PAK DA
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PAK DA
| PAK DA | |
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| A possible PAK-DA configuration | |
| Role | Stealth bomber |
| Manufacturer | Tupolev OKB, Sukhoi (UAC) United Aircraft Corp. OAKS in Russian |
| Status | Under development |
| Primary user | Russian Air Force |
The PAK DA (or PAK-DA), is a Russian next generation strategic bomber being developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau.[1] The PAK DA acronym stands for Перспективный авиационный комплекс дальней авиации in Russian (Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Dalney Aviatsyi) meaning Prospective Air Complex for Long Range Aviation. The PAK DA will be a new, stealthy, strategic bomber and is expected to enter service in the 2025–30 timeframe.[1]
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Development
The Russian Air Force has tactical and technical requirements for a new generation of strategic bombers, as reported by Interfax. According to some sources, the PAK DA will be based on the supersonic Tu-160 bomber.[2] Later references to the new bomber, including a televised address from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, seem to imply the aircraft will be an entirely new design. Some speculation suggests that it might follow the stealthy design of the American Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber, but there is little public evidence to support that.[3]
Russian Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev has stated that the new bomber will replace both the turboprop-powered Tupolev Tu-95 and the supersonic Tupolev Tu-160.[3]
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Related lists
References
- ^ a b Russia to develop new strategic bomber by 2017 (2009). RIA Novosti. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010
- ^ "PAKDA a Russian Stealth bomber". Defence Aviation. Defence Aviation. 2008-07-06. http://www.defenceaviation.com/2008/07/pakda-a-russian-stealth-bomber.html. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ a b Isachenkov, Vladimir (2010). Putin says Russia will build new strategic bomber, part of modernizaton effort. Chicago Tribune. 1 March 2010, Retrieved 2 March 2010.
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