According to pictures released on the internet, Russia’s Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA fighter aircraft started flight test campaign armed with air-to-surface weapons.
These tests took place at the Gromov Flight Research Institute, located at the Zhukovsky Air Base. Pictures unveiled on the russianplanes.net website first showed the T-50-2 prototype fitted with Kh-31 anti-ship missiles. A second series of pictures unveiled a few days before show the same prototype aircraft performing a test flight armed with two Kh-31 anti-ship missiles.
The Kh-31, also dubbed X-31 in Russia, is a Russian air-to-surface missile. It can reach a Mach 3.5 max speed, depending on variants. Its warhead is equipped with a 94kg HE shaped charge. The Kh-31 has an operational range of up to 110 km.
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According to pictures released on the internet, Russia’s Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA fighter aircraft started flight test campaign armed with air-to-surface weapons.
These tests took place at the Gromov Flight Research Institute, located at the Zhukovsky Air Base. Pictures unveiled on the russianplanes.net website first showed the T-50-2 prototype fitted with Kh-31 anti-ship missiles. A second series of pictures unveiled a few days before show the same prototype aircraft performing a test flight armed with two Kh-31 anti-ship missiles.
The Kh-31, also dubbed X-31 in Russia, is a Russian air-to-surface missile. It can reach a Mach 3.5 max speed, depending on variants. Its warhead is equipped with a 94kg HE shaped charge. The Kh-31 has an operational range of up to 110 km.
A few days later, the website released pictures showing the same aircraft fitted with 6 free fall bombs. The PAK FA previously had only performed flight tests with air-to-air missiles. Russia’s T-50 PAK FA is a fifth-generation fighter programme of the Russian Air Force.
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