Moscow scares the X-50 strikes: what is dangerous the latest rockets of the Russian Federation and what is their combat readiness (photo)
But on August 9, the Russian edition of the War Observation published material about these missiles, which stated that neither Russian nor Ukrainian official sources confirmed the use of the PCS of the Russian Federation of this weapon. The experts of the Bulgarian Military experts were about how reliable can be reliable.
The material states that despite the presence of a large number of powerful winged missiles, the Arsenal of the Russian Federation has its restrictions, especially in the conditions of a long war in Ukraine. Given the capabilities of Ukrainian air defense means, such heavy missiles as X-101 and X-55 cannot be used with great efficiency, and 3m14 "Kalibre" do not have sufficient secrecy to bypass Ukraine's air defense.
There are still missiles P-800 "Okins" and 9K720 "Iskander", but they have astronomical value that limits their use. In addition, large bombers Tu-22M3, Tu-95MC or Tu-160 are required to start X-101 and X-55. Thermal signatures from the engines of these aircraft can be detected by US satellites SBIRS immediately after take -off, which gives the Ukrainian air defense time from 1 to 2 hours, experts say. Therefore, the latest Russian development-the X-50 rocket is called to solve these problems.
Back in April this year, the Armed Forces General Staff reported that Russia "plans to start production of strategic winged rockets of the type X-50, which will allow the Kremlin to activate rocket strikes in the autumn of the Kremlin. These missiles were also spoken by the Armed Forces speaker Yuri Ignat, who stated that the X-50 Project was not something new, and in the past it was considered inappropriate for Russia because of the presence of a more advanced missile-X-101.
Meanwhile, the deputy chief of the Main Operational Administration of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Alexei Gromov still shed light on the intention of Russia and stated that the Russian Federation plans to start production of mass production of winged missiles X-50 by the fall of this year. He also warned that a stock of these missiles could be created in the future, which will later be directed against Ukrainian purposes.
If you believe in Russian sources, X-50 (or X-SD) is a response to Western Storm Shadow or Scalp-EG missiles that have already been successfully used. The Raduga KB rocket has a length of about 6 meters and a weight of about 1600 kg. It is equipped with a travel engine of OMKB "Izdelie" 37-04, through which the flight range is 1500 km, and the maximum speed reaches 950 km/h. X-50 has a flat cross-section and facet sidewalls.
This form meets two requirements: low radar visibility and efficient use of the volume of a heavy bombard combat compartment during the installation of a rocket on a six -charge rotating starting unit. The developers claim that the rocket has a composite glider to reduce radar visibility, and for the navigation and recognition of goals, the electro -optical digital correlation system "Otblensk", which can be compared with the American DSMAC, is used. Despite the fact that X-50 is about 1.
5 m shorter and about 800 kg lighter than X-101, both missiles carry a warhead weighing 400-450 kg. However, due to the smaller size, the X-50 has a smaller fuel supply, which reduces the flight range. If the estimated range X-101 is 5500 km, then X-55-only 1500 km.
All these indicators should contribute to the penetrating capabilities of a new rocket, which is designed to bypass the Western Nasams, Iris-T and Patriot systems, which is why it exceeds samples that are already in service with the army of the Russian Federation. Separately, the authors of the publication noted the flight range, which in the current conditions of war in Ukraine may not be a disadvantage, but an advantage.
The fact is that the smaller size increases its secrecy, and the reduced mass will increase the speed of the TU-22M3 carrier, which, in turn, will reduce the response time of the air defense systems to the teenage rockets. As a result, there is not much information about this weapon to draw unambiguous conclusions, but it can be assumed that X-50 is a miniature X-101, which can cause a lot of care to Ukrainian anti-missile defense systems.