It's long over now, the world hasn't become any safer. The dangers of this century come not only from terrorist groups, relations between the world's leading powers also leave much to be desired. Russia is blackmailing the United States with "radioactive ash", while the Americans are surrounding Russia with a missile defense system, laying down new strategic submarines and testing antimissiles. Increasingly, high-ranking officials and multi-star generals of both countries declare the creation of new types of strategic weapons and the modernization of old ones. One of the directions of the new arms race was the development of hypersonic aircraft that can be used as effective remedy delivery of nuclear charges.
Recently, information appeared about the tests in Russia of a new hypersonic unmanned aerial vehicle U-71 with unique characteristics. The news was noticed in the foreign press, it is extremely scarce, and we learned practically nothing about the promising complex. In Russian sources, information is even more stingy and contradictory, and that in general outline to understand what the new weapon Yu-71 can represent, you need to remember why the military used hypersound in general.
History of hypersonic vehicles
Hypersound is far from a new direction in the development of means of attack. The creation of aircraft with a speed several times higher than the speed of sound (more than Mach 5) began in Nazi Germany, at the very beginning of the rocket era. This work received a powerful impetus after the start of the nuclear era and went in several directions.
V different countries sought to create devices capable of developing hypersonic speed, there were attempts to create hypersonic cruise missiles, as well as suborbital aircraft. Most of similar projects ended in vain.
In the 60s of the last century, the development of the project began in the USA hypersonic aircraft North American X-15, which could perform suborbital flights. Thirteen of his flights were considered suborbital, their altitude exceeded 80 kilometers.
In the Soviet Union, there was a similar project called "Spiral", which, however, was never implemented. According to the plan of the Soviet designers, the jet booster plane was supposed to reach hypersonic speed (6 M), and then a suborbital vehicle equipped with rocket engines took off from its back. This device was planned to be used mainly for military purposes.
Work in this direction is being carried out today by private companies that plan to use such devices for suborbital tourism. However, these developments are already proceeding at the current level of technology development and, most likely, will end successfully. Today, to ensure high speed of such devices, ramjet engines are often used, which will make the use of such aircraft or drones relatively cheap.
The creation of cruise missiles with hypersonic speed is also moving in the same direction. In the United States, the government program Global Prompt Strike (fast or lightning-fast global strike) is developing, which is aimed at gaining the ability to deliver a powerful non-nuclear strike anywhere in the world within one hour. As part of this program, new hypersonic vehicles are being developed that can both carry a nuclear charge and do without it. Within the framework of Global Prompt Strike, several projects of cruise missiles with hypersonic speed are being promoted, but the Americans cannot yet boast of serious achievements in this direction.
Similar projects are being developed in Russia. The fastest cruise missile put into service is the Brahmos anti-ship missile, jointly developed with India.
If we talk about spacecraft developing hypersonic speed, then we should remember the spacecraft reusable, which develop during descent a speed many times greater than the speed of sound. Such ships include the American shuttles and the Soviet "Buran", but their time, most likely, has already passed.
If we are talking about unmanned hypersonic aerial vehicles, then it should be noted hypersonic warheads, which are the warhead of ballistic missile systems... In fact, these are warheads capable of maneuvering at hypersonic speeds. They are also often called gliders for their ability to plan. Today it is known about three countries in which work on such projects is being carried out - these are Russia, the United States and China. It is believed that it is the PRC that is the leader in this direction.
The American hypersonic warhead AHW (Advanced Hypersonic Weapon) passed two tests: the first was successful (2011), and during the second the rocket exploded. According to some sources, the AHW glider can reach speeds of up to Mach 8. The development of this device is carried out within the framework of the Global Prompt Strike program.
In 2014, China conducted the first successful tests of the new WU-14 hypersonic glider. There is evidence that this warhead can reach speeds of about Mach 10. It can be installed on various types of Chinese ballistic missiles, in addition, there is information that Beijing is actively working on creating its own hypersonic ramjet engine, which can be used to create vehicles launched from aircraft.
The Russian response to the development of strategic competitors should be the Yu-71 (project 4202), which was tested at the beginning of this year.
U-71: what is known today
In mid-2019, an article in the American edition of The Washington Free Beacon caused a great response. According to journalists, in February 2019, a new hypersonic test was carried out in Russia. aircraft Ju-71 for military use. The material reported that Russian apparatus can reach speeds of up to 11 thousand km / h, as well as maneuver on the descent trajectory. Such characteristics make it practically invulnerable to any modern missile defense systems.
The U-71 is also called a glider. It was launched in near-earth orbit, and was delivered there by an intercontinental ballistic missile SS-19 "Stiletto" (UR-100 N). It was launched from the area of deployment of the Dombarovsky Strategic Missile Forces compound. According to the same publication, it is this military unit will be armed with similar glider warheads until 2025.
Experts believe that the U-71 is part of a top-secret Russian project 4202, associated with the development of a new strategic weapon, which started in 2009. There is very little information about the new warhead (which is quite understandable), only the speed and the ability to maneuver at the final stage of the trajectory are called. However, even with such characteristics, the Yu-71 is no longer afraid of any means. missile defense our days.
Back in 2004, the Russian General Staff announced that they had tested an aircraft capable of developing hypersonic speed, while making maneuvers both in height and in course. This time coincides with the launch from the Baikonur test site of the UR-100N UTTH ICBM at the target at the Kura test site.
In 2011, information appeared about a test launch of a ballistic missile with special equipment capable of overcoming modern and promising missile defense systems. Probably, the new warhead will be equipped with one of the promising Russian ballistic missiles, most often called new rocket"Sarmat" (ICBM RS-28).
The fact is that such warheads have a relatively large mass, so it is better to install them on powerful carriers capable of carrying several Yu-71s at once.
According to scant information from Russian sources, the development of project 4202 is being carried out by NPO Mashinostroyenia in the town of Reutov near Moscow. In addition, the press reported on the technical re-equipment of the Strela Production Association (Orenburg), undertaken to participate in the 4202 project.
The warheads of modern ballistic missiles on the descent trajectory develop hypersonic speed and are capable of performing rather complex maneuvers. Experts believe that the main difference between the Ju-71 is an even more difficult flight, comparable to the flight of an aircraft.
In any case, the adoption of such units into service will significantly increase the effectiveness of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces.
There is information about the active development of hypersonic cruise missiles, which can become a new weapon of Russian combat aircraft, in particular the promising strategic bomber PAK DA. Such missiles represent a very difficult target for interceptor missile systems of missile defense systems.
Projects like these could render the missile defense system generally useless. The fact is that objects flying at high speed are extremely difficult to intercept. To do this, interceptor missiles must have high speed and the ability to maneuver with huge overloads, and such missiles do not yet exist. It is very difficult to calculate the trajectories of maneuvering warheads.
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The new top-secret U-71 glider is capable of reaching New York in 40 minutes. The super-secret Yu-71 glider, from project 4202, is capable of maneuvering into near space and delivering a nuclear strike anywhere on the planet.
This top-secret aircraft, limited information about which began to appear in the press under the name Yu-71, is part of the 4202 project, associated with the domestic missile program... From more or less reliable information about him: he is able to reach speeds of over 11 thousand kilometers per hour, has super-maneuverability, uses a gliding type of flight (hence the name glider) and is capable of maneuvering into near space.
The tests are still ongoing, but their results allow us to speak of the undoubted success of Russian technical thought. It is assumed that by 2025 Russia will receive a powerful nuclear trump card in negotiations with the United States through this new type of weapons.
“The arms race at the end of the last century allowed our country to significantly outstrip the NATO countries in military-technical terms and create weapons of the fourth generation,” says Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. - Fifth generation, we will be objective, for a number of understandable reasons associated with the collapse Soviet Union, stuck still at the level design offices... The current task of the military-industrial complex is not only to make up for lost time and bring to mind the weapons of the fifth generation, but also to take a step into the future - to work already now on the sixth and seventh generations of weapons. And such developments, I note, are very successful, already exist. This is a completely new, sometimes unpredictable weapon. "
Dmitry Olegovich did not name specific developments, he limited himself only to areas of technical development, but he, of course, meant a hypersonic aircraft capable of carrying a nuclear warhead- U-71.
Russia has been developing this device, capable of guaranteed hitting a target with one missile, for several years, while conducting several successful tests. But the information leaked only in February 2015. The generals in the Pentagon were not only upset, but also completely disheartened: this Russian "argument" not only negates all plans to create a missile defense system along the perimeter of Russia, but also makes the United States absolutely defenseless.
Among technical capabilities The Ju-71 is not only about delivering instant and deadly strikes. A hypersonic device equipped with an electronic warfare (electronic warfare) system is capable of crossing the United States in a matter of minutes and disabling all electronic detection stations on its way.
According to NATO, up to 24 hypersonic aircraft can be deployed from 2020 to 2025 in one of the regiments of the 13th missile division of the Strategic Missile Forces (Orenburg region), presumably in the village of Dombarovsky. And let's say that U-71 can fly to Washington in 45-50 minutes, to New York - in 40, to London - in 20. It is impossible to detect, let alone shoot down these devices. There is a serious reason for frustration here!
In Russia itself, plans for the adoption of objects 4202 were not announced. However, it is known from open sources that the development of devices is carried out by NPO Mashinostroyenia (the city of Reutov near Moscow) and it was started before 2009. The formal customer of ROC 4202 is the Federal Space Agency of Russia, but the Ministry of Defense is also showing increased interest in it. At least in the General Staff, back in 2004, it was stated that a spacecraft was tested that was capable of flying at hypersonic speed, while making maneuvers both in course and in altitude.
“Even the current warheads of domestic intercontinental ballistic missiles develop hypersound in the passive sector,” says a corresponding member. Russian Academy Rocket and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov. "However, the difference between a promising hypersonic warhead, most likely, lies in the fact that it acts not just like a ballistic warhead, but follows a rather complex trajectory, that is, maneuvers like an aircraft with a tremendous flight speed."
And if the Russian Strategic Missile Forces really adopt missiles with hypersonic warheads by 2025, this will be a serious application. Already in America and Europe, Russian hypersonic vehicles are called Moscow's new trump card in negotiations with Washington. They are not worried in vain: as practice shows, the United States can be seated at the negotiating table in only one way - to put into service systems that will make the Pentagon seriously afraid.
“It's no secret that the combat equipment and payload of our ICBMs are constantly being improved,” says Viktor Murakhovsky, a member of the expert council under the chairman of the military-industrial commission under the government of the Russian Federation. - And when President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Army-2015 forum, said that more than 40 new intercontinental missiles, then everyone paid attention to this figure, but somehow missed the continuation of the phrase: "which will be able to overcome any, even the most technically advanced missile defense systems."
It is no secret that Russia is also developing hypersonic cruise missiles that reach their targets at low altitudes. It is almost impossible to hit them with even promising missile defense systems, because these are, in fact, aerodynamic targets. In addition, modern missile defense systems have limits on the rate of destruction of targets: interception is possible only within the range of 700-800 meters per second. Plus, the anti-missile should have the ability to maneuver with overloads. And there are no such people in NATO yet.
Developments similar to our Yu-71 hypersonic apparatus are underway in China and the United States. At the same time, experts believe that only a Chinese development called Wu-14 can become a serious rival to the Russian hypersonic glider. This is also a planning apparatus, although it was tested only once - in 2012.
It turned out that, like the Russian glider, the Chinese was able to maneuver at a supersonic speed of 11 thousand kilometers per hour. It is not known, however, what kind of weapon the Chinese apparatus is capable of carrying.
And here are the results American designers much more modest than Russian and Chinese. Several years ago, the Falcon HTV-2 hypersonic drone during tests simply lost control in the 10th minute of the flight and crashed.
Moscow is developing a hypersonic strategic strike aircraft similar to its Chinese counterpart, Western media reported, 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 presumably reported on other Western sources, but now this launch has been confirmed by new analysts. The publication refers to the report released in June by the well-known Western military-analytical center Jane's Information Group.
"The aircraft is part of a secret Russian project with the creation of a certain object 4202"
As noted in the document, this will give Russia the opportunity to deliver high-precision strikes against selected targets, and in combination with the capabilities of its anti-missile defense system, Moscow will be able to successfully hit the target with only one missile.The report suggests that up to 24 of these hypersonic aircraft (warheads) can be deployed in the Strategic Missile Forces regiment located in Dombarovskiy in the period from 2020 to 2025. It also follows from the document that by this time Russia will create a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of carrying the Ju-71.
Previously, this designation - Yu-71 - did not appear in open sources.
Yu-71 - hypersonic aircraft / Photo: azfilm.ru
In the ongoing discussions about the creation of a hypersonic aircraft (GZLA) in Russia, new data have emerged.
"It is assumed that the Ju-71 will be used as combat equipment for the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, and it is not ruled out that one of the variants of the hypersonic apparatus can be adapted for the promising strategic bomber PAK DA"
The General Director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) Boris Obnosov, albeit indirectly, confirmed to the VPK.name publication that the development was being carried out on the project known as the "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 engaged in this, - B. Obnosov explained. "We have a lot of historical experience in this regard." 
Boris Obnosov / Photo: aprpress.com The author of the publication noted that a short comment was received during the work of the MAKS-2015 salon, but the reason for its publication appeared only after recent reports of another successful test of a hypersonic apparatus by the Chinese military.
Running secret weapon The PRC was tracked 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 the carrier at the edge of the atmosphere, and then glided to a target located several thousand kilometers from the launch site. This test was the sixth in a row in the PRC.
Information about the testing of GZLA in Russia is also periodically "leaked". So, in July last year, the American edition of The Washington Free Beacon (WFB), citing a report by analysts from the British edition of Jane's Intelligence Review, reported that the Russian Federation launched the Ju-71 spacecraft in near-earth orbit, where it was delivered by an UR intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) -100 N (according to NATO classification SS-19 "Stiletto"). Its launch was made from the positional area of the Dombarovsky Strategic Missile Forces compound in the Orenburg region. Experts say that Russia has been creating an experimental apparatus since 2009. The purpose of the top-secret program "4202" is to obtain a supernova strategic strike weapons, which will significantly increase the capabilities of the Strategic Missile Forces. The Ju-71 can be equipped with both conventional and nuclear warheads. 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 the GZLA by elements of anti-aircraft or anti-missile defense. Talking 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 X-90 index. By design, it was cruise missile with a folding delta wing and fuselage, where the ramjet engine was located. With a launch weight of 15 tons, the X-90 rocket could accelerate to a speed of at least 4.5 M (1 Max = 1225 kilometers / hour). According to reliable, but not officially confirmed data, the X-90 was launched in the late 1980s from a carrier aircraft, and the rocket reached its design speed. According to "VPK.name", "KTRV" has mastered flights at a speed of 3.5-4 M. But when switching to a speed of 6-7-8 M, 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 Raduga Design Bureau, Mashinostroenie NPO, at the head site, ”B. Obnosov said. It is worth noting that at the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS 2015, the Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) presented a hypersonic engine capable of accelerating an aircraft up to 9000 kilometers per hour. CIAM possesses the largest stand in Europe, which makes it possible to reproduce flight conditions at speeds of 5-7.5 M - 6125-9187 kilometers / hour. The institute employees have manufactured a module of a hypersonic engine running on hydrogen fuel. During its tests, when simulating conditions at the stand corresponding to the flight number M = 7.4, positive thrust was recorded. By the way, according to Western analysts, the Russian U-71 apparatus was developed in the late 2000s and was 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 related to the construction of new military facilities. It is assumed that the Ju-71 will be used as combat equipment for the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. It is also possible that one of the versions of the hypersonic apparatus can be adapted for the promising strategic bomber PAK DA. () Timur Alimov reports this in a special project of "RG" "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 a speed of 10 times the speed of sound.
Estimated view of U-71 / Image: nampuom-pycu.livejournal.com
Under the strictest secrecy, Russia is testing a new Yu-71 hypersonic maneuvering aircraft capable of carrying nuclear warheads at 10 times the speed of sound, according to the Washington Times. The Kremlin is developing similar devices to overcome US missile defenses, InoTV notes, citing the newspaper. () The 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 presumably reported on other Western sources, but now this launch has been confirmed by new analysts. The publication refers to the report released in June by the well-known Western military-analytical center Jane's.
Previously, this designation - Yu-71 - did not appear in open sources.
According to The WashingtonFree Beacon, the aircraft is part of a secret Russian project with the creation of a certain object 4202. Analysts say that the February launch was carried out using the UR-100N UTTKh rocket, in which the object 4202 served as a warhead, and ended unsuccessfully.
Perhaps, under such an index are the developed modifications of hypersonic maneuvering nuclear warheads, which have been equipped with Russian ICBMs for several years now. After separation from the carrier rocket, these units are capable of changing the flight trajectory in altitude and heading and, as a result, successfully bypass both existing and promising missile defense systems.
This will give Russia the ability to deliver high-precision strikes against selected targets, and in combination with the capabilities of its anti-missile defense system, Moscow will be able to successfully hit a target with only one missile.
24 hypersonic aircraft with nuclear warheads will be deployed at the Dombarovsky test site from 2020 to 2025, according to the military analytical center Jane's Information Group. By that time, Moscow will have a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying the Ju-71, the newspaper writes.
The speed of hypersonic aircraft reaches 11,200 km / h, and the unpredictable maneuverability makes the task of their bearing almost impossible, emphasizes the Washington Times.
MOSCOW, WEAPONS OF RUSSIA, Stanislav Zakaryan www.arms-expo.ru
In response to the tightening of American rhetoric against Russia and the threat that the United States, according to the head of the Pentagon, has some, hitherto unknown, weapon capable of crushing all Washington's enemies (we are talking about the Russian Federation and China), at least one at a time, at least all at once, I want remind about our promising developments, who are already able to make potential opponents pour out cold sweat. There is no protection from this Russian wunderwafele. Neither existing nor promising missile defense and air defense systems are capable of not only destroying this miracle of domestic engineering thought, but even detecting it. We are talking about a top-secret glider, referred to in the press as "U-71". Little is known about it, but what is available is quite enough to draw conclusions about the prospects for its use. So, "Yu-71", using a gliding type of flight and possessing super-maneuverability, has the ability to fly at a speed of over 11,000 km / h, in addition, when maneuvering, it is capable of going into near space. At these speeds, the entire American missile defense system becomes just a heap of scrap metal. They will not be able to spot, and even if they could, the anti-missile still would not catch up and would not intercept such an aerodynamic object. In addition, the U-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 a trail of larger "birds", for example, a "white swan". Experts say that, for example, from the Orenburg region (where the U-71 is supposed to be based) such a glider will fly to Washington in 45-50 minutes, to New York in 40, to London in 20. Yes, what 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 say right away - I didn’t believe it. So I tried to find something on this car. And I found something, but it did not 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 presumably reported on other Western sources, but now this launch has been confirmed by new analysts. The publication refers to the report released in June by the well-known Western military-analytical center Jane's Information Group. I must say right away, on Janes, personally, I could not find anything on this device. But I found more articles in the Western press, but there they just refer to Janes. Can you trust them? Do not know. Time will tell. By the way, in This vehicle is called Project 4202 and it is claimed to have a nuclear power plant.Work in this area was carried out by the USSR, since the 60s (you can learn more about them at this link ), so there is nothing fantastic in this. The only thing that can be said for sure is that talk of hypersonic passenger and military aircraft has been going on since the mid-80s. Therefore, sooner or later, such an apparatus should appear. What confuses, but confuses me is that if the U-71 is a real machine, then it appeared somehow without intermediate samples of technology. 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 had to go into series. They would work out technologies and the like and gradually approach speeds of the order of 11,000 km / h. And then immediately, bang-bang and 11,000. However, I would not immediately dismiss this project as a fantasy. It is clear that work in this area should be as classified as possible. And all our reasoning about speeds and other performance characteristics is pure speculation. It is quite possible that the real Ju-71 develops somewhere around 5,000 km / h. Well appearance such devices can also be anything. Naturally, there are no photos on the network, but the pictures presented in this article are what they call - fantasies on the topic ...
I don't even know how to interpret this news. Either fiction, or really true. However, in essence:
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