SMR Military Analysis

History of Russian Fly by Wire   Analogue FBW = Automatic flight control with flight envelope protection with analogue signals used for basic flight control.  Digital FBW = digital FBW with/without mechanical back up with digital signals used for primary aircraft control  Fully digital FBW = multiple redundancy digital FBW without any mechanical back up and All parts of the aircraft used to control movement are digitised along with full digital engine control.  Analogue Fly by wire  The first Soviet aircraft to utilise an analogue fly by wire was the Su-7U-100LDU flown in 1968.  This was followed by the T-4 Supersonic Bomber in 1972. The first production fighter to utilise analogue FBW was the T-10S-3 in 1980 that went on to become the Su-27.  This was followed by the MiG-29KVP in 1982.  There was MiG-31M in 1985.  Then the MiG-29M in 1986.  This was followed with the Su-33 in ...

Hypersonic Missiles   True hypersonic Missiles  Mach ~10 +with full maneuvering abilities at terminal and mid-course phase and CEPs of <1-5m.  Kh-47M2 Khizhal Ballistic Missile 🇷🇺 3M22 Zircon Cruise Missile 🇷🇺 Avangarde HGV🇷🇺 Oreshnik Ballistic Missile 🇷🇺 2PZD-21 Ballistic Missile 🇨🇳 YJ-21 Ballistic Missile 🇨🇳 YJ-20 Cruise Missile 🇨🇳 YJ-19 Cruise Missile 🇨🇳 YJ-17 Cruise Missile 🇨🇳 DF-27 Ballistic Missile 🇨🇳 DF-17 HGV 🇨🇳 AGM-183 AARW Ballistic Missile 🇺🇸 HAWC Cruise Missile 🇺🇸 HALO Cruise Missile 🇺🇸 Hyfly-2 Cruise Missile 🇺🇸 LRHW Ballistic Missile 🇺🇸 Base Hypersonics  (Cruise Missile and TBMs) Mach ~5 with CEPs of <10-300m. (Later versions have some maneuvering at mid-course or early terminal)  Fattah-1 🇮🇷 MANUVERING F...