The Russian state-backed Tass news agency cited sources who said the prototype of the PAK DA stealth bomber would be completed by 2021.
Tass did not specify which weapons, but Russia has already put its Kinzhal—meaning"dagger"—hypersonic missile into service following successful tests being fired by MiG-31 fighter jets and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers.
The Kinzhal was among the weapons unveiled by Vladimir Putin in 2018, which the Russian president described as"invincible." It reportedly travels at around 10 times the speed of sound at a range of 1,250 miles, capable of hitting land-based or naval targets. The PAK DA will be Russia's first stealth bomber. Moscow has lagged behind the U.S. in developing stealth aircraft, fielding its first stealth fighter jet—the Su-57—in 2010. The Su-57 has since beenIts development was beset by delays and cost overruns, prompting frustration in India which was a partner on the project. New Delhi eventually pulled out of the project in early 2018, suggesting that the aircraft no longer met its military requirements. Russia's Deputy Minister of Defense Alexey Krivoruchko said in December that the draft PAK DA project had been approved, and later added that the first engine test for the aircraft would be held sometime this year. Tass said the aircraft will be designed in the"flying wing" style like the American B2 stealth bomber, which entered service in 1997 and has been deployed in various U.S. military operations since. Tass said the aircraft will be subsonic and equipped with"the newest communications and jamming equipment." This file photo shows Russian MiG-31 supersonic interceptor jets carrying hypersonic Kinzhal missiles over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2018.
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