State tests of "Zircons" will be completed in 2021
On Friday, the Ministry of Defense held a Single day of acceptance of military equipment. About what weapons, military and special equipment entered the troops in 2020 and what weapons the army and navy expect in the near future, says "Газета.Ru".
A moment of silence
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, opening a Single day of military Acceptance of military Products, asked participants to observe a minute of silence in memory of People's Artist of the USSR, Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation Vasily Lanov, who died the day before in Moscow.
"Vasily Semyonovich is a man who, with his creativity, personified the best features of the officers of both the Soviet Union and Russia," the minister said opening the meeting. The head of the military department noted that Lanovoy was a member of the Public Council under the Russian Defense Ministry, "a man who did a lot for the patriotic education of the younger generation."
"He performed in our teams, he constantly participated in all our events, thereby making a significant contribution to improving the level and moral and psychological state of the Armed Forces. And most importantly - in raising the patriotic spirit of both young and already established officers. I ask you to honor his memory with a minute of silence, " Sergei Shoigu said.
What weapons did the army and Navy receive?
The Ground and Airborne troops received 244 units of new and repaired armored weapons and equipment in the VI quarter of 2020. This was announced on Friday during the Single Day of Military Acceptance by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko.
According to him, 996 new and 85 repaired vehicles, more than 350 units of rocket and artillery weapons, a divisional set of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system, more than 920 thousand units of wearable weapons and equipment were delivered.
In the interests of the Aerospace Forces, a regimental set of the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system, 15 new and 18 repaired aircraft, 13 new and 10 repaired helicopters, 6 space vehicles, 50 new and 46 repaired radar stations were delivered.
In the interests of the Navy, 4 new warships, 1 new and 1 repaired submarines, 9 new and 11 repaired ships and support vessels, more than 160 units of missile and mine-torpedo weapons, and the Bal coastal missile system were delivered.
News of the Missile forces
The Deputy Minister said that the rearmament of the Strategic Missile Forces with modern weapons and military equipment continues. In the fourth quarter, 11 stationary and mobile-based ballistic missiles, 22 components of mobile and stationary complexes were adopted.
Krivoruchko also said that in 2020, the rearmament of the 13th Missile Division of the Strategic Missile Forces continued with the latest Avangard strategic missile system.
In December 2020, from the Sea of Okhotsk from the board of the strategic nuclear submarine "Vladimir Monomakh", a multiple launch rocket "Bulava" was launched in the amount of four pieces. About these tests and their consequences for the United States previously wrote "The Newspaper.Ru». The armament and the carrier worked out normally, the launch tasks were fully completed. "The quality and reliability of the serial batches have been confirmed," the Deputy Minister said.
Space achievements
The recent launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome confirmed the possibility of launching a payload of up to 23 tons into low orbit.
Recall that the starting weight PH heavy class "Angara-A5" - 773 t, height 55,4 m, booster unit "Briz-M" or cvtc (oxygen-hydrogen heavy class), the payload mass on the reference orbit (N - 200 km) - roughly 24.5 tons
According to the Deputy Defense Minister, as part of the implementation of the 2020 launch program, the calculations of the Aerospace Forces in the fourth quarter of the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicles put into orbit the Glonass-K spacecraft and a block of three Gonets-M spacecraft.
Recall that the spacecraft "Gonets-M" is designed to ensure the functioning of a multifunctional personal satellite communication system (MSPSS). "Messenger" allows you to monitor any type of transport, as well as provide mobile personal communication, operational control and management, regardless of the location of the object.
"Zircon" is ready for serial deliveries
"Serial deliveries of hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will begin in 2022, " - said Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko. According to him, "simultaneously with the implementation of the current tasks of the state defense order, industrial enterprises, together with the military authorities, systematically carry out work on the development and practical testing of new and modernized models of weapons and military equipment."
About this missile, its tests and how it will change the nature of the armed confrontation, previously wrote "Газета.Ru".
"The Ministry of Defense pays special attention to the development and delivery of high - precision and hypersonic weapons," Krivoruchko said. For example, NPO Mashinostroyeniya JSC launched the world's first sea-based hypersonic cruise missiles, the Zircon, as part of flight design tests from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate.
"The positive results allow us to start the next stage of testing - conducting launches from underwater carriers, complete state tests in 2021 and start serial deliveries starting in 2022," the Deputy minister said.
The first batch of "Terminators»
According to the Deputy Minister, the Research and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod" has delivered the first batch of combat vehicles supporting the "Terminator" tanks, made on the chassis of the T-90A tank. PJSC "Plant" Tula "has completed the development work of "Bogomaz", within the framework of which a promising radiation, chemical and biological reconnaissance vehicle RHM-9 was created with a completely new instrument base.
In detail about the characteristics of the "Terminator" and possible subsequent developments on the basis of this machine not so long ago reported "Газета.Ru".
"Yars-S" comes on duty
By the end of 2021, the fourth regiment of the Barnaul Division of the Strategic Missile Forces will take up combat duty on the Yars-S mobile ground missile system.
"The rearmament of the 35th Missile Division with the Yars-S mobile missile system continues. The division has been on combat duty as part of three missile regiments since December 2020. The next missile regiment equipped with the Yars-S mobile-based missile system will go on combat duty at the end of 2021. Thus, the rearmament of the compound will be completed in full, " said the commander of the compound, Major General Alexander Prokopenkov.
According to him, the reliability of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles that entered service in 2020, which were put on combat duty, was confirmed by the successful combat training launch of a control and serial missile during the training of the strategic nuclear forces on December 9, 2020.
Recall that the RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was developed on the basis of the RS-12M2 Topol-M missile. The missile has a maximum range of 11-12 thousand kilometers and with a launch mass of about 47 tons can carry warheads weighing 1.3 tons with three or four warheads with a charge capacity of up to 300 kilotons.
There is reason to believe that the upgraded strategic missile system "Yars-S" has more powerful warheads compared to the original version of this system.
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"The plans for the supply of new weapons, military and special equipment have been fulfilled by 99.8 %, and repairs - by 99.7%," Alexey Krivoruchko said.
"Thanks to the practice of concluding long-term state contracts, we now have 86.8% of the volume of state orders," the Deputy minister added.
Mikhail Khodarenok
