Integration into TU-22 and Tu-160: Russia expands the capabilities

Installation of aerobalist missiles "Dagger" on strategic aircraft aircraft will allow PCS of the Russian Federation to make more massive strikes in different directions. Russian weapons are likely to integrate the aerobalist missile X-47M2 "Dagger" into strategic bombers Tu-22m3 and Tu-160m. In this way, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation intends to expand the capabilities of the rocket, increasing the number of platforms capable of carrying weapons, except for the Mig-31K plane.

The Russian "Military Expert" Dmitry Kornev told this in an interview with Izvestia. Kornev recalled that the "Dagger" was created using technological solutions of the 9m723 "Iskander-M" rocket, which can also be modernized to increase the flight range and increase the mass of the fighting part. According to him, both "Scander" and "Dagger" in conditions of use in a non -nuclear conflict can get 800 kg of a warhead, which increases the affected effect twice.

Now there are conversations about the placement of "no" on aircraft of strategic aviation of the PCS of the Russian Federation, such as TU-22M3 and Tu-160m. "This would allow more massive strokes with the release of hypersonic missiles on the target at the same time and from different directions," Kornev notes.

Commenting on the possible modernization of the rocket, Defense Express experts noted that such statements indicate that the enemy has no other platform for the placement of "daggers" other than MAG-31K. "This is finally confirmed by the fact that there is only one type of carriers under" daggers "in the PCS of the Russian Federation now, and it is a MiG-31K, and to talk about TU-22m3 in this context is at least inappropriate," experts write.

They also suggested that the Russians outlined the prospect of using rocket strokes on a "network -centered" principle. It involves targeting some of the rockets with "swarm" on the air defense systems, while the other part is directed directly to the target.