Yu 71 hypersonic aircraft. The fastest hypersonic aircraft in the world

Russia has tested a hypersonic aircraft. This was reported Western media with reference to a report by analysts from the British publication Jane’s Intelligence Review.

According to the authors of the publication, cited by The Washington Free Beacon (WFB), in February of this year, the Yu-71 device was launched into low-Earth orbit, where it was delivered by an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) UR-100 N (SS-19 "Stiletto" ). It was launched from the position area of the Dombarovsky Strategic Missile Forces formation in Orenburg region. It is this that, as stated, will receive 24 Yu-71 units by 2025, which will most likely be used as combat equipment for the new one.

Analysts suggest that the development of the experimental device is being carried out within the framework of a top-secret program designated “4202”, which has been carried out since 2009. Its goal is to create a supernova strategic strike weapon that will significantly increase the capabilities of missile forces strategic purpose and will be the answer to any missile defense. The Yu-71 will be able to carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.

Trajectory hypersonic vehicle unpredictable. It flies at speeds of over 11 thousand kilometers per hour (7 thousand miles per hour) and can maneuver, making it almost impossible for it to be intercepted by air defense or missile defense elements.

According to Jane’s analysts, the Yu-71 was developed at the end of the 2000s, and its February tests were the fourth in a row. The first test launch took place in December 2011, the second in September 2013, and the third in 2014. The authors of the publication name these dates on the basis of a number of documents relating to the construction of new military facilities.

According to WFB, the Pentagon press secretary declined to comment on Jane’s information. However, he told the publication that the American military department is closely monitoring Russian developments in this area. former official US Department of Defense Mark Schneider.

According to him, Russia, unlike China, does not hide its intention to create hypersonic technology. The existence of such projects has been repeatedly confirmed by Russian officials, who have not provided details. Schneider recalled that the first tests of hypersonic military objects were carried out under the USSR in the 1980s. Then, according to available information, tests of similar devices took place in 2001 and 2004.

Jane's analysts also did not rule out that one of the Yu-71 variants could be adapted for a promising strategic bomber PACK YES.

WFB notes that hypersonic vehicles are also being developed by China and several organizations in the United States. According to experts, so far it is the Celestial Empire, which has been actively launching experimental devices since 2014, that has managed to achieve the greatest results in this area.

Yu-71 - hypersonic aircraft/ Photo: azfilm.ru

In the ongoing discussions regarding the creation of a hypersonic aircraft in Russia, new data has appeared.

“It is expected that the Yu-71 will be used as combat equipment for the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, and it is possible that one of the hypersonic vehicle options can be adapted for the promising PAK DA strategic bomber.”

General Director of Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation (KTRV) OJSC Boris Obnosov, although indirectly, confirmed to the publication VPK.name that development is underway on the project known as “object 4202”.

The head of KTRV called the topic on “4202” closed and made it clear that to create such a weapon, systematic work is needed, which is being carried out in this direction.

“You all know very well about hypersound from the media. China, India, France, the USA and of course Russia are doing this,” explained B. Obnosov. “We have considerable historical experience in this regard.”

Boris Obnosov / Photo: aprpress.com The author of the publication noted that a short comment was received during the MAKS-2015 salon, but the reason for its publication appeared only after recent reports about another successful test of a hypersonic vehicle by the Chinese military.

Launch secret weapon The PRC was monitored by the Pentagon. According to its representatives, the DF-ZF aircraft was launched by a ballistic missile from the Wuzhai test site in the central Chinese province of Shanxi. It separated from its host by boundary of the atmosphere, and then planned for a target located several thousand kilometers from the launch site. This test was the sixth in China.

Information about the testing of GZLA in Russia also periodically leaks. Thus, in July last year, the American publication The Washington Free Beacon (WFB), citing a report by analysts from the British publication Jane's Intelligence Review, reported that the Russian Federation launched the Yu-71 device in low-Earth orbit, where it was delivered by an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) UR -100 N (according to NATO classification SS-19 “Stiletto”). It was launched from the position area of the Dombarovsky formation of the Strategic Missile Forces in the Orenburg region. Experts say that Russia has been creating an experimental device since 2009. The goal of the top-secret program “4202” is to obtain a supernova strategic strike weapon that will significantly increase the capabilities of the Strategic Missile Forces. The Yu-71 can be equipped with both a conventional and a nuclear charge. The trajectory of a hypersonic vehicle cannot be calculated, since it flies at a speed of over 11 thousand kilometers per hour (7 thousand miles per hour) and can maneuver. These features make it almost impossible to intercept GZVs by anti-aircraft or missile defense. Speaking about “considerable historical experience,” Boris Obnosov meant the achievements of the USSR, which managed to get as close as possible to the practical creation of a hypersonic aircraft. In the late 1980s, the Raduga Design Bureau, which is now part of KTRV OJSC, developed a hypersonic experimental aircraft (GELA), also designated by the index “X-90”. By design, it was a cruise missile with a folding delta wing and a fuselage containing a ramjet engine. With a launch weight of 15 tons, the X-90 rocket could accelerate to a speed of at least 4.5 Mach (1 Mach = 1225 kilometers/hour). According to reliable, but not officially confirmed data, the X-90 was launched from a carrier aircraft in the late 1980s, and the rocket reached its design speed. According to VPK.name, KTRV has currently mastered flights at speeds of 3.5 - 4 Mach. But when moving to speeds of 6-7-8 Mach, a number of problems arise with the propulsion system.() “We are looking for solutions , and they appear. We have progress in this matter, including at the Rainbow MKB, the Mashinostroenie NPO, at the main site,” said B. Obnosov. It is worth noting that at the International Aerospace Salon MAKS 2015, the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering (CIAM) presented a hypersonic engine capable of accelerating an aircraft to 9,000 kilometers per hour. CIAM has the largest stand in Europe, which allows one to reproduce flight conditions at speeds of 5-7.5 M - 6125-9187 kilometers/hour. Institute employees have manufactured a module of a hypersonic engine running on hydrogen fuel. During its tests, when simulating conditions on the stand corresponding to the flight number M = 7.4, positive thrust was recorded. By the way, according to Western analysts, Russian apparatus The Yu-71 was developed in the late 2000s and has been tested four times. The first test launch took place in December 2011, the second in September 2013, the third in 2014, and the fourth in 2015. Experts name these dates on the basis of a number of documents relating to the construction of new military facilities. It is assumed that the Yu-71 will be used as combat equipment for the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. It is also possible that one of the variants of the hypersonic vehicle could be adapted for the promising strategic bomber PAK DA.() Timur Alimov reports about this in the special RG project “Russian Weapons”.

Russia will be able to limit the effectiveness of the US missile defense system with the help of the Yu-71 hypersonic aircraft, which is currently being tested, writes the American edition of the Washington Times. The new weapon will be able to carry a nuclear charge at 10 times the speed of sound.

Estimated view of Yu-71 / Image: nampuom-pycu.livejournal.com

In the strictest secrecy, Russia is testing a new hypersonic maneuvering aircraft, the Yu-71, which will be capable of carrying nuclear warheads at a speed 10 times the speed of sound, reports the American edition of the Washington Times. The Kremlin is developing similar devices to overcome US missile defenses, InoTV notes, citing the newspaper. (Yu-71) has been in development for several years. The last tests of the aircraft took place in February 2015. The launch took place from the Dombarovsky test site near Orenburg. Previously, it was purely speculatively reported by other Western sources, but now this launch has been confirmed by new analysts. The publication refers to a report released in June by the famous Western military analytical center Jane’s.

Previously in open sources this designation - Yu-71 - did not appear.

According to The WashingtonFree Beacon, the aircraft is part of a secret Russian project to create a certain object 4202. Analysts claim that the February launch was carried out using an UR-100N UTTH rocket, in which object 4202 served as the warhead, and ended unsuccessfully.

Perhaps this index refers to the modifications being developed of hypersonic maneuvering nuclear warheads, which have been equipped with them for several years now Russian ICBMs. These units, after separation from the launch vehicle, are capable of changing the flight trajectory in altitude and heading and, as a result, successfully bypass both existing and future missile defense systems.

This would give Russia the ability to launch precision strikes against selected targets, and when combined with the capabilities of its missile defense system, Moscow would be able to successfully hit a target with just one missile.

24 hypersonic aircraft with nuclear warheads will be deployed at the Dombarovsky training ground from 2020 to 2025, the military analytical center Jane’s Information Group is confident. By that time, Moscow will already have a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying the Yu-71, the publication writes.

The speed of hypersonic aircraft reaches 11,200 km/h, and unpredictable maneuverability makes the task of finding their bearing almost impossible, the Washington Times emphasizes.

MOSCOW, WEAPONS OF RUSSIA, Stanislav Zakaryan www.arms-expo.ru

The Cold War, which took place between the USA and the USSR from 1946 to 1991, is long over. At least that's what many experts think. However, the arms race did not stop for a minute, and even today it is in the stage of active development. Despite the fact that today the main threats to the country are terrorist groups, relations between world powers are also tense. All this creates conditions for the development of military technologies, one of which is a hypersonic aircraft.

Necessity

Relations between the United States and Russia are greatly strained. And although at the official level the United States in Russia is called a partner country, many political and military experts argue that there is an unspoken war between the countries not only on the political front, but also on the military one in the form of an arms race. In addition, the United States is actively using NATO to encircle Russia with its missile defense systems.

This cannot but worry the leadership of Russia, which has long ago begun to develop unmanned aerial vehicles that exceed hypersonic speed. These drones can be equipped with a nuclear warhead, and they can easily deliver a bomb to anywhere in the world, and quite quickly. A similar hypersonic aircraft has already been created - this is the Yu-71 airliner, which is being tested today in strict secrecy.

Development of hypersonic weapons

For the first time, testing aircraft that could fly at the speed of sound began in the 50s of the 20th century. At that time, this was still associated with the so-called Cold War, when two developed powers (the USSR and the USA) sought to overtake each other in the arms race. The first project was the Spiral system, which was a compact orbital aircraft. It was supposed to compete with and even surpass the US hypersonic aircraft X-20 Dyna Soar. Also, the Soviet aircraft had to be able to reach speeds of up to 7000 km/h and not fall apart in the atmosphere under overloads.

And although Soviet scientists and designers tried to bring such an idea to life, they failed to even come close to the cherished characteristics. Prototype didn’t even take off, but the USSR government breathed a sigh of relief when the American plane also failed during testing. The technologies of that time, including in the aviation industry, were infinitely far from the current ones, so the creation of an aircraft that could exceed the speed of sound several times was doomed to failure.

However, in 1991, a test was carried out of an aircraft that could reach speeds exceeding the speed of sound. It was a flying laboratory "Cold", created on the basis of the 5B28 rocket. The test was successful, and then the plane was able to reach a speed of 1900 km/h. Despite progress, development was stopped after 1998 due to the economic crisis.

Technologies of the 21st century

There is no accurate and official information about the development of hypersonic aircraft. However, if we collect materials from open sources, we can conclude that such developments were carried out in several directions at once:

Creation of warheads for intercontinental ballistic missiles. Their mass exceeded the mass of standard missiles, but due to the ability to maneuver in the atmosphere, it is impossible or, at least, extremely difficult to intercept them with missile defense systems.
The development of the Zircon complex is another direction in the development of technology, which is based on the use of the Yakhont supersonic missile defense system.
Creation of a complex whose rockets can exceed the speed of sound 13 times.

If all these projects are united in one holding company, then by joint efforts an air-, ground- or ship-based missile can be created. If the Prompt Global Strike project, created in the United States, is successful, then the Americans will have the opportunity to hit anywhere in the world within one hour. Russia will be able to defend itself only with technologies of its own development.

American and British experts have recorded tests of supersonic missiles that can reach speeds of up to 11,200 km/h. Given such high speed it is almost impossible to shoot them down (not a single missile defense system in the world is capable of this). Moreover, they are even extremely difficult to spy on. There is very little information about the project, which sometimes appears under the name "Yu-71".

What is known about the Russian hypersonic aircraft "Yu-71"?

Considering that the project is classified, there is very little information about it. It is known that this glider is part of a supersonic rocket program, and in theory it is capable of flying to New York in 40 minutes. Of course, this information has no official confirmation and exists at the level of guesswork and rumors. But given that Russian supersonic missiles can reach speeds of 11,200 km/h, such conclusions seem quite logical.

By different sources hypersonic aircraft "Yu-71":

Has high maneuverability.
Can plan.
Capable of reaching speeds of over 11,000 km/h.
Can go into space during a flight.

Statements

On at the moment Tests of the Russian hypersonic aircraft Yu-71 have not yet been completed. However, some experts argue that by 2025 Russia may receive this supersonic glider, and it could be equipped with nuclear weapons. Such an aircraft will be put into service, and in theory it will be capable of delivering a targeted nuclear strike anywhere on the planet within just one hour.

Russia's representative to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said the USSR's once most developed and advanced industry had fallen behind the arms race in recent decades. However, more recently the army has begun to revive. Outdated Soviet equipment is being replaced by new models Russian developments. In addition, fifth-generation weapons, stuck in the 90s in the form of projects on papers, are taking on visible shape. According to the politician, new samples Russian weapons can surprise the world with their unpredictability. It is likely that Rogozin is referring to the new hypersonic aircraft Yu-71, which can carry a nuclear warhead.

It is believed that the development of this aircraft began in 2010, but in the United States they learned about it only in 2015. If information about it technical characteristics is true, then the Pentagon will have to solve a difficult problem, since the missile defense systems used in Europe and on their territory will not be able to counter such an aircraft. In addition, the United States and many other countries will simply be defenseless against such weapons.

Other functions

In addition to the possibility of hitting the enemy nuclear strikes, the glider, thanks to powerful modern electronic warfare equipment, will be able to conduct reconnaissance and also disable devices equipped with electronic equipment.

If you believe NATO reports, then from approximately 2020 to 2025, up to 24 such aircraft may appear in the Russian army, which will be able to cross the border unnoticed and destroy an entire city with just a few shots.

Development plans

Of course, there is no data regarding adoption promising aircraft"Yu-71", however, it is known that it has been in development since 2009. In this case, the device will be able not only to fly in a straight path, but also to maneuver.

It is maneuverability at hypersonic speeds that will become a feature of the aircraft. Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov claims that intercontinental missiles can reach supersonic speeds, but they act like conventional ballistic warheads. Consequently, their flight path is easily calculated, which makes it possible for the missile defense system to shoot them down. But controlled aircraft pose a serious threat to the enemy, since their trajectory is unpredictable. Consequently, it is impossible to determine at what point the bomb will be released, and since the release point cannot be determined, the trajectory of the warhead’s fall is not calculated.

In Tula on September 19, 2012, at a meeting of the military-industrial commission, Dmitry Rogozin said that a new holding should soon be created, the task of which would be to develop hypersonic technologies. The enterprises that will be part of the holding were immediately named:

"Tactical missile weapons."
"NPO Mashinostroyenia" At the moment, the company is developing supersonic technologies, but at the moment the company is part of the Roscosmos structure.
The next member of the holding should be the Almaz-Antey concern, which is currently developing technologies for the aerospace and missile defense industries.

Rogozin believes that such a merger is necessary, but legal aspects do not allow it to take place. It is also noted that the creation of a holding does not imply the absorption of one company by another. This is precisely the merger and collaboration all enterprises, which will accelerate the development of hypersonic technologies.

Chairman of the Council under the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Korotchenko also supports the idea of creating a holding company that would develop hypersonic technologies. According to him, the new holding is really necessary, because it will allow all efforts to be directed towards creating a promising type of weapon. Both companies have great potential, but individually they will not be able to achieve the results that are possible by combining their efforts. It is together that they will be able to contribute to the development of the Russian defense complex and create the fastest aircraft in the world, the speed of which will exceed expectations.

Weapons as a tool of political struggle

If by 2025 they will be in service not only hypersonic missiles with nuclear warheads, but also Yu-71 gliders, this will seriously strengthen Russia’s political positions during negotiations with the United States. And this is completely logical, because all countries during negotiations act from a position of strength, dictating favorable conditions to the opposite side. Equal negotiations between the two countries are possible only if both sides have powerful weapons.

Vladimir Putin, during a speech at the Army 2015 conference, said that nuclear forces are receiving 40 new intercontinental missiles. These turned out to be hypersonic missiles, and they can currently overcome existing systems PRO. Member expert council Military-Industrial Commission Viktor Murakhovsky confirms that ICBMs are being improved every year.

Russia is also testing and developing new cruise missiles, which are capable of flying at hypersonic speeds. They can approach targets at ultra-low altitudes, making them virtually invisible to radar. Moreover, modern complexes The missile defense systems used by NATO cannot hit such missiles due to their low flight altitude. In addition, in theory, they are capable of intercepting targets moving at speeds of up to 800 meters per second, and the speed of the Yu-71 aircraft and cruise missiles is much higher. This makes NATO missile defense systems almost useless.

Projects from other countries

It is known that China and the United States are also developing an analogue of the Russian hypersonic aircraft. The characteristics of the enemy models are still unclear, but we can already assume that the Chinese development is capable of competing with the Russian aircraft.

Known as the Wu-14, the Chinese aircraft was tested in 2012, and even then it was able to reach speeds of over 11,000 km/h. However, there is no mention anywhere about the weapons that this device is capable of carrying.

As for the American Falcon HTV-2 drone, it was tested several years ago, but 10 minutes into the flight it crashed. However, before it, the X-43A hypersonic aircraft was tested, which was carried out by NASA engineers. During tests, it showed a fantastic speed of 11,200 km/h, which is 9.6 times the speed of sound. The prototype was tested in 2001, but then during the tests it was destroyed due to the fact that it got out of control. But in 2004 the device was successfully tested.

Similar tests by Russia, China and the United States cast doubt on the effectiveness modern systems PRO. The introduction of hypersonic technologies in the military-industrial sector is already producing a real revolution in the military world.

Conclusion

Of course, the military-technical development of Russia cannot but rejoice, and the presence of such an aircraft in service with the army is big step while improving the country's defense capabilities, however, it is foolish to believe that other world powers are not making attempts to develop similar technologies.

Even today, with free access to information via the Internet, we know very little about promising developments domestic weapons, and the description of "Yu-71" is known only by rumors. Consequently, we have no way of knowing what technologies are being developed right now in other countries, including China and the United States. Active development Technologies in the 21st century make it possible to quickly invent new types of fuel and apply previously unfamiliar technical and technological techniques, so the development of aircraft, including military ones, is proceeding very quickly.

It is worth noting that the development of technologies that make it possible to achieve aircraft speeds exceeding 10 times the speed of sound will be reflected not only in the military, but also in the civilian sphere. In particular, such well-known aircraft manufacturers as Airbus or Boeing have already announced the possibility of creating hypersonic aircraft for passenger air transportation. Of course, such projects are still only in plans, but the likelihood of developing such aircraft today is quite high.

Moscow is developing a hypersonic strategic strike aircraft similar to a similar Chinese one, Western media report, citing military analysts.

Yu-71 (Yu-71) has been in development for several years. The last tests of the aircraft took place in February 2015. The launch took place from the Dombarovsky test site near Orenburg. Previously, it was purely speculatively reported by other Western sources, but now this launch has been confirmed by new analysts. The publication refers to a report released in June by the famous Western military analytical center Jane's Information Group.

“The aircraft is part of a secret Russian project to create a certain object 4202”

As the document notes, this will give Russia the ability to carry out precision strikes on selected targets, and in combination with the capabilities of its missile defense system, Moscow will be able to successfully hit a target with only one missile.

The report suggests that up to 24 of these hypersonic aircraft (combat units) could be deployed in the Dombarovsky regiment of the Strategic Missile Forces in the period from 2020 to 2025. It also follows from the document that by this time Russia will have created a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) capable of carrying the Yu-71.

Previously, this designation - Yu-71 - did not appear in open sources.

I don’t even know how to evaluate this news. Either it's fiction, or it's really true. However, in essence:

In response to the toughening of American rhetoric towards Russia and the threat that the United States, according to the head of the Pentagon, has some hitherto unknown weapon capable of crushing all enemies of Washington ( we're talking about about the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China), at least one at a time, at least all at once, I would like to remind you of our promising developments, which are already capable of making potential opponents break out in cold sweat.

There is no defense against this Russian prodigy. Neither existing nor promising missile defense and air defense are capable of not only destroying this miracle of domestic engineering, but even detecting it.

We are talking about a top-secret glider, called “Yu-71” in the press. Little is known about it, but what is available is quite enough to draw conclusions about the prospects for its use. Thus, the Yu-71, using a gliding type of flight and having super-maneuverability, has the ability to fly at speeds of over 11,000 km/h, in addition, when maneuvering, it is capable of going into near space.

At such speeds, the entire American missile defense system becomes just a pile of scrap metal. They won’t be able to detect it, and even if they could, the anti-missile missile would still not catch up with or intercept such an aerodynamic object.

In addition, the Yu-71 may not carry death on its wings. You can install an electronic warfare system on a Russian glider, for which our military-industrial complex is famous, and then, having flown over the territory of the United States in a few minutes and disabling all electronic detection stations, it will be possible to safely send larger “birds” after, for example, a “white swan”.

Experts say that, for example, from the Orenburg region (where the Yu-71 will presumably be based) such a glider will fly to Washington in 45–50 minutes, to New York in 40, and to London in 20. Yes, something to think about for those who hastened to call Russia their main threat...(http://cont.ws/post/145284)

PS. After reading this news, I’ll immediately say that I didn’t believe it. So I tried to find something about this car. And I found something, but it didn’t add clarity.

The first publications on this topic appeared in the spring of this year. They reported that the Yu-71 (Yu-71) had been in development for several years. The last tests of the aircraft took place in February 2015. The launch took place from the Dombarovsky test site near Orenburg. Previously, it was purely speculatively reported by other Western sources, but now this launch has been confirmed by new analysts. The publication refers to a report released in June by the famous Western military analytical center Jane's Information Group.

I’ll say right away that I personally couldn’t find anything on Janes for this device. But I found more articles in Western press, but they just refer to Janes. Can they be trusted? Don't know. Time will show.

By the way, in this car has the name Project 4202. And it is claimed that it has a nuclear power plant.Work in this area was carried out back in the USSR, from the 60s (you can find out more about them at this link ), so there’s nothing fantastic about it.

The only thing that can be said for sure is that conversations about hypersonic passenger and military aircraft have been going on since the mid-80s. Therefore, sooner or later such a device must appear.

What confuses me, and what confuses me, is that if the Yu-71 is a real machine, then it appeared somehow without intermediate models of equipment.

In my opinion, progress in this area should have gone something like this: First, vehicles with a cruising speed of 5-7,000 km/h should have appeared. They should have gone into series. They would use them to develop technologies and the like and gradually approach speeds of about 11,000 km/h. And then immediately, bang-bang and 11,000.

However, I would not immediately dismiss this project as science fiction. It is clear that work in this area should be kept as secret as possible. And all our discussions about speeds and other performance characteristics are clean water speculation. It is quite possible that the real Yu-71 develops somewhere around 5,000 km/h.

Well appearance Such devices can also be anything. Naturally, there are no photos on the Internet, but the drawings presented in this article are what they call fantasies on the topic...