newspaper. (Yu-71) has been in development for several years. The last tests of the aircraft took place in February 2015. The launch took place from the Dombarovsky test site near Orenburg. Previously, it was purely speculatively reported by other Western sources, but now this launch has been confirmed by new analysts. The publication refers to a report released in June by the famous Western military analytical center Jane’s.
Previously, this designation - Yu-71 - did not appear in open sources.
Yu-71 - hypersonic aircraft / Photo: azfilm.ru
According to The WashingtonFree Beacon, the aircraft is part of a secret Russian project to create a certain object 4202. Analysts claim that the February launch was carried out using an UR-100N UTTH rocket, in which object 4202 served as the warhead, and ended unsuccessfully.
Perhaps this index refers to the modifications being developed of hypersonic maneuvering nuclear warheads, which have been equipped with Russian ICBMs for several years now. These units, after separation from the launch vehicle, are capable of changing the flight trajectory in altitude and heading and, as a result, successfully bypass both existing and future missile defense systems.
This would give Russia the ability to launch precision strikes against selected targets, and when combined with the capabilities of its missile defense system, Moscow would be able to successfully hit a target with just one missile.
24 hypersonic aircraft with nuclear warheads will be deployed at the Dombarovsky training ground from 2020 to 2025, the military analytical center Jane’s Information Group is confident. By that time, Moscow will already have a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying the Yu-71, the publication writes.
The speed of hypersonic aircraft reaches 11,200 km/h, and unpredictable maneuverability makes the task of finding their bearing almost impossible, the Washington Times emphasizes.
This top-secret aircraft, limited information about which has begun to appear in the press under the name Yu-71, is part of Project 4202, associated with the domestic missile program. From more or less reliable information about it: it is capable of reaching speeds of over 11 thousand kilometers per hour, has super maneuverability, uses a gliding type of flight (hence the name glider) and is capable of maneuvering into near space. Tests are still ongoing, but their results allow talk about the undoubted success of Russian technical thought. It is expected that by 2025, Russia, through this new type of weapon, will have a powerful nuclear trump card in negotiations with the United States. “The arms race at the end of the last century allowed our country to significantly outstrip NATO countries in military-technical terms and create fourth-generation weapons,” says the defense official. » Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. – Fifth generation, let’s be objective, for a number of understandable reasons related to the collapse Soviet Union, is still stuck at the level of design bureaus. The current task of the military-industrial complex is not only to catch up and bring to life fifth-generation weapons, but also to take a step into the future - to work now on the sixth and seventh generations of weapons. And such developments, I note, are very successful, already exist. This is a completely new, sometimes unpredictable weapon.” Dmitry Olegovich did not name specific developments, limiting himself only to areas of technical development, but he, of course, also meant a hypersonic aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. combat unit– Yu-71. Russia has been developing this device, capable of reliably hitting a target with one missile, for several years, having carried out several successful tests. But the information leak occurred only in February 2015. The generals in the Pentagon were not only upset, but also completely despondent: this Russian “argument” not only cancels out all plans to create a missile defense system along the perimeter of Russia, but also makes the United States itself absolutely defenseless. Among the technical capabilities of the Yu-71 is not only the infliction of instant and deadly blows. A hypersonic vehicle equipped with an electronic warfare system ( electronic warfare), is capable of crossing the territory of the United States in a matter of minutes and disabling all electronic detection stations on its way.
According to NATO, up to 24 hypersonic aircraft can be deployed from 2020 to 2025 in one of the regiments of the 13th Missile Division of the Strategic Missile Forces (Orenburg Region), presumably in the village of Dombarovsky. And let’s say, the Yu-71 can fly to Washington in 45–50 minutes, to New York in 40, and to London in 20. It is impossible to detect, much less shoot down, these devices. There is a serious reason for frustration here! In Russia itself, plans to adopt 4202 objects into service have not been announced. However, it is known from open sources that the development of the devices is being carried out by NPO Mashinostroeniya (Reutov town near Moscow) and it began before 2009. The formal customer of OKR 4202 is the Russian Federal Space Agency, but the Ministry of Defense is also showing increased interest in it. At least, the General Staff stated back in 2004 that a spacecraft capable of flying at hypersonic speed was tested, while performing maneuvers both in course and in altitude. “Even the current warheads of domestic intercontinental ballistic missiles are developing in the passive phase hypersound, says corresponding member Russian Academy rocket and artillery sciences (RARAN), Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov. “However, the difference between a promising hypersonic warhead most likely lies in the fact that it acts not just as a ballistic warhead, but follows a rather complex trajectory, that is, it maneuvers like an aircraft with enormous flight speed.” And if the Russian Strategic Missile Forces by 2025 missiles with hypersonic warheads will actually be adopted, this will be a serious application. Already now in America and Europe, Russian hypersonic vehicles are being called Moscow’s new trump card in negotiations with Washington. They are not in vain: as practice shows, there is only one way to bring the United States to the negotiating table - to put into service systems that will make the Pentagon seriously afraid. “It is no secret that the combat equipment and payload of our ICBMs are constantly being improved,” says a member of the expert council at Chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation Viktor Murakhovsky. – And when President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Army-2015 forum, said that this year the nuclear forces will be replenished with more than 40 new intercontinental missiles, then everyone paid attention to this figure, but somehow missed the continuation of the phrase: “which will be able to overcome any, even the most technically perfect systems Missile defense." It is no secret that Russia is also developing hypersonic cruise missiles, which reach their targets at low altitudes. It is almost impossible to hit them even with promising missile defense systems, because these are essentially aerodynamic targets. In addition, modern missile defense systems have limits on the speed at which they can hit targets: interception is only possible within 700–800 meters per second. Plus, the anti-missile missile must have the ability to maneuver with overloads. But there are no such things in NATO yet. Developments similar to our Yu-71 hypersonic vehicle are being carried out in China and the USA. At the same time, experts believe that only a Chinese development called Wu-14 can become a serious rival to the Russian hypersonic glider. This is also a glider, although it was tested only once - in 2012. It turned out that, like the Russian glider, the Chinese one was able to maneuver at a supersonic speed of 11 thousand kilometers per hour. It is unknown, however, what weapons the Chinese device can carry. But the results of American designers are much more modest than those of Russian and Chinese. Several years ago, during testing, the Falcon HTV-2 hypersonic drone simply lost control 10 minutes into the flight and crashed.
Russia has tested a hypersonic aircraft. This was reported by Western media with reference to a report by analysts from the British publication Jane’s Intelligence Review.
According to the authors of the publication, cited by The Washington Free Beacon (WFB), in February of this year, the Yu-71 device was launched into low-Earth orbit, where it was delivered by an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) UR-100 N (SS-19 "Stiletto" ). It was launched from the position area of the Dombarovsky formation of the Strategic Missile Forces in the Orenburg region. It is this that, as stated, will receive 24 Yu-71 units by 2025, which will most likely be used as combat equipment for the new one.
Analysts suggest that the development of the experimental device is being carried out within the framework of a top-secret program designated “4202”, which has been carried out since 2009. Its goal is to create a supernova strategic strike weapon that will significantly increase the capabilities of missile forces strategic purpose and will be the answer to any missile defense. The Yu-71 will be able to carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.
The trajectory of a hypersonic vehicle is unpredictable. It flies at speeds of over 11 thousand kilometers per hour (7 thousand miles per hour) and can maneuver, making it almost impossible for it to be intercepted by air defense or missile defense elements.
According to Jane’s analysts, the Yu-71 was developed at the end of the 2000s, and its February tests were the fourth in a row. The first test launch took place in December 2011, the second in September 2013, and the third in 2014. The authors of the publication name these dates on the basis of a number of documents relating to the construction of new military facilities.
According to WFB, the Pentagon press secretary declined to comment on Jane’s information. However, former US Defense Department official Mark Schneider told the publication that the American military department is closely monitoring Russian developments in this area.
According to him, Russia, unlike China, does not hide its intention to create hypersonic technology. The existence of such projects has been repeatedly confirmed by Russian officials, who have not provided details. Schneider recalled that the first tests of hypersonic military objects were carried out under the USSR in the 1980s. Then, according to available information, tests of similar devices took place in 2001 and 2004.
Jane's analysts also did not rule out that one of the Yu-71 variants could be adapted for the promising PAK DA strategic bomber.
WFB notes that hypersonic vehicles are also being developed by China and several organizations in the United States. According to experts, so far it is the Celestial Empire, which has been actively launching experimental devices since 2014, that has managed to achieve the greatest results in this area.
