Russian military fielded new types of cruise missiles and ready to upgrade the Tu-160 bombers
Date:2012-03-22Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
information: Tu-160 strategic bombers.
Reference News March 22, according to Xinhua News Agency Reuters Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on the 20th, a new type of cruise missiles in the Russian military service. He concluded that Russia is involved in the increased risk of military conflict.
Serdyukov,Rochelle, did not release the missiles details, only that it equip the Air Force long-range strike force. Air Force Commander Alexander Zelin previously disclosed, the new missile developed by the Russian tactical missiles, the technical parameters of confidentiality, may be equipped with fifth-generation fighter aircraft.
British International Institute for Strategic Studies, Air Combat analyst Douglas Barry told the Russian news agency reporters, the new missile is the Kh-555 and Kh-101 or the Kh-102.
the Kh-555 is a conventional warhead version of the Kh-55 nuclear cruise missiles, the latter service in 1984, equipped with Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers. The Kh-101 and Kh-102 R & D by La Dujia Design Bureau, the former nuclear missile with stealth capabilities; the latter to carry conventional warheads.
Anatoly Serdyukov said Russia would upgrade the Tu-160 and Tu-95 bombers. Defense Ministry spokesman Vladimir Dirk said earlier, the Air Force strategic strike force 2020 years ago, will be equipped with more than 10 upgrade territory -160 bomber.
Anatoly Serdyukov said: “Over the past 10 years, increased military threat facing Russia. (Western countries) to deploy a global missile defense system destroyed the increasingly complex balance and strategic stability. Upgrade tensions of land and the surrounding trend, increasing the risk of Russia into a military conflict “.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on the 20th, the Department of Defense meeting in 2020, the proportion of Russia’s annual military spending and domestic GDP of not less than 2.8%. In accordance with the military services of different modern weapons and the proportion of 2015 should reach 30% by 2020 should be increased to 70 percent, “or even 100%.
He said that Russia needs to protect the security of the country and its allies “,” military strength and ability to rapidly respond to threats to any country will not produce the idea to test our strength. (Hui Xiaoshuang)
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