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| Russian Su-57 aircraft practicing missile launch. (Source: TASS) |
This was announced by a representative of the Vympel NPO design and manufacturing company in an article published in the Russian magazine Arsenal of the Fatherland.
"It can be said that the development of fifth-generation air-to-air missiles in Russia has reached the stage of industrial production, 5 to 10 years ahead of similar achievements in the United States," the article says.
The authors point out that unlike the United States, the development and testing of fifth-generation air-to-air missiles in Russia was carried out in a very short time, and has entered the stage of preparing to put the missile into service with the Russian army.
According to the developers, the RVV-MD2 can be placed in the internal fuselage compartment of the fifth-generation fighter Su-57.
As military expert Viktor Murakhovsky, Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, told Sputnik , the RVV-MD2 "is the first of its kind in short-range missiles to use an inertial control system, designed to control the missile and stabilize it while flying in automatic mode."
The inertial control system has the function of determining its coordinates in space automatically, without the need for external instructions and signals.
In addition, Mr. Murakhovsky noted that the RVV-MD2 is equipped with a radio target guidance, which allows determining the coordinates of the target right from the aircraft, increasing the probability of shooting down enemy aircraft.
The new missile has another advantage over the previous version: a multi-component infrared seeker, which improves jamming resistance, Murakhovsky said.
According to him, the new missile can hit targets at any angle, especially in the rear hemisphere - that is, the RVV-MD2 is launched forward, turns in the air and hits the enemy target behind the Su-57 aircraft.
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