Su-57 and R-37M air-to-air missile
Military Watch Magazine — March 12, 2023
Russian state media outlet Sputnik has provided insight into the performance of one of the country’s newest and most capable anti aircraft assets in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War, the R-37M air to air missile, the capabilities of which have increasingly been highlighted as a leading threat by Ukrainian and Western sources since 2022. The oversized missile was designed for the Russian Air Force’s MiG-31BM and MiG-31BSM interceptors, which are by far the world’s largest aircraft in the world built for air to air combat and carry the largest sensors of any fighter/interceptor in the world. This makes them well suited to carrying the very long ranged munitions. R-37Ms have more recently been used to equip units of Su-35 and Su-57 fighters, although these aircraft’s carrying capacity and maximum firing altitude are both significantly lower than those of the MiG-31. The missile itself Is prized for its very long 400km range, large 60kg warhead, and Mach 6 speed. This has provided a strong edge over the U.S. Air Force’s top air to air missile the AIM-120D, which although much smaller and better suited to fighter sized aircraft, has a much more modest 160km range, 20kg warhead and Mach 4.5 speed.
Regarding R-37M operations in Ukraine, an anonymous source cited by Sputnik reported: “The R-37M missile has demonstrated the greatest efficiency during the special military operation. When the missile was used, the probability of hitting targets close to one was recorded – that is, one missile is enough for one Ukrainian military aircraft.” Regarding the range of targets, it observed “R-37M missiles have shot down Ukrainian Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters, Su-25 attack aircraft, Su-24M front-line bombers, low-flying helicopters and various drones, including Bayraktars.” Although Western sources have widely highlighted the strong impact of the R-37M on the battlespace since November, which marked the combat debut of the MiG-31 in an air to air role, it was perhaps more notable that the Su-57 next generation fighter was reported Sputnik’s source to be employing the missiles as well. “At the same time, the missile has demonstrated high efficiency in hitting targets, maneuvering with a large overload,” the source added.
Although only 10 Su-57s are currently in service in the Russian Air Force, the fighter class has been deployed for a much wider range of roles than any other fighter from its generation and is the only post fourth generation fighter to have participated in a major war against a state actor. The aircraft was initially reported to be engaging in strike and later air defence suppression missions, likely using Kh-59MK2 and Kh-31 cruise missiles, although reports emerged from October 2022 that the class had been involved anti aircraft operations. Specifically, a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter and possibly a Su-24 strike fighter were reported to have been shot down by Su-57s at an extreme range of 217km after carrying out a strike on Russia’s Belgorod region. This report was supported by a later report in January 2023 by the British Defence Ministry that Su-57s were “launching long range air to surface or air to air missiles into Ukraine,” with this serving as the first Western confirmation that the fighters were indeed involved in operations and had been “since at least June 2022.” The language used, launching missiles “into Ukraine” from long standoff ranges, may have hinted at a very long range missile – with the R-37M being the only one with a range sufficient to gain kills against targets over 200km away.
Subsequently the British conservative outlet The Conversation reported in mid-February that “The Russian MiG-31 and Su-57 operating the R-37M long range hypersonic missile have engaged Ukrainian aircraft at a range of over 200kms from the safety of Russian airspace,” providing the clearest report of how the new Russian fighters were contributing to anti aircraft operations. The Su-57 is thus the only fifth generation fighter to have seen air to air combat against enemy fighters, and moreover appears likely to have done so against relatively high end fourth generation fighters such as Su-27s.
LONDON CALLING LONDON CALLING
politicians not fit for purpose
ou have to ask why the authorities allowed the sexual rapes to go on for many months even years and approx 1400 vulnerable and many underage girls were trafficked every day to
numerous Muslim men for sex, some were even killed, and no one did a thing.
Similarly the Nene report on the continual abuse at 16 London boys homes, where the UkColumn said the abuse by homosexuals was on ” an industrial scale” many of these abusers were jewish,
again nothing was done
In both cases the chidren were white Christians.
Every film coming out of Holywood has the bad guys as White men with English accents.
Every advert on TV is almost exclusivly showing black folk.
The police Gazette say 250 black gangs operate in Greater London,
how is this allowed to hapen ?
The black activist Lloyd Brown said on radio that by 2030 he hopes London
will be white free.
The man has not the brains of a footballer.
The government is still importing in foreign migrants
while ethnicaly cleansing
the real reason for the war on russia
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/putin-kicks-usurious-rothschilds-out-russiacheckmates-zafar-khalid
It staggers the mind when one considers how much money and effort is put into armaments development by governments. I would imagine most people across the world would prefer such money and effort be put into improving the services and infrastructure of their respective countries. So much for “democracy” representing the “will of the people”.
In my humble opinion it seems democracy is only good for one thing: Corruption.
Come on Nazi Amerika, send in your planes flown by contractors.
These Russian planes would dominate Western UKraine, if they operated from Belarus.
As in Syria, the Russian are learning alot about their weapons and how to improve them.
Take the US with Abrams tanks. They use a turbine power unit. This drinks fuel like its connected to its own refinery, and it produces a ton of heat. Now, the US has known this for donkeys years, but they’ve done absolutely nothing to remedy a deeply flawed tank. The gun on this tank is good, but useless when it’s been taken out.
No no no!
this will cause “HP” to have a nervous breakdown, cuz ..you know..he read somewhere on jewish owned website that all russian stuff is inferior to the jewish stuff..
Cuz you know ..the jewish/yankee crap costs 6 trilion times more than the russian stuff…
I’ll only iterate Fred. It’s better to know than not know. And adjust the mind accordingly.
And no, alcohol ain’t the way..
R-37M is in reality not very efficient at all against stealth fighters or even 4++ fighters equipped with advanced jamming capability and inherent agility and maneuverability. It’s basically only effective against big slow targets like AWACs, refueling tankers, B-1, B-52, Su-24 (aka) sub-sonic aircraft.
But this is a whole different story.
My missile is bigger than your missile, lol.
AIM-260 JATM
Fifth Generation Weapons
quote: “In my humble opinion it seems democracy is only good for one thing: Corruption.”
Amerika is a republic, but the Jews on the Jewtube call it a Democracy, that is because the word Democracy is code for Jewish rule.
Ukraine is now a Democracy, because gay demon Jew Zelensky runs it. It is a dictatorship.
Democracy = Jewish controlled nation.
When Jews complain such and such a nation is not a democracy, that means Jews want to take it over and control it.
A democracy advocate is called a Demoncrap