The new air-launched cruise missiles will be fired from Russia's Tu-160 supersonic bomber, Moscow has said.
Russia has been looking at producing longer range air-launched cruise missiles for a while, according to Sidharth Kaushal, of the London-based Royal United Services Institute defense think tank.
Russian Tu-160 bombers fly over St. Basil's cathedral during the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, 2010. A Tu-160 bomber aircraft will be able to carry two sets of six of Russia's new Kh-BD missiles, Moscow's Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, said on Saturday.Experts cast doubt on the true capabilities of the"novel" cruise missile, although it would nonetheless be"a useful strategic tool for the Russians in both conventional and nuclear terms," Kaushal told.
"It would demand a true leap in the quality of the small turbofan engine powering the missile, especially when compared to earlier Russian missiles," he toldThe missile could be an extended-range version of Russia's Kh-101 missile, added Kaushal. The Kh-101 is a conventional and nuclear capable air-launched cruise missile that has been used extensively by Russian forces in Ukraine.
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