Anti-Submarine Pen 2. Submarine Killer is back! watch out nato! A smart anti-submarine bomb silently perforates the hulls of strategic missile carriers
No matter how the United States and its allies try to intimidate Russia with a demonstration of weapons and force, this does not lead to anything significant. For every poison there is an antidote. The Americans place their missiles in Europe, and Russia in response, similar systems on the western borders of the state.
Americans brag about the creation the latest weapons, which supposedly has no competitors. A misunderstanding turns out. Our adversaries love advertising shows.
However, Russian scientists from OA NIIII, once again, destroyed the hopes of the Americans. This time, domestic engineers have developed an adjustable naval aerial bomb, which is designed to destroy enemy submarines at depths of up to 600 meters. This is a significant breakthrough in the field of anti-submarine aircraft weapons. Basically, submarines become invisible when they dive to great depths, where it is very problematic for all available ammunition and search equipment to effectively destroy targets.
To detect a boat hiding in the depths of the sea, aircraft need to know in advance the characteristics of the water in the search area, as well as its depth and density. After that, fly for hours over the search site, listening to the signals from the floating buoys that were set in advance. Such a search takes a lot of money and a lot of time.
In order to reduce costs and increase the effectiveness of aviation anti-submarine systems, an anti-submarine corrected aerial bomb"Zagon-2E". As the creators of the new ammunition say, their creation is able to detect and destroy a submarine that is in any underwater position: at periscope depth, and lying on the ground. It's almost impossible to hide from her.
In general, anti-submarine aviation is considered the most dangerous enemy, from which there are not always ways to protect.
And the new development of the aerial bomb essentially performs the functions of anti-submarine aircraft.
"Zagon-2E" is a corrected airborne anti-submarine bomb. It is dropped from an airplane or helicopter. When separated from aircraft she does not fly to the water freely, but descends on a parachute. In the process of descent, the oncoming air flow acting on the ammunition inflates the floats that are located on its body.
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After landing on the water surface, thanks to the floats, the bomb stays on the surface for a certain time. Due to the closed detailed information exact data is unknown.
From the data presented by the engineers, the notable feature of the Paddock-2 is its quietness and ability to stay afloat until it determines the necessary target. The search for underwater targets is carried out using an acoustic homing head. Acoustic station permeates sea depths on the basis of radar. In other words, it emits a signal, and if it finds an underwater object, which is reflected from it and received by the guidance head.
So, being on the surface, "Zagon-2" arranges a kind of ambush on the square. Having received information about an underwater target, the bomb begins to aim at it. Having no engines aircraft the lesion is virtually silent. Guidance is carried out under the weight of its own weight at a very high speed, which is 18 m / s. One can imagine what a surprise for the enemy, in literally words, there will be a bomb that has fallen on his head.
Such properties make the bomb much more dangerous than torpedoes or missiles. Warhead"Zagon-2" is a cumulative high-explosive, and in TNT equivalent is 35 kg. This is enough to destroy a submarine with one bomb. The ammunition has an electromechanical fuse. The shelf life of the device is 10 years.
And if the target is found in given time failed, what then? In this case, a self-destruction system is provided.
Accordingly, the question may arise as to how protected the body of the bomb is from penetration into it. sea water. It is absolutely hermetic, since all components of this ammunition are tested in pressure chambers, the pressure in which reaches 400 atmospheres. And each bomb is subjected to such a test separately.
The versatility of the ammunition lies in the fact that it can be used both from long-range anti-submarine aircraft - Il-38, Tu-142m, and Ka-27pl helicopters. At the same time, it doesn't matter climatic conditions, "Zagon-2" can be used in all places of the oceans.
War news makes us happy and saddens the West. The Russian Ministry of Defense may resume the production of Mi-14 anti-submarine helicopters, nicknamed in the West back in the Soviet Union as "submarine killer". In parallel, work is underway to adapt aviation anti-submarine bomb "Zagon-2" for use on Mi-14 helicopters.
What do we know about the Mi-14 amphibious helicopter?
Year of establishment 1960. He was capable of carrying a nuclear bomb that destroyed submarines within a radius of a kilometer. Nickname received after the successful liquidation of a Western submarine in the Soviet territorial waters in the years" cold war". After the collapse of the USSR, the Mi-14 was removed from service. One version: US pressure on the then Russian leadership.
Well, the Americans had reasons, and very good ones. The Soviet helicopter worked around the clock and in any weather conditions, searching for Western nuclear submarines and hitting them right on target. The Soviet car was also appreciated by foreign partners. Exports exceeded domestic supplies by several times. By the way, the same GDR bought Mi-14 helicopters from the USSR.
But everything is back to square one. Russia needs effective weapons and military equipment. The Mi-14 proved to be excellent, and the modernized helicopters will still be useful to us. The main thing is to update the search and sighting system in order to catch low-noise nuclear submarines.
It is the Kazan Helicopter Plant, if production is resumed, that will begin to produce new Mi-14s: first of all, the transmission, the carrier system and the avionics complex will undergo modernization.
Moreover, the Russian research institutes “A corrected anti-submarine aerial bomb “Zagon-2” has been developed. The bomb is intended for use from helicopters of the Ka-27 type and has been mastered in serial production. Currently, work is underway to use these bombs on other helicopters. Among them is the Mi-14.
The Russian military, deployed in the Arctic and the Black Sea, once again requires time-tested vehicles capable of detecting foreign submarines, including quiet ones. The close attention of the United States and NATO countries to the Arctic territories of Russia and the Black Sea region forms a new geopolitical reality.
"Zagon-2" -guided anti-submarine bomb:
An aerial bomb is dropped onto the water with a parachute. It is known that in the standby position, on the float, it can be for several minutes. More accurate data secret information. It is important that Zagon-2 takes on the functions of anti-submarine aircraft.
You can't hide from it at great depths. It is silent and capable of hovering until its target is determined, feeling the nuclear submarine at a depth of up to 600 meters. The principle of operation is location. Works using an acoustic homing head. "Filling" - cumulative high-explosive, and the mass of explosives in TNT equivalent is 35 kg. Electromechanical fuse.
It is doubtful that NATO submarines will feel safe in Russian territorial waters when the Mi-14 goes “hunting”, and even with such weapons. In this situation, there are only two options left: either not to provoke Russia, or to order white slippers for the crews of NATO nuclear submarines in bulk!
The Scientific Research Engineering Institute (NIIII) is working on adapting the new Zagon-2 anti-submarine bomb for the Mi-14 helicopter, Sergey Rusakov, general director of the Tekhmash concern, told RIA Novosti.
The Institute has created a corrected anti-submarine aerial bomb "Zagon-2". It is intended for use from helicopters of the Ka-28 type, but work is currently underway to use these bombs on other types of aircraft. In particular, on the Mi-14, Rusakov said.
After being dropped, the 120-kilogram Zagon-2 descends into the sea by parachute. Having reached the surface, the bomb drops the dome, turns on the sonar guidance equipment and rushes to the submarine. When hitting the hull of a submarine, a high-explosive directional warhead is undermined. The power of the bomb is 35 kilograms of TNT.
The one and a half meter ammunition is capable of detecting submarines at a distance of up to 450 meters and hitting them at a depth of up to 600 m. In addition to helicopters, the bomb can be used by Il-38 and Tu-142M anti-submarine aircraft.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense is considering the possibility of resuming the production of the Mi-14 anti-submarine helicopter, nicknamed the "submarine killer" for its capabilities. The Mi-14 was put into service in 1976. The machine was created on the basis of the Mi-8, but after testing and improvements, it actually turned out to be a new amphibious helicopter with more powerful engines and broad combat capabilities.
To ensure buoyancy, the lower part of the fuselage is sealed with inflatable floats on the sides for better stability. The tail rotor has been moved to the other side, which increased its efficiency. The Mi-14 is equipped with a 4-rack retractable landing gear, a lowering hydroacoustic station, a magnetic detector and other special equipment. Torpedoes and bombs can be mounted both in the internal weapons compartment and on an external sling. The total weight of the combat load is two tons. The arsenal of weapons included a deep nuclear bomb 8F59, which was guaranteed to destroy submarines within a radius of a kilometer.
Since the carrying capacity of the machine did not allow simultaneously carrying means of detecting and destroying enemy submarines, the Mi-14s worked in pairs: one helicopter searched for the submarine, the second attacked it. The machine received the nickname "submarine killer" in the late 80s, after it discovered and hit a NATO submarine - probably an American one - in Soviet territorial waters. In 1996, under strong US pressure, the Mi-14s were withdrawn from service.
A certain number of vehicles continue to be used by civil structures and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The project for the resumption of production of the Mi-14 was presented at the St. Petersburg Naval Show in 2015. It is assumed that the production of a deeply modernized machine will be continued at the Kazan Helicopter Plant.
ANTI-SUBBOARD ADJUSTABLE
AVIATION BOMB "ZAGON-2"
ANTISUBMARINE CORRECTED AIR BOMB "ZAGON-2"
14.02.2017
For the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, serial production of the Zagon-2 anti-submarine bomb (KAB PL) is underway, Interfax was told in the press service of the Scientific Research Engineering Institute JSC (NIIII JSC).
“Serial production of the Zagon-2 anti-submarine corrective air bomb is underway by order of the RF Ministry of Defense,” the press service said.
According to her, the air bomb "Zagon-2" is unified for use from aircraft (Il-38, Tu-142M) and helicopters (Ka-28) in all areas of the World Ocean. The placement of the Zagon-2 submarine submarine was agreed with the developers of the MI-14PL helicopter.
Interfax
28.06.2017
Concern "Techmash" of the State Corporation Rostec presented at the International Naval Salon the anti-submarine corrected aerial bomb "Zagon-2E", developed on the basis of the Research Institute (Balashikha). The peculiarity of the bomb is the ability to "hover" above the surface of the water for up to four minutes.
On the first day of the exhibition, the exhibit "Zagon-2E" attracted the special attention of the participants. The bomb is designed to destroy submarines (submarines) located in the surface, periscope, underwater (up to 600 m) positions, and submarines on the ground in shallow and deep sea areas. The target detection range is up to 450 m.
The developers managed to increase the effectiveness of the destruction of "Zagon-2E" by almost three times. At the same time, in comparison with the Zagon-1 aerial bomb, the cost of completing a combat mission has decreased three times.
To date, "Zagon-2E" has no analogues.
Research and Production Concern "Techmash"
17.08.2017
PHOTO REPORT: ZAGON-2E ANTI-SUBJECT AERIAL BOMB AT IMDS-2017 
In the period June 28 - July 2, 2017, the Scientific Research Engineering Institute (JSC NIIII) took part in the VIII International Naval Show in St. Petersburg. The exposition of JSC "NIIII" was presented at the collective stand of JSC "NPK "Tekhmash" and the greatest interest of specialists was caused by the anti-submarine corrected aerial bomb (KAB PL) "Zagon-2E".
The bomb was studied with photo and video recording by foreign specialists of the Navy, arms procurement managers, media representatives from Sweden, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, India, Pakistan, Korea, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Iran and other countries. The presence of a professional translator allowed the stand attendants to conduct an active dialogue with representatives of the above states, supplementing it with the presentation of a video film on the conditions for the use of the Zagon-2E submarine submarine. There is confidence that in the near future JSC Rosoboronexport will begin to receive requests for an aerial bomb developed by the institute.
Two points became an interesting feature for the entire exhibition period. The first is the absence of representatives of China among the guests of the stand, while at previous exhibitions specialists from the Celestial Empire showed great attention to Paddock-2E. And the second - representatives of Iran came to the stand for 3 days in a row. First, together, the next day, four, and on the 3rd - 6 people. And every time they asked for a video film and promotional materials. Promising interest!
KAB PL "Zagon-2E" is designed to destroy submarines (submarines) located in the surface, periscope, underwater (up to 600 m) positions, and submarines on the ground in shallow and deep water areas of the sea.
The aerial bomb is unified for use from anti-submarine aircraft (Il-38, Tu-142M) and helicopters (Ka-28) in all areas of the World Ocean.
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Original 15.02.2017, 08:29
A smart anti-submarine bomb silently perforates the hulls of strategic missile carriers
Research Engineering Institute (part of the Rostec concern), located in near Moscow Balashikha, began mass production of the corrected anti-submarine aerial bomb "Zagon-2". It is a deep modernization of the Zagon-1 bomb, which entered service in 1994.
The corrected bomb "Zagon-1" became for its time a new type of anti-submarine ammunition, having received qualitatively different properties. First of all, this refers to secrecy. The bomb uses a gravitational method of approaching the target, without creating any noise that could be detected by the sonar systems of the attacked boat.
That is, the "Zagon" is devoid of the disadvantage inherent in torpedoes. And at the same time, it has the advantages of a torpedo - it independently aims at a target using an acoustic homing head (GOS).
Bombs of this type are equipped with anti-submarine aircraft and helicopters - Il-38, Tu-142ME, Ka-28. During the descent of a bomb on a parachute, a float is inflated by a counter flow of air. On it, the bomb stays on the surface of the sea for some time, up to 4 minutes, after splashdown. This turns on the search mode of the GOS target. It is allowed to use a bomb at sea waves up to 6 points.
Having found the target, the bomb begins to sink from high speed. Moreover, the immersion does not have to be vertical.
The increased effectiveness of the new bomb can be seen by comparing performance characteristics"Zagon-1" and "Zagon-2".
Max Depth diving, m: 600 - 600
Vertical sinking speed, m/s: 16.2 - 18.0
Maximum immersion angle, degrees: 60 - n/a
Target detection radius, m: 120 - 450
Length, mm: 1300 - 1500
Diameter, mm: 210 - 232
Weight, kg: 94 - 120
Mass of explosive, kg: 19 - 35.
The Zagon-2 bomb is equipped with an electromechanical fuse. The impact on the submarine, which guarantees the penetration of the hull, is cumulative.
In the event that an anti-submarine aircraft or a Navy helicopter detects an enemy submarine, a massive bomb attack is carried out. About 6-10 "Paddocks" are dropped. Strictly speaking, they are not completely invisible to the submarine's sonars, since the Zagona seeker performs active sonar scanning. That is, it works like a radar, emitting acoustic waves and receiving reflected ones. But before the attack, when the exact direction to the target is chosen, the scan is turned off, and the bomb begins to sink.
It must also be said that the parachute is used not only to reduce the impact of a bomb equipped with sophisticated electronics on the water. The parachute allows you to reduce the aiming angle, since after opening the bomb flies almost vertically. And this leads to an increase in the accuracy of bombing by high speeds aircraft. As for the word “correctable”, it has a completely different meaning than that which is embedded in the concept of “corrected aerial bomb” (KAB). Correction of the movement of the "Zagon" is carried out not in the air, but under water.
Background
Naval aviation appeared before the First World War. But practically until the mid-30s, aircraft, balloons and airships of the Navy and the Navy of a number of countries were used exclusively to search for submarines. And the strikes on them were carried out by surface ships with depth charges, which for quite a long time did not differ much from ordinary barrels stuffed with explosives.
However, the first aerial bombs, which appeared shortly before the Second World War, great weather in the fight against submarines did not. In the Soviet Union in 1940, the PLAB-100 bomb (anti-submarine aviation bomb) weighing 100 kg with 70 kg of explosive was adopted. The bomb was uncorrectable. Having descended on a parachute, she immediately began to dive and exploded at a given depth. PLAB-100 had low efficiency. In this connection, the pilots preferred to use conventional high-explosive bombs, catching boats that had risen to the periscope depth. Before the war, there were 13.5 thousand PLAB-100s in warehouses. During the war, only 3.7 thousand were spent. Of these, 1.1 thousand were not for their intended purpose.
Only in the mid-60s, two new anti-submarine bombs appeared - PLAB-50 (cluster) and PLAB-250-120 - which became a step forward, albeit not a very big one. They were equipped with induction fuses, which made the moment of detonation more successful. Moreover, even a sonar fuse was installed. However, these bombs were also uncorrectable, "free-sinking", it all depended on how close the bomb fell from the boat.
That, in fact, is all bomb weapons, which the naval aviation of the Russian Navy had until 1994, when the Zagon-1 was put into service. And when they started talking seriously about anti-submarine bombs.
Until that time, the emphasis was on anti-submarine aircraft torpedoes (PLAT), which began to come to naval aviation in 1962. The very first such torpedo - AT-1 - turned out to be many times more effective than "free-sinking" bombs. She was able to hit boats at a depth of up to 200 meters and having a speed of up to 25 knots. The weight of the explosive was 70 kilograms. This was quite enough, since the explosion when the induction fuse was triggered occurred at a distance of up to 5 meters from the submarine's hull. The range of the AT-1 was 5000 m.
But the main thing is that AT-1 could independently search for a boat using both active and passive sonars, and, having found it, attack. The search for the target was carried out when the torpedo moved in a spiral with a radius of 60-70 meters. If the torpedo passed the boat further than 6 meters, then the new search for more accurate targeting. After the expiration of the control time, the "lost" torpedo self-destructed.
In the mid-60s, the AT-2 torpedo appeared. In it, the volume of explosive, as well as the range, have almost doubled. The maximum depth of destruction reached 400 meters. The speed when searching for a target was 23 knots, and at the time of the attack - 40 knots. Various modifications of this effective torpedo came out until the early 80s.
However, in the early 60s, when the military was in euphoria from unlimited possibilities that provide a chain nuclear reaction and uncontrolled thermonuclear fusion, an anti-submarine bomb appeared that did not require precision bombing. First in the USA, since the Americans were the first to create a uranium and then a plutonium bomb. Anti-submarine free-fall ammunition was named Mk.90 Betty.
Serial production of "Betty" began in 1955. Four years later, the plane with the bomb crashed into the ocean, and the search for the bomb failed. In 1960, the United States began to release a lightweight bomb, since one "Betty" could destroy not only a couple of Soviet submarines, but also a couple of American ones that were at a considerable distance. New bomb named "Lulu".
The Soviet Union responded symmetrically in 1963 by producing similar munitions. The first Soviet nuclear anti-submarine bomb was called 5F48 "Scalp". And soon the 8F59 appeared, the carrier of which was a modified version of the Ka-25 helicopter.
In conclusion, it must be said that aviation anti-submarine weapons, having gone through a couple of turns of their development, have now to some extent returned to their original point, when there were only "free-sinking" bombs. Not technically, of course, but conceptually. "Zagon-2" is a rather formidable and effective means of fighting against submarines. And it has a significant advantage over aircraft torpedoes. Bombs are much simpler in design, more technologically advanced and much cheaper. After all, in the Soviet Union, money going to defense was not counted. Now every product, including defense value, has its own price.
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