Hypersonic weapons can provide a new level of speed and deadly to the Russian fighter of the fifth generation, the American magazine The National Interest writes.
“At the end of last year, Russia announced that the first SU-57 serial fighters will be used to test the hypersonic airbag weapons at the State Flight Testing Center in Akhtubinsk,” the publication writes, referring to the reports of the Russian press.
The National Interest notes that at present, among Russian aircraft, only the fighter-interceptor of the distant radius of the MiG-31 has hypersonic arms (complex 9-A-7660 “Dagger”).
The publication claims that so far Su-57 receives only the air-air rockets K-77M and X-74M2.
In April, the 19FortyFive publication reported that the Russian fighter could become a “killer” of the United States of the US Naval Forces (Navy).
In March, a 30-millimeter guns of the mud – Shipunova (GS-30) su-57 fighter appeared on YouTube – Sypunov (GS-30).
In December 2020, VKS Russia received the first serial Su-57.
In December 2019, it became known that SU-57 crashed, which was supposed to become the first serial fighter of the fifth generation adopted by the WCC of Russia.
By 2028, the VKS Russia should receive 76 units of the fifth generation fighter.