The use of the X-29 missile by the Su-34 fighter-bomber was shown on video.
The Ministry of Defense has released footage of Su-34 sorties and the launch of the X-29 air-to-ground missile in Ukraine. As Mikhail, the commander of the Su-34 flight, explained, they were tasked with destroying enemy equipment with high-precision missiles. The target was hit.
"Combat sorties are always very hard, strenuous, responsible work," the pilot said about the specifics of the service." - You are experiencing overload. - Plus, the combat situation is imposed, counteraction of the enemy's air defense is carried out. Maneuvering, working complexes help.
The X-29 high-precision short-range aviation missile is one of the most common missiles of this class on Russian military aircraft. It was developed in the 1980s by the Design Bureau - NPO Molniya and NPO Vimpel. It was intended primarily for the destruction of fortified targets: reinforced concrete structures, bridges, ships with a displacement of up to 10,000 tons and submarines in a surface position.
It is equipped with an armor-piercing high-explosive warhead weighing 317 kg. This is about half of the starting weight of the product. The speed of the X-29 is 250-350 meters per second. The range is up to 10 kilometers.
Now the rocket is being upgraded. The X-29 family includes such modifications as the X-29L (with a laser homing head), X-29T (with a television fuel), X-29MP (upgraded, with a passive radar head).
Oleg Koryakin