Russia Tests New Cruise Missile

The X-555 missile is a conventional modification of the nuclear-tipped X-55 that had been designed for strategic bomber aircraft like the Tupolev Tu-160 or the Tu-95.

Moscow (UPI) May 27, 2005
The Russian Air Force has successfully conducted a test of the X-555 cruise missile. U.S. analysts Friday were commencing their study of the implications of the Russian announcement.

The X-555 is the newest smart precision weapon utilizing the most modern technologies, Lt. Gen. Alexander Rakhmanov, deputy head of the weapons directorate of the Russian military forces, said according to an Interfax news agency report.

"Our high-precision aircraft-based missile has been recently demonstrated. From a distance of 2,000 kilometers the missile hit the target as they say in the air force 'right in the window,'" Rakhmanov said.

Rakhmanov said all of Russia's modern high-precision weapons technologies had been used to create the new missile. "This is a modernization of an old missile with use of all newest technologies," he said.

The X-555 missile is a conventional modification of the nuclear-tipped X-55 that had been designed for strategic bomber aircraft like the Tupolev Tu-160 or the Tu-95.

It has a range of more than 1,500 kilometers and uses first-generation cruise missile targeting, including a radar scanner and an onboard computer that compares the terrain with a digital map, making the missile independent from satellite-based navigation systems.

MISSILE NEWS

LockMart Converts Anti-Tank Missile To Urban Applications

Orlando FL (SPX) May 27, 2005
Responding to an urgent request from warfighters, Lockheed Martin expanded the capabilities of its Predator anti-tank weapon and delivered 400 rounds to the U.S. Marine Corps.

SUPERPOWERS US Warned Not To Ignore Chinese Military Advances	NUKEWARS U.N.'s NPT Confab Fails Russia Holds On To Nuclear Materials Rice Cool To Reports Of Nuclear Compromise With Iran EU, Iran Seek To Cool Nuclear Standoff
MISSILE NEWS LockMart Converts Anti-Tank Missile To Urban Applications Russia Tests New Cruise Missile ATK to Build Canister Gas Generators for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor Indonesia To Cooperate With China On Producing Missiles: Report	MISSILE DEFENSE Australia Might Buy Theatre Missile Defense System Radome Successfully Installed On Sea-Based X-Band Radar Nobel Winner: Missile Defense Still Decades Away Northrop Grumman Names Craig Staresinich Vice President Of KEI Program
AEROSPACE Analysis: U.S. Warns EU Over Airbus Subsidies Tiny New Control Device Improves Lateral Stability Of Airplane EADS To Get New Leadership, But Franco-German Rift Leaves Airbus Hanging Boeing Procurement Scandal Spawns 48 Air Force Reviews: General	UAV NEWS Cyber Defense Systems Announces Merger with Techsphere Systems International US Army Contracts Raytheon To Provide Multi-Sensor Payload For UAV Cyber Defenses' CyberScout Performs Transition From Hover To Forward Flight Unmanned Aircraft Fires Missile To Kill Al-Qaeda Leader In Pakistan
IRAQ WARS An American In Sparta Iraq Faces Prospect Of Civil War Preliminary Vote Counts In Iraq CIA Correcting Prewar Iraq WMD Assessments With Retrospective Reports	MILTECH US Navy Commissions Northrop Grumman-Built Aegis Destroyer Northrop Grumman Awarded $197 Million Contract For Work On USS Enterprise Airbag Inflators Provide Push For New Surface Vessel Launcher Russian Navy May Sink By 2008: Admiral

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement