the Russian defense Ministry told as leads to the goal of the Russian super-weapon – aircraft missile complex “Dagger”. Its hypersonic missile flies to the target at a speed which is 10 times greater than the speed of sound. No such weapons even in the United States. And now the “Dagger” you can direct at enemy targets located hundreds of kilometers away.
the Function of air command center, capable of inducing the MiG-31BM with the “Dagger” on purpose, is now able to implement a modernized electronic reconnaissance aircraft Il-20M. He was commissioned in the southern military district, which already are on duty dagger “MiG”.
Characteristics of the Il-20M was to be kept secret. But we know, for example, that his fellow – plane airborne early warning and control A-50 “sees” at a distance of 400-500 kilometers. Going to replace A-100 “Premier” looks all at even greater range – 600 km.
most Likely, the Il-20M will be running the radar equipment “Premiere”. So a “Dagger” can hit targets at great range. At least in the Black sea, he will be able to get any alien ship.
As told to the military, the main feature of the Il-20M, which will be based on one of the military airfields in the Rostov region, is the possibility of the issue of targeting via a secure communication channel directly to the complex “Dagger”.
the Press service of the district also reported that an upgraded spy plane is equipped with modern radio-electronic, radio-technical and optical-electronic reconnaissance. The equipment allows you to maintain situational awareness in a wide range of frequencies.
Electronic equipment allows the Il-20M to detect targets in all weather conditions. The instrument can detect small objects in the air, to record video and still images of high resolution.
As told earlier, the “MK” military expert Alexei Leonov, in Russia the issue of controlled hypersonic solved. He reported that the MiG-31BM with the “Dagger” is quickly gaining a height of about 20-25 kilometers. “This is the altitude where high speed smallest impact on the equipment and pilots. This was verified experimentally, even when he created the MiG-31. At these altitudes fly our hypersonic systems “Dagger” because it is at such height and such speeds are provided by the optimal range and fuel consumption,” – said the expert.
Assessing the advantages of Russian “Dagger”, experts call its main quality – the invulnerability of the existing missile defence capabilities. Missile do not have time to react to hypersonic speed, and missiles are simply catching up. Now with a new air command aboutm “the Dagger” will become even more formidable weapon.
Abdul in the famous film said: “the Dagger is good for that, who he is, and bad for anyone, it is not.” You can not argue.
