Moscow. 9th May. INTERFAX - Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov, who oversees the military-industrial complex, said in an interview with Interfax on Victory Day that he was working to increase the range of the Kalibr, sufficient stocks of high-precision missiles in Russia and the modernization of Bastions.
- Yuri Ivanovich, the Russian military actively uses high-precision weapons during the operation in Ukraine - air- and sea-based cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles of the Dagger complex. How do you assess their real combat work? How do you see the development of such weapons systems?
- Russia, during a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, widely uses the most modern means of destruction, including air-to-ground guided missiles, long-range air- and sea-based cruise missiles and hypersonic missiles of the Dagger aviation complex. The Iskander-M tactical missile system is actively used.
All types of Russian precision weapons have confirmed their combat characteristics, which made it possible to hit military infrastructure facilities throughout Ukraine with high accuracy, and thereby minimize civilian casualties.
Currently, active work is underway on the further development of this type of weapon. The main focus is on increasing the efficiency, range and accuracy of its use, as well as the creation of new hypersonic weapons.
For the first time used in real combat conditions, the Dagger aviation missile system with a hypersonic aeroballistic missile showed high efficiency in destroying well-protected and covered with modern air defense-missile defense facilities located deep in enemy territory. The high accuracy of this weapon and the inability to detect it with the help of air defense has been confirmed.
- Do you agree with the words of the American president that the Dagger has the same warhead as any other missile, but it cannot be stopped?"
- There is nothing like a "Dagger" in any state in the world. A missile flying at a speed exceeding the speed of sound by more than 10 times, and at the same time maneuvering along the entire trajectory of its flight, is really impossible to intercept by air defense-missile defense.
Its high combat characteristics make it possible to reliably hit both ground objects, including protected and moving sea targets. At the same time, we continue to actively work on improving the characteristics of the Dagger complex.
- "Calibres" were actively used in the midst of the Syrian campaign. Have they undergone some kind of modernization based on its results?
- Practically all complexes in service with the Russian Armed Forces are being improved and modernized taking into account the experience of their combat use, including during the Syrian campaign.
We have seriously modernized the system of information support for the use of "Caliber", which significantly reduced the time of their preparation for combat use. Now work is underway to increase the range of application of the "Caliber", as well as to expand the possibilities of interaction with various means of target control, including drones.
- How do you assess the results of the modernization of the Bastion complexes, which can now hit ground targets with Onyx missiles?
- Reviews of the Navy command are the most positive. Initially, the coastal missile system "Bastion" was intended to defeat naval targets with the Onyx anti-ship missile. Modernization made it possible to use Onyx missiles for strikes on important stationary enemy targets on land. The effectiveness of guaranteed destruction of diverse targets was confirmed during a special military operation. We can talk about the universality of the Bastion complex.
- When will the Su-57 aviation complexes and the Tu-22MZM long-range missile carriers be armed with hypersonic weapons?".
- Work is underway to create a new generation of hypersonic ground-based, air-based and sea-based missiles. According to their characteristics, they will surpass the existing and promising developments of the leading states. It is planned to equip upgraded and promising aviation complexes with these missiles, and tests are already underway on Tu-22M3M missile carriers.
- How do you feel about the statements that Russia is running out of high-precision missiles? Will the capacity of the enterprises allow to increase the production of such weapons systems?
- If you believe everything they say on the other side, Russia should have run out of missiles in March. But for some reason they didn't end.
The military-industrial complex supplies our army with all the necessary range of missiles in the required volumes. Stocks of modern high-precision missiles and ammunition will be enough to fulfill all the tasks assigned to the Russian Armed Forces.
