The modernized Tu-160M strategic missile carrier received upgraded NK-32-02 engines and navigation systems, according to military expert Evgeny Damantsev.
The aircraft is equipped with a multi-mode and more jam-resistant Novella NV1-70 airborne radar complex (RLK), a multi-band Himalaya electronic warfare (EW) complex, a Redut-70M airborne defense complex (BKO), and a NO-70M navigation system.
The Tu-160M received a S-505-70 secure communication system, an ABSU-200MT autopilot, a BINS-SP-1 strapdown inertial navigation system, an ANS-2009M astro-navigation system, and an A737DP radio navigation receiver.
The new engines provide an increase in the maximum flight speed of the aircraft at altitudes of 10,500-12,500 m from 2,200 to 2,400 km/h. The new BINS-SP-1 with the ANS-2009M astro-navigation system ensures minimal route deviations even in conditions of active radio countermeasures from the enemy in radio navigation ranges, in the range from 1200 to 1700 MHz.
He specified that the Novella airborne radar with terrain mapping mode and a radio altimeter allows flight at altitudes of 50-75 m in terrain-following mode and overcoming enemy anti-missile defense (ABM) systems, hiding from the radiation patterns of enemy ground-based radars.
Also, the NV1-70 airborne radar is capable of functioning in synthetic aperture mode, classifying large radio-contrast ground targets at a distance of up to 200-150 m, depending on the jamming environment.
Also, the multi-band Himalaya EW complex is capable of effectively directing frequency- and spectrum-targeted noise interference at the receiving paths of airborne radars and ground-based multi-functional radars of the enemy.
The main range of weapons remained the same - Kh-101/102 strategic cruise missiles and advanced Kh-50 long-range cruise missiles, placed on MKU-6-5U rotary catapult launchers.
Earlier,www1.ru reported on what theRussian EW station Sinitsa is capable of.
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