RUSSIAN ARMS, AIRCRAFT DISPLAYED AT AIR SHOW

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005517546
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: August 26, 1992

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Concatenated JPRS Reports, 1992
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Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Status: [STAY]
Document Date: 26 Aug 92 Category: [CAT]
Report Type: JPRS report Report Date:
Report Number: JPRS-TND-92-031 UDC Number:
Headline: Russian Arms, Aircraft Displayed at Air Show
Source Line: LD2808100492 Moscow Radio Moscow in French 1600 GMT 26
Aug 92
FULL TSBT OF ARTICLE:
1. [Bxcerpt] Por one week, civilian and combat planes and
helicopters displayed their abilities in the skies near Moscow, while
some 300 Russian and foreign firms displayed their latest products to
visitors at a huge airport near the town of Zhukovskiy. Some of the
aircraft had radical new designs suggestive of flying saucers. The
Russian aerospace industry presented the TU-160 strategic bomber,
which carries air-to-surface missiles, the IL-102 ground attack
aircraft, the SU-27M fighter aircraft, and many specialized aircraft
for sports, fire fighting, and agriculture. Visitors were able to see
the C-300 antiaircraft rocket launcher, which had been interesting
foreign specialists for years but until now had been classified as a
top secret weapon. Its designer Boris Kodriatsev describes the
potential of the C-300 unit:
2. (Begin Kodriatsev recording in Russian, fading into French
translation] On the whole, we have reason to believe that the system
is superior to the American Patriot system. It also has the advantage
of being able to fly anywhere, while Patriots can only fly in the
direction of the orientation of the launcher. [end recording]
3. Among new products there is the MiG-31, nicknamed the mini-AWACS
in comparison with the famous American reconnaissance aircraft. The
chief designer, Rostislav Beliakov, describes its potential:
4. [Begin Beliakov recording in Russian, fading into French
translation] It has advantages as a weapon: It has a very advanced
detection system allowing it to sweep a large beam, 900-km wide, for
four aircraft. [end recording]
5. According to well-informed sources, the (Obovono) Export and Avia
Export signed a number of agreements on the supply of military
aircraft and equipment during the MosAeroshow-92 exhibition. [passage
omitted]
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