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New Long-Range Cruise Missile Added to Russian Arsenal
Created: 01.12.2004 11:37 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:37 MSK
Source: MosNews
u-160 strategic bomber / Frame from NTV
The first conventional long-range cruise missile has been added to Russia’s arsenal.
This missile is designed for precision strikes in local conflicts and counterterrorist operations, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The new missile H-555 is based on the model of the H-55, nuclear missile in the Russian strategic aviation arsenal. The new model has a target seeker and will be carried on the strategic Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers. Various modifications of the H-55 can carry out strikes at the distance of 2,000-3,000 kilometers.
Two new Tu-160 missile carriers will be built for the Russian Air Force next year, the paper wrote. One of them will be made solely for bombing equipment. It will be able to carry up to 45 tons of bombs.
From September 2003 to January 2004, Tu-160s were grounded after an accident involving the strategic bomber Mikhail Gromov that crashed after take-off at the Engels military airbase in Central Russia. All four crewmembers were killed.
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Granit missiles in class Oscar II submarine
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376159 03: (UNDATED FILE PHOTO) The Russian nuclear submarine “Kursk” docked at a northern Russian home base port Zapadnaya Lista, in Bellona, displayes its onboard nuclear weapons. The Russian sub sank August 12, 2000 as a result of a torpedo room explosion, 118 crew men remain trapped inside at the Barrent’s Sea floor. Rescue attempts are still under way. (Photo by Laski Diffusion/Liaison)
376509 04: (UNDATED FILE PHOTO) (USA SALES ONLY) A rocket launches from an Oscar class submarine, the same class as the stricken submarine Kursk. Norwegian officials said August 21, 2000 that none of the 118 crew of the sunken Kursk submarine had survived an accident nine days ago after divers found the vessel flooded. (Photo by Laski Diffusion/Liaison
376161 01: (UNDATED FILE PHOTO) The Russian submarine Kursk, docked in Severomorsk, Russia, opens its hull to reveal four missile tubes capable of launching nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The nuclear submarine can be armed with Granit cruise missiles in two banks of 12 tubes positioned between the outer and inner hulls. The missiles, code named Shipwreck by NATO, are designed to strike aircraft carrier groups. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Newsmakers)
Tu-160 Blackjack
Dimensiones:
Envergadura
con flecha mínima (m): 55.7
Con flecha máxima (m): 35.6
Longitud (m): 54.1
Altura (m): 13.1
Peso:
Vació (Kg.): 117000
Máximo de despegue (Kg.): 275000
Prestaciones:
Velocidad máxima (Km./h): 2000
Velocidad máxima a nivel del mar (Km./h): 1030
Distancia de despegue (m): 2200
Distancia de aterrizaje (m): 1600
Limite G: 2
Techo de servicio (m): 15600
Rango con 6xkh-55 (Km.): 12300
Radio de combate a 1.5 mach (Km.): 2000
Planta motriz:
4 turbo soplantes TRUD/SAMARA NK-32, con 245,18 kN. de empuje con posquemador.
Sensores:
Radar de navegación y ataque OBZOR-K, radar de seguimiento de terreno SOPKA, señalizador óptico de bombas OBP-15.
Sistemas de autodefensa:
Dispositivo de alerta IR y de radar BAYKAL, sistema de contramedidas electrónicas y dispensador de chaff/bengalas en el cono de cola.
Tripulación: 4
Armamento:
Hasta 40 toneladas de bombas en 2 bodegas internas en el fuselaje, normalmente porta 6 (máximo 12) misiles cruceros Kh-55SM (OTAN AS-15B) de 3000 Km. o Kh-65, montados en lanzadores rotatorios MKU-6-5U para 6 unidades o 24 misiles Kh-15 de corto rango (OTAN AS-16) de 150 Km., 6 en 4 lanzadores MKU-6-1U para supresión de defensas (versión antirradar Kh-15P) o para ataque antibuque (Kh-15S), y se encuentra en un programa de actualización para uso de misiles cruceros no nucleares, que incluye el Kh-101 del cual se dice tiene un alcance de 5000 Km., el Kh-555 versión convencional del Kh-55SM y el Kh-SD, la carga de bombas puede estar compuesta de noventa OFAB-500, ciento sesenta OFAB-250-270 o bombas guiadas KAB-1500 .
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