I've always thought that the MiG-3 had nice lines:
Posted on 04/15/2018 8:42:32 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Straight rip off of an f-15.
Looks as stealthy as a brick. Is that the best theyve got. The Russians have come up with some beautiful aircraft, this isn’t one of them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soloviev_D-30
I’d be interested if the Russians have been able to get any new engines for the Mig-31 this century.
“MiG-31 can fly in outer-space”
Hog wash.
I've always thought that the MiG-3 had nice lines:
Anything traveling at Mach 10 should (in theory) be incapable of radical manuvering without breaking up due to g forces.
The article states that the hypersonic missile flies at Mach 10, and it can carry a nuclear warhead.
Mach 10 is about 7,000 mph. That’s 2 miles per second.
Can a nuclear explosion actually maintain its coherence at that speed?
Every hypersonic weapon I have read about uses kinetic energy, not explosive energy.
Kh-15 is actually a Mach 5 missile. Hypersonic definition is Mach 5 or better. Nasty little bugger. Current effort probably centered around being a carrier killer. Also useful to scare NATO countries. Will likely require a Patriot missile upgrade. Challenging.
Well, it has the maneuverability of a B-17, so why not make it a bomber? It's great speed made it a one-shot mission, so slow with external stores makes some sense.
The asphalt shingles protecting the upper surface of the engine compartment give it a quaint look.
ICBMs are a lot faster than that.
Our A-10 isn’t too pretty either. But deadly in its mission.
Mebbe read up on the speed a nuclear detonation runs at. Talking light only going a few yards in the total time of the event.
Straight rip off of an f-15.
Actually this is a derivative of the MiG-25 Foxbat, which was originally designed to intercept the B-70 and SR-71. It is a pure interceptor, with no dogfight capabilities. This was not necessary, since it’s primary mission was to intercept bombers. The same applies to other aircraft designed specifically for the VV-PVO (a separate air force and the Soviet equivalence to the USAF Air Defense Command) such as the Tu-128, Su-9, Su-11, Su-15, and Yak-25. It’s design also pre-dates the F-15.
On their way up, yes.
As far as I know, the warhead is in free fall on the way down, and it decelerates very quickly after launch phase and once it strikes the atmosphere.
I would be really surprised to learn that it detonates at faster than 1,500 mph.
Anyway, I spent 10 minutes on Google and came up with lots of information on launch speed and reentry speed, but nothing on impact speed.
I saw several “terminal velocity” numbers, but those look exactly like the reentry speeds, so I'm dubious.
Thanks, gunner.
I’ll do more research.
Russia has a unique solution to the problem of how a bankrupt ex Super Power can maintain military relevance in a high tech world.
Their solution is ominous and poses a very realistic threat.
They minimize development costs by up grading existing high speed, high altitude platforms like the Mig 31 and Backfire Bomber Tu-22 as bomb trucks for hypersonic missiles carrying small, low yield, battlefield tactical micro nuke warheads .
Very unsubtle but potentially very effective and difficult ( and expensive) to defend against
Warthogs are awesome to watch perform, their maneuverability is spectacular. Quite the show-stopper.
Looks similar to our xp-37 and xp-46 built by Curtiss. Therefore a good looking aircraft
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