Russia's Next-Gen Stealth Bomber to Replace Tu-22, Tu-95 and Tu-160 Planes

[The Eagle]

Russia's Next-Gen Stealth Bomber to Replace Tu-22, Tu-95 and Tu-160 Planes
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MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE
18:27 24.02.2017
Developers of the Russian new-generation strategic bomber, known as the Advanced Long-Range Aviation Complex (PAK DA), have defended the preliminary design of the project, according to Evgeniy Fedorov, scientific director of the Russian State Research Institute of Aviation Systems.

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According to him, the Defense Ministry submitted very strict requirements for the new aircraft.


"The military mentioned everything they could, including a strategic bomber, an operative and tactic missile-carrying bomber and even a long-range interceptor capable of launching space vehicles," Fedorov told the Russian news agency RNS.

The PAK DA project was launched in 2009. The new aircraft is being designed to replace all three bombers currently in service with the Russian long-range aviation, including the Tu-22M3 long-range bomber and the Tu-95 and Tu-160 (aka the White Swan) strategic bombers.

"Money is also taken into consideration in the development of the PAK DA. The Tu-160 is a masterpiece but it is extremely expensive. The new plane is expected to be cheaper but much easier in production. The preliminary design was approved and the decision was made to start building the aircraft," he pointed out.

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The PAK DA is being developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau. The new bomber will be significantly different from the Tu-160. It will have a flying wing design. The new bomber will be subsonic. The loss in speed will be compensated with advanced stealth and electronic capabilities.


The new bomber is expected to make its first flight sometime before 2021, with the first deliveries starting in 2023.

The aircraft will be capable of carrying air-to-surface and air-to-air missiles as well as conventional and smart-guided bombs. A 2016 report mentioned that the PAK DA was expected to have a range of 6,740 nautical miles. It will also be able to carry 30 tons of weapons.

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According to Russian Aerospace Forces Commander Viktor Bondarev, the new bomber will feature an outstanding stealth capability and an artificial intelligence-guided missile.


"It is impossible to build a missile-carrying bomber invisible to radars and supersonic at the same time. This is why focus is placed on stealth capabilities. The PAK DA will carry AI-guided missiles with a range of up to 7,000 km. Such a missile can analyze the aerial and radio-radar situation and determine its direction, altitude and speed. We’re already working on such missiles," Bondarev was quoted as saying by the Russian newspaper Rossiskaya Gazeta.

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[Super Falcon]

Awsome technology from russia

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

"It is impossible to build a missile-carrying bomber invisible to radars and supersonic at the same time. This is why focus is placed on stealth capabilities.

Well..well...well.. looky here.
So much for the decades of saying stealth is useless and a complete waste of money. Somebody is suddenly choosing stealth over speed.

 

[razgriz19]

whoever made the concept was being too sincere by showing plume of smoke from those engines

 

[Pertama]

The new bomber is expected to make its first flight sometime before 2021, with the first deliveries starting in 2023.

It is impossible, impossible, impossible.

 

[BHarwana]

It is impossible, impossible, impossible.

No not at all. It is possible the plasma state which usually is developed on the skin of space aircraft while re-entering the atmosphere is also stealth to RADAR and Russians were the first to discover that. Which means that hyper sonic or super sonic state can achieve stealth to Radar. But Super sonic speed will generate a IR signature as skin friction will produce heat and will make the aircraft detectable.

 

[IblinI]

Let the race start, Russia or China, who is going to induct its new generation bomber first.

 

[BHarwana]

 

[Pertama]

No not at all. It is possible the plasma state which usually is developed on the skin of space aircraft while re-entering the atmosphere is also stealth to RADAR and Russians were the first to discover that. Which means that hyper sonic or super sonic state can achieve stealth to Radar. But Super sonic speed will generate a IR signature as skin friction will produce heat and will make the aircraft detectable.

Plasma state is difficult to setup and keep for a long time, I heared this tech decades ago when I was a student, and till now I do not think it is ready to come into use.

 

[BHarwana]

Plasma state is difficult to setup and keep for a long time, I heared this tech decades ago when I was a student, and till now I do not think it is ready to come into use.

I know that but it is enough to prove that super sonic speed can be stealthy.

 

[Deino]

No not at all. It is possible the plasma state which usually is developed on the skin of space aircraft while re-entering the atmosphere is also stealth to RADAR and Russians were the first to discover that. Which means that hyper sonic or super sonic state can achieve stealth to Radar. But Super sonic speed will generate a IR signature as skin friction will produce heat and will make the aircraft detectable.

The note "IMPOSSIBLE" - and I would even add 4 more IMPOSSIBLE to that - are related to this post:

...The new bomber is expected to make its first flight sometime before 2021, with the first deliveries starting in 2023.

And if You use at least a slightest bit of logic; You simply accept it is IMPOSSIBLE to achieve a maiden flight before 2021 and start delivery only two years later.

 

[BHarwana]

The note "IMPOSSIBLE" - and I would even add 4 more IMPOSSIBLE to that - are related to this post:

Would love to see your four more impossibles as well.

 

[Deino]

Would love to see your four more impossibles as well.

Those who ask will be given ...

It is impossible, impossible, impossible.

& IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE !

O.k. like that ?

Anyway, following the latest reports - even if a bit mistranslated there is indeed a small update for the PAK-DA:

Russian manufacturer creates first full-size model of future strategic bomber — source

More:
http://tass.com/defense/933391

This however is wrong:

There is misunderstanding here.

Full scale cockpit wood mock up has been made, not the whole thing. 1:10 scale models made of composites of the real thing.

 

[The Eagle]

And if You use at least a slightest bit of logic; You simply accept it is IMPOSSIBLE to achieve a maiden flight before 2021 and start delivery only two years later.

Seems like something missed in translation or quoting. The logic doesn't accept it, I agree.

 

[Sage]

Speed is the real stealth ...Radars are evolving too ...We would know about the effectiveness of the composite stealth material only when these 'transformer types' jets would fly over a real hostile area ...F-117 was a marvel plane too, but was shot in the *** by serbs...F-16 and F-18 were super maneuverable and bla bla ...but they were shot too with obsolete Soviet era radars....