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Stealthflanker

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It's just natural tho. Especially from Ramjet or Scramjet which needs to be supersonic to start. and i actually think MiG-31 was selected for KInzhal due to work previously been done on MiG-31D during Kontakt ASAT program.
 
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these things are well explained. when Israel chose the platform. High speed, altitude have there own advantages.

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Because missions such as JSTARS and electronic warfare are “line of sight” oriented, an aircraft that can go higher has a greater area of regard, and can better see beyond high mountainous terrain, Miller said. Typically airliners have a ceiling of 40,000 feet or so, while Gulfstream’s own business jets can cruise above 50,000 feet. This in turn increases the “standoff distance” of the platform, either allowing it to see more deeply into enemy territory or keep further back from air defenses. Moreover, because they are lighter and faster, business jets can expedite the trip to get to altitude and start doing the mission more quickly than a bigger airplane, he argued. The G550 can get to 40,000 feet “in 25 minutes or less.” Speed also means that the jet is “more survivable” because it can escape the operating area faster if it is threatened, he said.
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Gloire_bb said:
Tu-160 can (internal bay helps), thou dash speed is impractical.
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how is dash speed impractical?. Tu-160 even on 1980s manufactured engines it went on 25 hours flights at avg speed of 800km/hour. if you deduct slow speed refueling times which will be done at slower speeds. the real avg speed is likely to be higher than 1000km/hour.
 
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pmc said:
how is dash speed impractical?. Tu-160 even on 1980s manufactured engines it went on 25 hours flights at avg speed of 800km/hour. if you deduct slow speed refueling times which will be done at slower speeds. the real avg speed is likely to be higher than 1000km/hour.
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B/c it far too massively increases fuel consumption and strain on double bypass engines, simple is that.
Tu-160 high altitude penetration speed is M=1.4. Speeds above that number are mostly for emergency situations, for the above-mentioned reason.
 
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