QPTV channel's report has shown that it is highly likely that Vietnam has in its possession the extremely modern RVV-AE air-to-air missiles produced by Russia.
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| Recently, in the report "Steel shield protecting the southern sky of the Fatherland" of Vietnam National Defense Television (QPTV) about the training and combat readiness activities of Air Division 370, the RVV-AE air-to-air missile officially appeared for the first time. |
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| In addition to the RVV-AE, the report also introduces images of the R-27, R-27 air-to-air missiles; Kh-29 air-to-ground missiles and Kh-31 supersonic anti-ship missiles. These are the weapons of the Su-30MK2 multi-role fighters of the 935th Regiment, 370th Division. |
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| RVV-AE is the export version designation of the extremely modern R-77 active radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel Company, equipped for the Russian Air Force since 1994. To this day, R-77 or RVV-AE is still one of the world's top air-to-air missiles, as powerful as the US AIM-120 AMRAAM missile line. |
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| The RVV-AE air-to-air missile is capable of engaging a wide range of targets, from fighters, helicopters or transport aircraft to cruise missiles in all weather conditions, day or night, on land or at sea. |
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| With RVV-AE, the power of Su-30MK2 fighters and 4 Su-30MKs (purchased in 2004) is raised to a new level in the mission of gaining air superiority, or protecting airspace against air threats. |
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| One of the outstanding advantages of the RVV-AE missile is its “fire and forget” feature. Specifically, after leaving the launch pad on the aircraft, the missile flies by inertia in the first phase, and in the middle phase it flies based on target parameters updated from the radar on the aircraft. In the final phase, the active radar on the missile (activated about 20km from the target) will automatically detect, search for and lock on the attack target. Photo: Active radar on RVV-AE. |
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| In addition, another advantage of the RVV-AE missile is its unique aerodynamic design, which helps reduce radar cross-section to avoid early detection by enemy aircraft, increase flight speed and overload capacity, and change direction faster (up to 150°/second), making it impossible for the enemy to escape. |
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| At the same time, thanks to the application of new materials and better aerodynamic design, the size and weight of the RVV-AE missile are significantly reduced (175kg and 3.6m long) compared to the R-27 medium-range missile family (about 250-350kg and up to nearly 5m long, depending on the variant) developed long before. |
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| RVV-AE is equipped with a solid fuel rocket engine for a maximum range of up to 80km, and a target shooting altitude of 5-25km. |
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| The RVV-AE air-to-air missile is equipped with a 22.5 kg fragmentation warhead with a proximity laser fuze. |
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| RVV-AE and Su-30MK2 are the "twin pair" of the modern Vietnam People's Air Force. |
According to tintuc.vn
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