This was apparently being developed for the Soviet T-4 and DSB-LK hypersonic bomber and were also planned for the Tu-160.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-45
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed5CYLk6B5Y&t=500s
In the 80s, when the AdA withdrew its Mystère IVAs from service, some of them received somewhat special liveries !o_O
It seems that one was painted in the colours of a fictitious Arab air force.
Is there any picture of it ? :)
View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chaika12/34357274081
Many Tu-22M squadron fire cruise missile raid on enemy target and Japanese SHINKANSEN devastation screen shot from Japanese animation ″Future War 198X″.
This post added Japanese SHINKANSEN devastation screen shots.
This thread was created to discuss the projects, plans, facilities, operations, and historical implications of the German interwar flight test center and military pilot training school that was developed in secrecy between the Germans and the Russians. This airfield played an important role in...
Since the end of the First World War, bold attempts were made in the Soviet Union in the field of rockets and various types of weapons, although timid, but existing and somewhat significant for the hard period that the Union was going through at that time, sometimes typically handcrafted and...
I've read numerous books on Cold War histories, which included mention of Soviet air combat tactics, however I've not found one source that described the various air-to-air or air-to-ground tactics that the Soviets employed during the Cold War (either the USSR or their Warsaw Pact allies). This...
Grigorii Ivanovich Bakshayev was interested in the concept of variable geometry aircraft, where the size and/or shape of wings are altered according to the stage of flight, or desired characteristics. There are many methods of achieving this but one of the simplest is the telescopic wing, where...
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...
Hi everybody,
I'm looking for information about soviet decoy missiles launched from bombers, if any.
In the USA during the Cold War there were some projects about decoy missiles (i.e. the ADM-20 Quail or the Convair MX-2223), but I didn't find any info about similar projects in the Soviet Union...
Model of Sukhoi S-90-200 from USSR-Russian Aviation and Space Collectibles.
Description:
Source: http://www.ussr-airspace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_39_49&products_id=715
Vladimir Sergeevich Ilyushin was born on 31 March, 1927, the eldest son of leading Soviet aircraft designer Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Ilyushin's father was a favoured member of the Soviet establishment. It may be noted that aircraft designer Tupolev blamed Ilyushin's father for the...
1) The “S” aircraft general arrangement drawings approved in 1937.
Variants of the “S” aircraft proposed in 1937:
2) - reconnaissance aircraft with range of the flight before 2200км
3) – attack aircraft (maximum arms 20 Ultra SHKAS)
4) – near-bomber
5) – heavy fighter (anti-bomber). Soviet...
These drawings were obtained from a book I ordered several years ago from Avia Press. Sorry, I can't identify specific sourse.
They were shown in a book on the T-4 Sotka, and only shpwed the over head view.Thw book was in Russian so I can't give any details.
I would like to know if these are...
It's been great to browse Paralay's new site and be able to pick up things so quickly and easily. This caught my eye; it's half of an image showing preliminary designs for the MiG-29 from 1971 and 1972.
Are there any any other sources for these? The clear progression from a -25 to a -29-style...
Interesting. I seem to recall there was a proposed Russian cruise missile design that also used a propfan. The ol' memory is a bit fuzzy on the details, but I seem to recall some sort of mid-fuselage mounted prop.........
Hi,
a little known aircraft to MiG :
MiG-115: was a single-turboprop staggered and unbraced biplane
utility aircraft.
MiG-125: light business jet powered by two Williams-Rolls FJ-44
turbofans engines.
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