Posted on 12/07/2020 5:35:08 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
Russian state-owned media says the S-70 Okhotnik uncrewed combat aerial vehicle recently completed its first "fighter-interceptor" exercise, in which it carried simulated air-to-air missiles.
There's reason to be skeptical of Russian state media, but this effort sounds a great deal like a number of programs that the US and its allies already have in progress.
According to reports released by Russia's state-owned media outlet RIA, Russia's S-70 Okhotnik (Hunter) uncrewed combat aerial vehicle recently completed its first "fighter-interceptor" exercise, in which the drone carried simulated air-to-air missiles while completing a series of test flights.
According to an unnamed source within the Russian military that was cited by RIA, these tests "will make it possible to assess the coupling of the drone's avionics with missile guidance systems and the lead Su-57 aircraft." (The source included in the link above is in Russian.)
"From the strip of the military airfield of the Center for Combat Training and Combat Use of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the Ashuluk training ground, several flights of the Hunter were performed with functional simulators of guided air-to-air missiles. Such missiles in the combat version are designed to destroy other aircraft," the Russian military source said.
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When the USSR copied “lost” B-29s, it even copied a defect in an electric motor, and provisioned the on-board backup unit too.
But you must think in Russian
LOL...how many will get that?
Heh - the crew of the missile cruiser Riga
And one unfortunate helicopter crew
And chairman Andropov
And that 637 SSN in the neighborhood which just happened to be carrying some extra kerosene...
I did, but then again I’m using Firefox...
I have it in hard cover, the dust jacket is somewhat the worse for wear...
Not stealthy, but pretty effective.
The F-16 was the test mule for Loyal Wingman program and proved out the concept the weapons load out for an F-35 was not limited to the stuff you can stuff on the airframe
An F-16 can do some some pretty amazing stuff when it does not have to worry about the limitations imposed by the need for a human pilot on board.
Interestingly, a potential ground attack weapons configuration for an F-35 is an A-10.
And some missiles from a MiG-25 they “borrowed” from Syria
I do! Great movie, under-appreciated.
Loyal drone wing man concept now obsolescent. New is expendable loyal drone swarms.
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