Temistocle
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Hi all,
some time ago I find a very brief description of soviet balloon bombers of the '50-'60; they intended to use them in the same way the American used the GENETRIX and MELTING POT balloons for recce flights over the USSR:
http://forums.airbase.ru/2011/03/t37366,7--aerostat-bombardirovschik.html
The info are in Russian language, a raw translation of part of the text with Google Translator:
The first generation of the new aeronautic engineering, which was created from 1958 to 1961. Include training manned balloon TA balloon director clutter ATM fighting balloons near and far action BAB-325 and BAA-3500, a balloon-meteorazvedchik MR-1 , altitude balloon laboratory VA previously by tethered balloons DAG-2, AN-800 and AZ-55, balloon ammunition starting device is exacerbated 1, SU AF, PCP and HCO.
Between mid and late 60s. - a period of intensive testing of aeronautic second-generation technology as the basis VNIITS Air Force (from 23.10.1965, the VNIC -13 Air Force), and on the basis of its branch. During this period, they have been tested and accepted by the Air Force: stratospheric balloon free automatic carrier destruction weapons, electronic warfare and agitmaterialov AN - V; altitude balloon carrier AN - C; balloon-fotorazvedchik AF-3B, the ability to fly to the target at the same altitude, and return to the other on the principle of the boomerang; Balloons -trasszondy AT - C and AT - B; meteorological balloon intelligence MP-2; Stratospheric balloon Laboratory Val-120; altitude balloon carrier agitmaterialov AG-6, and others, as well as ground support means such balloons.
Some pictures below (still images form a video), showing at least three different configurations (payloads/bombs).
Does someone has more information, or at least a better translation? ;D
Thanks
Temistocle
some time ago I find a very brief description of soviet balloon bombers of the '50-'60; they intended to use them in the same way the American used the GENETRIX and MELTING POT balloons for recce flights over the USSR:
http://forums.airbase.ru/2011/03/t37366,7--aerostat-bombardirovschik.html
The info are in Russian language, a raw translation of part of the text with Google Translator:
The first generation of the new aeronautic engineering, which was created from 1958 to 1961. Include training manned balloon TA balloon director clutter ATM fighting balloons near and far action BAB-325 and BAA-3500, a balloon-meteorazvedchik MR-1 , altitude balloon laboratory VA previously by tethered balloons DAG-2, AN-800 and AZ-55, balloon ammunition starting device is exacerbated 1, SU AF, PCP and HCO.
Between mid and late 60s. - a period of intensive testing of aeronautic second-generation technology as the basis VNIITS Air Force (from 23.10.1965, the VNIC -13 Air Force), and on the basis of its branch. During this period, they have been tested and accepted by the Air Force: stratospheric balloon free automatic carrier destruction weapons, electronic warfare and agitmaterialov AN - V; altitude balloon carrier AN - C; balloon-fotorazvedchik AF-3B, the ability to fly to the target at the same altitude, and return to the other on the principle of the boomerang; Balloons -trasszondy AT - C and AT - B; meteorological balloon intelligence MP-2; Stratospheric balloon Laboratory Val-120; altitude balloon carrier agitmaterialov AG-6, and others, as well as ground support means such balloons.
Some pictures below (still images form a video), showing at least three different configurations (payloads/bombs).
Does someone has more information, or at least a better translation? ;D
Thanks
Temistocle
