Engine of the Kh-101? I doubt it. The Kh-101 has a range of 5,000km- it’s not *that* much bigger than the Kh-59MK.

Interesting about Project 129- there was some scuttlebutt that this was an R-77 development variant called “R-129”- clearly not *exactly* the case.

It’s doubtful whether this guy really knew what he was talking about, come to think of it (Derby example).

Oh, and Derby is a damn stupid name for a missile. Sounds like Furby.

Moderator- Recommend the last two posts be deleated for:

-Being off topic

-Opinion with no fact

Opinion with no fact? Yeah, like that never happens on a discussion forum. You’re free to disagree with my interpretation of that video, but I don’t see you can possibly come away with your interpretation being 100% factual.

To me this is the most interesting devleopment; the naval SAM spin off. The Russians sorely need a new medium-to-long range vertical launch naval SAM system they can both use in future, and export. Something that won’t cost the earth, or require a huge amount of both above and below deck space to house it, as the S-300F/-FM system does. I will watch that aspect of the development very closely. Cheers for the info Vympel. 🙂

Well, it may have died on the vine- the “R-77-3PK” appears to be a seperate development from the naval simulated vertical lanchings. I think the 9M317 missile (45km max range, 25km max altitude) is a pretty good choice for medium-to-long range- it is already in service after all (in Russia and Belarus, on their upgraded Buk-M1-2 of which they have a joint program) and is quite modern.

I can’t remember, does China use the 9M317 on it’s Sovremenny’s, or the original Buk-M1 missile, the 9M38M1?

Maybe they should look at MiG-29M1/M2. I cannot emphasize enough how much I hope for the success of this aircraft.