Tuesday 5 April 2016

New data on Tu-22M3M modernization

New details have appeaed on this aircraft's modernization. According to the data posted by alexeyvvo at forums.airforce.ru, a NV-45 radar is being installed. This model, manufactured by Leninets, derives from the P-38 Novella used in Il-38N. So far there are no details on the performance. The P-38 can track detect targets at 320 kms. The cost of 4 NV-45 sets is 8.33 million $.

Modernización de un Tu-22M3 en Kazan (lenta.ru).

The installation shows that the main mission of Tu-22M3M will be ground attack/strike. A few years ago there were talks about installing a radar similar to the Su-35 and air to air missiles.

References:

- http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1828679.html
- http://bastion-karpenko.ru/novella-p-38/

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