A Kh-58UShK missile model with fins closed to fit in the internal weapons bay of a T-50/PAK-FA. (Nikolai Novichkov)
Posted on 11/14/2014 7:58:24 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
The Tactical Missiles Corporation (TRV) is concluding tests on the Kh-58USHK missile designed to equip the PAK FA, also known as the 5th generation fighter or the T-50.
“This is absolutely the newest product that has nothing in common with the old X-58, apart from the index: it is half the size of the X-58, and it is equipped with a completely different homing,” TRV Chief Executive Boris Obnosov told TASS. “We are completing the state tests for it just now, and this includes test launches of the T-50 experimental aircrafts.”
He added that the PAK FA “is the only Russian platform, equipped with an anti-radar missile with an internal fuselage placement.” However, it can be mounted on the external hard points, according to Obnosov.
The corporation also continues to work successfully on the X-74m2 – another new missile, “designed to equip the T-50 fighter in the first stage,” he said. “The PAK FA will have completely new weapons” Obnosov added. “Here, we are only presenting some of our new rockets.”
A Kh-58UShK missile model with fins closed to fit in the internal weapons bay of a T-50/PAK-FA. (Nikolai Novichkov)
Maybe the fins will work better than the folding tailfins on the AA-12 Adder.
The AA-12 that’s currently in production has conventional fins instead of the folding fin system they stole from us (that never worked right in reality either.)
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