Russia – Russia, China, and the United States seek to provide their armies in the future with the latest sixth-generation warplanes.
The first team, Russian pilot Viktor Bondarev, recently brought to mind the latest unique Russian aerospace fighter called “Mig-41”.
The Russian pilot and Deputy Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Federation Council (the Supreme Council of the Russian Parliament) said that this sixth-generation long-range interceptor fighter has drawn the attention of experts in many countries of the world for years.
Meanwhile, Director General of the Air Systems Institute for Scientific Studies, Sergei Khokhlov, said that the main difference between the sixth generation fighters and the fifth generation is that they will be drones while retaining the function of being piloted by the pilot. As for the rest of the specifications, they are a development of what is in the fifth generation, but it is faster, more maneuverable, and hidden from radars compared to the “MiG-31” interceptor fighter.
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He went on to say: “So, following combining all the information received from various sources, we can say that the specifications of the MiG-41 stealth hypersonic interceptor fighter of the sixth generation will be as follows: its speed reaches 6,000 km/hour, its operating range is 1,500 km, and its practical flight altitude is 100 to talk. Its weapons will include R-75M hypersonic missiles that can be fired up to 400 km in the air, and an electromagnetic cannon. It is equipped with a motor that passes a stream of air directly.”
Ilya Tarasenko, head of the Russian “Mikoyan” company, which manufactured the sixth generation interceptor fighter, had announced more than once the ability of the “MiG-41” to carry out missions in near space at a speed of up to Mach 5 (“regarding 6,500 km/hour), where it can confront… For targets flying in near space that threaten Russia from Earth orbit, including the Pentagon’s SpaceX satellites.
It is known that the Russian Aerospace Forces might receive the MiG-41 space interceptor fighter before the end of the service life of the MiG-31 interceptor fighter, that is, by 2028.
As for Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev and some Chinese experts, they had previously reported that the first test aircraft of the MiG-41 would be delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces by 2025.
According to Russian media, “the MiG-41 will also receive a long-range interceptor missile system that can destroy hypersonic missiles.”
While most of the MiG-41 specifications remain secret. Based on published photographs, the sixth generation fighter is being designed based on the flying wing plan, which will ensure its tremendous speed, high ability to beacon, and concealment from enemy radars. It is likely that the “MiG-41” will combine space technologies, composite materials, artificial intelligence, and designs that are characterized by concealment from radars and withstanding high and very low temperatures.
Source: Sputnik
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2024-03-27 21:05:52
