Contents.Development Developed in early 1950s, originally as part of the air-to-air AS-5 weapon system for the. The rockets were tested in a series of configurations on and jets, with the final tests complete on a PF in January 1955. The tests revealed that the rockets did not perform as expected against aerial targets. The rocket ARS-57 was accepted into service in April 1955, with a military designation S-5.Apart from the Soviet Union and then Russia, S-5 rockets were produced among others in Poland. As of 2013, the only producers remained Belarus and Bulgaria.
S-5U In late 2019, Russia announced it would resume production of the S-5 rocket for the first time since production ceased in 1990. The improved S-5U is 1,090 mm (3.28 ft) long and weighs 6 kg (13.23 lb), making it longer and heavier than the previous S-5M, though it is compatible with older rocket pods. It runs on composite propellant rather than a solid fuel motor and is spin-stabilized through four curved fins wrapped around the rocket nozzle to match its diameter when stored. Effective range remains between 0.5–4 km (0.31–2.49 mi), but lethality is increased by a heavier 0.8 kg (1.76 lb) warhead.
It features a universal warhead that can penetrate 150 mm (5.9 in) of armor, explode into 500 2 g (0.071 oz) splinters, and has incendiary elements; combat efficiency is comparable to the. Description. With rocket launchersThe S-5 is a 55 mm (2.2 in) calibre unguided rocket fired from a 57 mm calibre tube. It consists of a steel body containing a solid fuel rocket, and a high-explosive warhead with a mechanical impact fuse.
At the rear of the rocket is an elongated exhaust nozzle, with eight attached forward folding wings. The fins fold around the rocket when it is stowed in its launch tube, springing back as soon as it leaves the launch tube. In flight, the fins provide a stabilizing spin to the rocket, turning at approximately 750 rpm. The solid rocket motor burns for just 1.1 seconds, during which time it covers about 300 meters (985 ft).The S-5 is carried in rocket pods, with 4–32 rockets. The first were ORO-57, made in variants with capacity of 4, 8 and 16 rockets.
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Most typical became ORO-57K for 8 rockets, used especially with. Then, beginning in the early 1960s, the typical launcher became UB-16-57, with 16 rockets, developed in several variants, for helicopters and planes. UB stands for 'universal block', as it could be carried on conventional bomb hardpoints, '57' refers to the actual diameter of the launch tube (the diameter of the rocket plus 2 mm).
The first variant and UB-16-57U had a conical forward part while the next variant UB-16-57D had a blunt forward part. Starting in 1968, a variant UB-16-57UMP was produced, with a conical forward part and five protruding inner tubes. In the 1970s, was developed with 32 rockets, carried by heavier aircraft. In Poland, Mars-2 launcher was developed for 16 rockets, and in Romania, LPR 57 launchers for 16 rockets.Operational history Afghanistan S-5 rockets were used extensively by and aircraft in in the 1980s, where their effectiveness was considered poor. Pilots described the rockets fanning out after launch 'like a tulip', and that the warhead was only good for 'tickling the dookhi's (mujahedeen) heels'. The Russian forces have shifted to higher-calibre weapons like the instead. In addition the Soviet made use of improvised launchers mounted on tanks, APCs and trucks in a ground-to-ground role.
Israel On Sunday, 6 January 2009, The Israel Defense Forces identified a rocket fired at Israel earlier in the day by militants in the Gaza Strip as a Russian-made S5K.According to the IDF, the rocket fired at Kibbutz Alumim in the Negev marked the first time militants in Gaza have used this type of weapon.Although the weapon is intended to be launched aerially, Gaza militants chose to launch their rocket from ground-based launchers. Unlike a Qassam rocket, the S5K contains more explosives, but is less precise.On Friday, 8 December 2017, two S-5 rockets fired from, landed on. One of the rockets landed on a kindergartenand the second one landed on a nearby street, causing damage to a car.Libya S-5, along with and rockets, have been deployed from the backs of pick-up trucks (generally, ) during the, serving as a makeshift. The rebels have also developed a man-portable launcher for the S-5, turning the rocket into a makeshift.
Syria The S-5 has seen use by the against opposition forces in the. Typical launchers specifications. Lancer firing S-5 rockets. ORO-57K. rockets: 8. length × diameter: 1,447 × 220 mm.
weight, empty: 33 kg. weight, loaded: 64 kg. aircraft:. UB-16-57UMP.
rockets: 16. length × diameter: 1,880 × 335 mm. weight, empty: 57 kg. weight, loaded: 138 kg. aircraft:, (various variants of UB-16-57). UB-32.
rockets: 32. length × diameter: 2,080 × 481 mm. weight, empty: 103 kg. weight, loaded: 264 kg.
aircraft:,Rocket specifications DesignationTypeLength overallLaunch weightWarhead weightNotesS-5/ARS-57GP0.915 m3.99 kg1.16 kgImpact fuze. 3.5 dispersion.S-5MHE-FRAG???Produces 75 splintersS-5M1HE-FRAG0.882 m3.86 kg0.8 kgProduces 75 splintersS-5MOFrag0.998 m4.82 kg0.8 kgWarhead has 20 notched steel rings generate 360 fragments.S-5KHEAT???warhead, 130 mm versus RHA.S-5K1HEAT0.83 m3.64 kg1.1 kgShaped charge warhead, 130 mm versus RHA.S-5KOHEAT /FRAG0.987 m4.43 kg1.36 kgWarhead has 11 notched steel rings, 220 fragments.S-5KOBHEAT /FRAG0.987 m4.43 kg1.36 kgWarhead has 11 notched steel rings, 220 fragments. Code 'B' for uses new type BN-K low smoke motor powder.S-5KPHEAT /FRAG1.079 m5.01 kg1.8 kgShaped charge with wound wire fragmentation jacket and sensitive impact fuze.
Improved warhead with 250 mm RHA penetration.S-5KPBHEAT /FRAG1.079 m5.01 kg1.8 kgShaped charge with wound wire fragmentation jacket and sensitive impact fuze. Improved warhead with 250 mm RHA penetration. Code 'B' for uses new type BN-K low smoke motor powder.S-5SFlechette???Warhead contains 1,000 to 1,100 40 mm long.S-5SBFlechette???Warhead contains 1,000 to 1,100 40 mm long flechettes.
Code 'B' for uses new type BN-K low smoke motor powder.S-5P (PARS-57)??n/aChaff rocketS-5P1Chaff1.073 m5.04 kgn/aChaff rocket.S-5-OFlare???Flare / illuminationS-5-O1Paraflare0.948 m4.94 kg1.73 kgParachute flare.S-5KorGuided1.100 m5.85 kg.-200 mm RHA penetration. 0.8–1.8 m CEP accuracy.Wikimedia Commons has media related to.See also., the rocket pod that fires the S-5., a proposed upgrade of 'dumb' rockets to salvo-fired laser-guided precision missilesReferences.
Air Force successfully flight-tested a hypersonic weapon from a B-52 Stratofortress bomber, defense giant Lockheed Martin announces. A hypersonic weapon is a missile that travels at Mach 5 or higher, which is at least five times faster than the speed of sound. That means a hypersonic weapon can travel about one mile per second.
The 'captive carry flight test' evaluates the mock weapon during flight and is the Air Force's latest step amid the budding hypersonic arms race between China and Russia. In August, the Pentagon to develop the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, hypersonic missile. The Air Force said the ARRW system will stand for more ground and flight testing over the next three years.
The hypersonic missile is expected to be completed by 2022.The 'captive carry flight test' evaluates the mock weapon during flight and is the Air Force's latest step in developing a defense amid the budding hypersonic arms race between China and Russia. The sprint for hypersonic arms. As it stands, the U.S. Currently does not have a defense against hypersonic arms, a breed of weapon that both Russia and China are developing.A little more than a year ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Of the six new weapons Putin unveiled last March, CNBC learned that two of them, a hypersonic glide vehicle and air-launched cruise missile, will be ready for war by 2020.Moscow's hypersonic glide vehicle, dubbed Avangard, and is designed to sit atop an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Once launched, it uses aerodynamic forces to sail on top of the atmosphere. 'The Chinese have been much more thoughtful in their systems development because they are developing long-range tactical precision-guided systems that will be really influential in a conventional fight,' Michael Griffin, a former NASA administrator,. 'The Chinese ability to hold our forward deployed assets at risk with very high speed and very hard to intercept precision-guided systems is something to which we have to respond,' he added.Turning to Russia, Griffin noted that Moscow's intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, pose a greater threat to the U.S. Than the hypersonic weapons that Putin purports to have. Lockheed playing in its home court. Last April, Lockheed Martin to build an undefined number of hypersonic conventional strike weapons.
According to the contract, the defense giant will be responsible for designing, engineering, weapon integration and logistical support. The development will take place in Huntsville, Alabama, which is known as 'Rocket City' as it was the birthplace of America's rocket program.What's more, Lockheed Martin is in the process of developing the SR-72, a hypersonic unmanned plane dubbed the 'son of the Blackbird.' When it comes to developing a high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, the Pentagon's top weapons supplier is playing in its home court.