Hello everyone, you are watching another episode of Military TV.
In today’s session, we will take a look at the Top 3 new era weapons that will appear
in the Russian army in 2022.
If you are curious on what they are, stayed tunned only at this channel!
The Russian military signed a $300 billion contract with arms companies in 2018 to build
weapons and develop high-tech armament by 2027.
Every year, the army receives new planes, tanks, ships, and submarines and definitely
2022 will be no exception.
Without further ado, we can see the following list of the country's military's most significant
acquisitions in this year.
Number one, Fighter jets with hypersonic missiles In late November 2021, Lieutenant General
Andrey Yudin, a Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, revealed that the Russian
army will receive fighter jets armed with hypersonic missiles.
The planes and missiles that were mentioned referred to MiG-31 fighter jets armed with
Kh-47M2 ‘Kinzhal’ (known as Dagger) hypersonic missiles.
According to Ivan Konovalov, development Director of the Foundation for the Promotion of Technologies
of the 21st Century, this jet was selected among other jet as it can take-off faster
and it can reach higher altitudes than other jets.
He also mentioned that the MiG-31 has an average altitude of 25 kilometres.
With this height, the jet is able to hit the ground and aerial targets that can reach up
to 2,000 kilometres away.
Interestingly, there is no other modern Russian or foreign air defence system with the capacity
of shooting the targets up to this far.
Additionally, the MiG-31 is an ideal launch platform for the Kinzhal missile because of
its range, massive payload, altitude and sheer speed.
The aircraft has a service ceiling of roughly 67,500ft and is temperature limited to a maximum
speed of Mach 2.83.
Anyway, this is not the only hypersonic missile that will be sent to the army, since there
is another unbeatable one that will be delivered in 2022 as well.
Number two, Sea-based hypersonic missile ‘Zircon’ In January 2022, the Russian ship will start
receiving hypersonic missiles.
This typical weapon can reach their targets with the speed of 2.5 kilometers per second.
The 'Zircon' was initially designed as a countermeasure against aircraft carrier groups of up to ten
battleships.
According to President Vladimir Putin, Zircon would be capable of flying at nine times the
speed of sound and have a range of 1,000 kilometers.
Putin has emphasized that its deployment will significantly boost the capability of Russia’s
military.
For the information, in late November 2021, the Russian military has conducted the test
to the Zircon-based hypersonic missile.
Since the trial was successful, the military command was so impressed with the results
that it ordered an unspecified number of these projectiles for its fleet.
Number three, T-14 Armata tanks T-14 Armata is a new-generation Main Battle
Tank developed by Russian company Uralvagonzavod.
This tank is considered as the world's only fourth-generation tank and significantly outclasses
its foreign competitors in battle characteristics, since they are fitted with the features other
tank do not have.
For example, this tank is the only tank with an automated targeting system and an unmanned
turret.
This is the only tank equipped with a 'Tactical Link Management System,' which can coordinate
drones in the skies above it or provide data and intel to artillery units and air defence
systems on the battlefield.
Moreover, the Armata is also the world's first stealth tank, with much reduced visibility
in the infrared, magnetic, and radio specters and a new generation of active 'Afganit' protective
systems.
At the moment, the closest analogy to this tank is being created by the French company
Nexter that is currently working on their ‘Main Ground Combat System’ project.
They have simply announced that they have built a smoothbore tank gun that outperforms
the 'Armata', but they haven't demonstrated its capabilities yet.
As a result, we still have to wait and see what the French vehicle can do.
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