The new Russian IL-114-300 aircraft was proposed to be used to search for surface and underwater objects. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin commented on this idea.
The research and production enterprise "Radar MMC" offers to use the Il-114-300 passenger aircraft as a marine reconnaissance aircraft. According to the company, for this purpose the aircraft must be equipped with the Kasatka-E complex.
"The complex, created on the principle of open architecture and having a modular design, can be installed on the new IL-114-300 and solve various tasks: detection of surface, underwater and aerial objects, monitoring, search and rescue operations, as well as ensuring the security of the maritime economic zone," RIA Novosti reports "Radar mms".
On the air of Sputnik radio, the executive editor of the Independent Military Review, captain of the 3rd rank of the reserve Dmitry Litovkin expressed the opinion that the idea of using the Il-114-300 as a marine scout was expressed in a timely manner, the new aircraft can replace the anti-submarine Il-38.
In his opinion, Russia now needs such aircraft.