Source: China National Defense News
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The Russian News Agency reported on August 3 that Vladimir Zarudnitzki, the dean of the Military Academy of the Russian General Staff, revealed that the Russian army is developing a new type of Kh-95 long-range hypersonic missile. Russian military experts said that the Kh-95 hypersonic missile is likely to be developed on the basis of the “zircon” hypersonic missile technology. In the future, it will be equipped with strategic bombers such as Tu-22M3M and Tu-160M2.
The fourth hypersonic weapon
According to reports, Russian officials only disclosed information about the development of the Kh-95 hypersonic missile, and did not disclose the specific performance of the missile. Victor Murakhovsky, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Arsenal of the Motherland”, believes that the new missile is likely to be developed on the basis of the “zircon” hypersonic missile technology, and the “zircon” warhead will be used for a long time at hypersonic speed. Control flight. He estimated that the missile has a range of about 5,000 kilometers and a flying speed of about Mach 8. “In the future, the missile will be equipped with strategic bombers such as Tu-22M3M and Tu-160M2. If the combat radius of the above-mentioned bombers is included, the range of the new aviation complex may exceed 10,000 kilometers.” He believes that the current US-equipped anti-missile missiles The system is unable to intercept it, which will form a powerful deterrent to NATO, led by the United States.
At present, the Russian army has 3 hypersonic weapons, “Pioneer”, “Dagger” and “Zircon”. The “Pioneer” hypersonic missile can fly at 20 times the speed of sound and can break through most air defense and anti-missile systems in the world. The “dagger” hypersonic missile can launch attacks at altitudes of 12,000 meters to 15,000 meters. It is mounted on a MiG-31 supersonic interceptor and equipped with Russian naval aviation. The “Zircon” hypersonic missile has stable performance, with a maximum speed of Mach 8 and a cruising altitude of 35 kilometers to 70 kilometers, which can effectively avoid interception by anti-missile systems. After the successful development of the Kh-95 hypersonic missile, it will become the fourth hypersonic weapon of the Russian army.
Helps ensure aerospace superiority
Zarudnitzki stated in an article in the “Military Thought” magazine that in this era, occupying a dominant position in the aerospace field is an important factor in the victory of war. In order to ensure air and space superiority, the Russian army is developing and installing new weapons in parallel. For example, the Tu-160M2 strategic bomber and a variety of long-range air-launched precision weapons including Kh-95 hypersonic missiles. In addition, the Russian military is also developing various unmanned aerial vehicles, over-the-horizon detection radars, air defense missile systems and other new weapons and equipment for the air and space forces. He said that Russia’s introduction of artificial intelligence technology in the development of new weapons will increase weapon performance by nearly 15 times.
Russia believes that under current conditions, it is of great significance to possess hypersonic weapons. Russian Defense Minister Shoigu pointed out that various types of hypersonic weapon systems will become the foundation and important support for Russia’s non-nuclear deterrence force.
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