The R-37M long-range air-to-air missile was developed from the R-37 missile of Winper National Design Bureau. The R-37 missile was originally planned to be equipped with MIG -3 1M fighter. It was developed from 1983 and tested in 1988. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the test continued until 1997. MIG -3 1M equipped with K-37 missile was first used in Max -65438.
After replacing the Russian device and new seeker, it became R-37M/RVV-BD missile, and mass production began on 20 14. In addition to being mounted on MIG -3 1BM, R-37M also demonstrated its GLITs combination with Su -35S multi-role fighter on Max -20 19. Su -35S can be installed on two wings, and the other two can be installed under the fuselage. June 2020 10 The Information Office of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation is the Russian National Flight Test Center.
It is said that this test began in April 2020, mainly testing the electromagnetic compatibility of aircraft equipment and integrating missiles into airborne weapon systems. In the publicity materials, the R-37M missile can also be used in combination with the Su -57. However, judging from the huge volume of this missile, the Su -57 can only be mounted under the wing, which has no effect on stealth anyway.
The R-37M long-range air-to-air missile has a length of 4.06m, a diameter of 0.38m, a wingspan of 0.72m, a rudder span of 1.02m and a total weight of less than 5 10kg. This type of missile adopts a pointed conical warhead and a cylindrical body, and the conductor rib runs through the whole body at the lower part of the body. The middle of the fuselage is a trapezoidal strip wing with low aspect ratio, and the tail rudder is a trapezoid with high aspect ratio. In particular, the folding mechanism is designed for the two tail rudders at the upper part of the fuselage, which is convenient to reduce the semi-buried installation of the rudders.
This pneumatic layout is actually improved from the R-33 pneumatic layout. Because of its short and thick body design, its maneuverability is not good. The missile can be mounted by the AKU-4 10- 1 or AKU-620E aircraft ejection pylon, with a service life of 8 years and a flight life of 50 flight hours. There is no limit to the number of take-off and landing from the concrete runway, 20 take-off and landing from the unpaved or metal runway, and it only takes 3 hours for the carrier to mount.
The missile adopts the mode of mid-course inertial navigation+radio correction+terminal active radar guidance, and its radar seeker is the 9B- 1 103M-350 active radar seeker with a diameter of 0.35m, which is smaller in size and weight than the 9B- 1388 seeker equipped with R-37. The detection distance is at least 40km, and the RCS is at 30km. The target needs to be within 60 degrees of the missile, the missile overload may be 22G, the target overload is less than 8G, and the hit height is 0.05438+05-25km.
The missile is equipped with a dual-mode solid rocket engine, and its maximum range can reach 200 kilometers under ideal conditions. The carrier-based aircraft can accelerate to the maximum speed of Mach 2.8, the maximum speed of the missile is Mach 6, and the target hit speed is Mach 2. It is equipped with a 60 kg high bursting disc warhead and a trigger/proximity fuse to attack the target. The hit probability of a single missile is 0.6? -0.8。
Russia claims R-37M? (? RVV BD？ This missile is one of the fastest and longest range air-to-air missiles in the world. The reason why such a large range is needed is to sneak attack on high-value slow targets such as tankers and early warning aircraft, and give a discount to the attack capability of fighters. But then again, Ukrainian fighters lack radar/infrared early warning system, so there is a great possibility of being hit by sneak attack.