US Air Force began to modernize strategic bomber B-52. It is equipped with new avionics, the latest means of destruction with cruise missiles «air-ground», «air-to-air», as well as drones with EW.
«Stratokrepostʹ», which stands armed with 1955 of the year, will interact with the F-35 fifth-generation fighter and the F-22, according to a Warrior with reference to the representative of the Pentagon. «Flying arsenal» or «Truck bombs», referred to as the B-52 US military pilots – adapting to the wars of the XXI century.
Initially, the US Air Force going to create a new aviation complex on the basis of basic military transport aircraft C-130 «Garkules», or combining the best of the B-52 and C-130. But stopped as a result of the B-52.
According to Aviation Week report, Pentagon opredelilsya with new engines for the B-52. The new engines will be eight, newspaper writes. They will be the power plants, which are used at the moment in the powerful regional aircraft.
experts predict, that with the new engines-52 will remain in service until 2060 of the year, ie have time during the service mark centenary since adopting.
The bomber used, as is known, in numerous military conflicts, he compared to military transport aircraft
it has a lower reflectivity. This does not impact the bomber, working at the forefront of, but it has the possibility of conducting electronic warfare to counter enemy air defenses.
B-52 is a large geometrical dimensions of a target for the enemy's air defense. The plane was created long before the advent of stealth technology. But Ashton Carter said: a modernized version of the B-52 will be part of the concept «network-centric warfare», We are working closely with the fifth-generation fighter aircraft to augment and supplement their firepower.
Military expert Richard said Abulefiya Warrior: as the enemy fighter jets, for example, Chinese J-20 and other, may exceed the number of US military vehicles park. However, the Americans intend to exceed the enemy at the expense of high-tech.
Modernization of the B-52 cost $ 2017 year for the budget $71 billion.
Engineers will convert all 76 B-52 US Air Force. They will be digital data channels, moving maps, avionics Next Generation, increased combat load in the inner compartments and the ability to integrate the new high-tech weapons of the combat aircraft, as soon as it appears on the US Air Force.
If earlier B-52 was equipped with high-precision bombs JDAM on external hardpoints, now he will be able to carry JDAM bombs in the inner compartments of the aircraft with precision cruise missiles, run outside the affected areas of the enemy anti-aircraft missile systems. Combat load B-52 should increase by 66%.
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