One thing that intrigues me about Mars-Passat is whether the Soviets tested it on ground in a similar fashion as the US built an AEGIS test site inland.
I wonder if there is some sort of carrier island sitting in the middle of a desert somewhere in the ex-Soviet Far East.
Thougths?

Thank you for your answer, PiBu.

BTW, watch out aerospacetech. Your drawing might become “the MiG PAK-FA” just as Eurasia Integral became “the MiG I-2000”. 😀
Now we’ll just wait when someone adds a front view… :rolleyes:

Perhaps it’s the SYB-A with a touch of Photoshop?

In meteorits post number 5 you can see the centre missile has a square intake while the one to teh right has a circular intake.

Have read that early Soviet scramjets used circular intakes but reverted to square ones because they were easier to control and model and were more predictible.

With scramjet propulsion this bird could have flown very fast.

The missile on the right is the P-500 Bazalt (SS-N-12).
The missile on the left is the P-750 Granit (SS-N-19).
The Meteorit used a turbojet sustainer, though NPVO Plamya had designed a 780 mm ramjet engine for it.

It helps only a little 🙂 There’s still very little information out there about the design, and I thought someone on the forum might have more.

–Gavin.

The following comes from Brassey’s World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1996-1997:

Myasishchev M-200 Master

Wingspan: 9.40 m
Length: 10.37 m
Height: 4.20 m
Wheel base: 4.30 m
Wheel track: 2.70 m
Empty Weight: 3,805 kg
Normal Take-off Weight: 4,700 kg
Maximum Speed: 850 km/h at SL
Cruise Speed: 700 km/h
Take-off Speed: 180 km/h
Landing Speed: 155 km/h
Take-off Distance: 200 m
Landing Distance: 480 m
Ceiling: 13,100 m
Normal Range: 1,400 km
Ferry Range: 2,200 km
G-limits: +8/-3
Allowable AOA: 28-30 deg

The M-200 was developed for the UTS competition launched in January 1991. However, it was apperently judged worst of the four contenders in January 1992 when the first stage of the competiton was summarized. Development has reportedly ended. The M-200 was to have a reprogrammable flight control system and automatic operation of wing control surfaces to enable simulation of various flight conditions with sufficient margin of stability. The M-200 together with the NUTK-200 ground system would have made the UTK-200 training system.

Sundog,

Please note that the drawing is in no way official – its just “fan art” (though probably fairly accurate one).
The original picture can be found at http://paralay.narod.ru/ and there’s lots of more interesting stuff on that site…

The GELA was definitely NOT linked to the 3M25 Meteorit program. They were designed by different design bureaus – Meteorit by NPO Mashinnostrenya and GELA by Raduga – and at different timeframes – the 3M25 project was begun in 1976 and cancelled in 1989, the GELA was a late 1980s – early 1990s project. The GELA was probably linked to the Kh-90 air-launched cruise missile program. This issue has been discussed on this forum before.

And that drawing of 3M25 is wrong, it’s based on guesswork before the actual missile was unveiled. The last picture by heeroyui and the one posted by aerospacetech show the real thing.

Bobas – AFAIK the Russian are not working on either design anymore. The air-launched 3M25 was cancelled in 1984 and the submarine-launched in 1989. The Kh-90 was apparently replaced by the Kh-101/102 subsonic LO cruise missiles that are now entering service.

Here is the original bigger picture of 3M25: