The aircraft missile "Armored truck" will be delivered to the troops after 2023. This is due to the time of formation of the plans of the Russian Ministry of Defense for procurement and the technological cycle of missile production.
This was reported to RIA Novosti by Alexander Kochkin, executive director of the concern "Techmash", part of Rostec. He also added that while the necessary documentation on the adoption of the Armored Fighter aircraft missile is being approved by the military department, the Russian Defense Ministry does not have the right to purchase new missiles.
The main feature of the aircraft missile "Armored Fighter" - the ability to break through obstacles without collapsing at the same time. The compact rocket engine allowed, firstly, to increase the mass of the warhead several times and, secondly, to bring the firing range to six kilometers. The missile will be used by attack and transport-assault helicopters, military aircraft.
"RG" has already written that the first batch of unguided aircraft missiles "Armored Fighter" for experimental military operation was released in 2019 . Their caliber is 80 millimeters.
Svetlana Tsygankova