Russian Su-57 Aircraft Thread (PAK-FA and IAF FGFA)
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Fan video, it's 2D up down on an angle.
Su-57 spotted with two S-71 drones or missiles
Would be interesting to know if they launch far away and keep the hardpoints, or go a bit deeper and drop them just after release to cut radar returns? Not sure about the value of launching them from Su-57 if they release them from outside SAM range ?
If the rear stabilizers could be folded up they may be able to be stored in the IWBs. They were designed rather large for such scenarios after all (ALCMs and LRAAMs). And this is definitely comparable to a Kh-69. Testing, especially early testing of weapons integration almost exclusively takes place on external hardpoints. Alternatively the S-71 may undergo testing on a Sukhoi owned prototype, given the S-71 is also a Sukhoi development, but could be intended mostly for other aircraft like the Tu-160M, PAK DA or Su-30SM2.
There are two S-71.
S-71K, or UTM, is basically an UMPK done properly, i.e. oversized weapon carrier with LO, proper aerodynamics and software.
It just won't fit inside(other than bombers?), nor it is meant to, because it fits in other munitions（dumb bombs for example).
S-71M (penetrative UAV with autonomy and wide datalink) fits inside. More compact, but it means its warheads are tailor-made.
S-71K, or UTM, is basically an UMPK done properly, i.e. oversized weapon carrier with LO, proper aerodynamics and software.
It just won't fit inside(other than bombers?), nor it is meant to, because it fits in other munitions（dumb bombs for example).
S-71M (penetrative UAV with autonomy and wide datalink) fits inside. More compact, but it means its warheads are tailor-made.