The Su-57 fighter jet has received a long-range cruise missile (LCRM) as part of its armament, which will be placed in the internal compartment of the aircraft. This was reported by an informed source to RIA Novosti.
According to the source, the LCRM of intrafuselage placement with smaller dimensions has a comparable range to those products used in long-range aviation on strategic bombers Tu-95MS and Tu-160. He specified that “a significant reduction in the size of the new munition was achieved due to the perfectly honed design of the folding wing and internal layout, as well as the use of a new small-sized twin-circuit turbojet engine.”
Long-range air-launched cruise missiles include munitions capable of hitting a target at a distance of several thousand kilometres. In the long-range aviation of the Russian Air Force, cruise missiles have a range of 1,000 to 6,500 kilometres. In September-2023 at the Knevichi airfield (Vladivostok) during the visit of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to Russia during a demonstration of the Tu-160 strategic missile carriers, Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash, commander of the long-range aviation, said that the strategic cruise missile X-BD with a range of more than 6,500 kilometres had entered service.
The Su-57 is a fifth-generation multifunctional fighter capable of successfully engaging both air, ground and sea targets. The vehicle is currently equipped with the AL-41F1 first-stage engine. In August at the Army-2023 forum, UAC head Yuri Slyusar said that the standard engine for the Su-57, known as Izdeliye-30, is flying, actually undergoing tests, but they will not end the day after tomorrow, and like any fundamentally new engine, it requires refinement and testing.
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