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Sukhoi Su-100 / T-4 #2556

Open KJohnston11 opened 1 year ago

KJohnston11 commented 1 year ago

DB Selector

Both

Baseline

4869

Hypothetical

Yes

Name

Sukhoi Su-100

Country

Soviet Union / Russia(?)

Service

Soviet Air Force

In Commission

1972

Number in Service

4x, 1x Flight Worthy

Length (m)

44

Wingspan (m)

22

Height (m)

11.2

Empty Weight (kg)

55600

Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW) (kg)

135000

Payload Weight (kg)

20900

Crew

2

Propulsion

4x Kolesov RD-36-41

Rate of Climb (ft/min)

12620

Service Ceiling (ft)

79000

Military/Afterburner Speed (kt)

1866

Cruise Speed (kt)

2000

Supercruise

No

Ferry Range (nm)

3780

Endurance (min)

??

Takeoff / Landing Distance (m)

2001 - 2600

Fuel Capacity (kg)

??

Sensors

Unclear.

The T-4 was to be fitted with appropriate navigation / fire-control radar and datalinks for targeting systems, but details are again unclear. There was no defensive armament, the T-4 relying on speed and a sophisticated electronic countermeasures (ECM) suite for protection.

Reconnaissance gear was to include film cameras, infrared imagers, and a side-looking airborne radar (SLAR), with the reconnaissance gear at least partly carried externally.

Mounts

Unknown

Loadout Options

Other loadouts unknown but likely possible

Comms/Datalinks

Unknown

Aircraft Codes

Night Navigation (Ferry, Air-to-Air, Air-to-Surface Missiles), Night Navigation/Attack (Incl. Bomb, Rocket Delivery), Probe Refuelling

Comments

Information is scarce but the US does have the XB-70 (B-70) entry so I am hoping there can be a Soviet counterpart (ish).

Sources

http://www.airvectors.net/avtu160.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_T-4

https://web.archive.org/web/20060514222436/http://www.sukhoi.org/eng/planes/museum/t4/

ddranidis commented 1 year ago

Details on Kh-45 missile here: http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-720.html

After the T-4 was aborted, the Kh-45 project was re-purposed as the main intended armament of the new Tu-160 bomber: https://twitter.com/dnkornev/status/1109855600920444932 . However subsequently it was decided to instead closely copy the US ALCM concept (in fact copying the Tomahawk design rather than the AGM-86), and the Kh-45 was abandoned.