Автор: Y.Gordon
Издательство: Midland
Страниц: 131
Формат: PDF
Размер: 107.99 МБ
Качество: Отличное
Язык: Английский
Год издания: 2005
ISBN: 1857801938
Издательство: Midland
Страниц: 131
Формат: PDF
Размер: 107.99 МБ
Качество: Отличное
Язык: Английский
Год издания: 2005
ISBN: 1857801938
Soviet/Russian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles бесплатно: Red Star vol.20
While Soviet combat aircraft have received extensive coverage, the many UAVs developed in the Soviet Union and, more recently, Russia remain unsung. Nevertheless, this is a subject deserving attention. The first Soviet UAV to find large-scale use was the La-17 developed by the Lavochkin OKB, a fighter maker of World War II fame; it came in both target drone and reconnaissance versions. The Tupolev OKB, best known for its heavy bombers and commercial aircraft, also had a line of UAVs of varying size. The first of these was the Tu-123 Yastreb which started life as a heavy cruise missile but evolved into a supersonic unmanned spyplane; the book also describes the Tu-141 Strizh (Swift), which again came in reconnaissance and target versions, the Tu-243 Reys (Flight) and the latest Tu-300 recce/strike UAV.