Russia has shown the world a new trailer of its military skills by testing the hypersonic missile from its fifth generation stealth fighter jet SU-57. This has been confirmed by the Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander in Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Alexander Maqsimatsev. He said that the SU-57 fighter aircraft is now equipped with hypersonic weapons and Russia’s aerospace forces are getting advanced and modern weapons systems every year.

He told in an interview that according to the government’s order, now modern fighter aircraft like SU-57 are being delivered and fast. Russia has been indicating to install hypersonic missiles in its jet aircraft for the past few years. In February 2023, Russia’s Tass news agency reported that a small but deadly “air-to-piece hypersonic missile” was prepared and tested for SU-57.

What is Jircon Hyperconic Missile?
Jircon is Russia’s most modern hypersonic cruise missile. It was first included in the Russian Navy in the year 2023. This missile has also been deployed in submarines. Its biggest feature is its speed and strength. Jircon’s speed is Mach 9, that is, it runs nine times at the speed of voice-at a speed of 11,000 kilometers per hour.

Its strike range is up to 1000 km, so that it can target enemy’s hideouts from a distance. Its speed and firepower is so deadly that it can cheat any air defense system. Not only this, the strength of its carnitic energy is so high that it can completely destroy the biggest warship or aircraft career.

How far Nircon is compared to Western countries?
Jircon’s capabilities are much higher than the missiles of Western countries. America’s fastest hypersonic missile is SM-6, whose speed is only Mach 3.5 and the range is limited to 450 km. At the same time, China claims that it has a missile named YJ-21, which is equal to Jircon i.e. Mach 9 speed and 1000 km range, but no country in Europe has any missile that can match Jircon. In this sense, Russia has gone beyond the world in this technology.

SU-57 and Jircon duo: Radar also cheated
SU-57 is a fighter aircraft equipped with state-of-the-art stealth technology. It is very difficult to catch it with radar. Now in this aircraft, the Jircon missile has been integrated by hiding the internal weapon bay ie inside the aircraft. This means that the enemy cannot look at this missile until it fire.

SU-57 has been prepared in such a way that it can carry out a very fast-paced distance attack. Russia has already made an air-to-air R-77M missile for this, whose range is more than 400 kilometers. Apart from this, in October 2023, Russia’s government media claimed a new long-range cruise missile test, which is based on KH-101/102 and the range of about 3500 km.

Big question for India: Will SU-57 buy?
India has recently refused to buy America’s F-35 fighter jet. In such a situation, now the defense experts are eyeing whether India will now move towards buying SU-57 of Russia? SU-57 is not only equipped with stealth technology, but now hypersonic weapons have also been added to it. If India buys this fighter jet, it can take the strength of the Indian Air Force to a new height. India and Russia have already strong defense relations and the involvement of state-of-the-art fighter jets like SU-57 can increase India’s strategic capacity manifold.

Russia su-57e stealth fighter jets: Russia has once again offered India’s export version of SU-57e to India’s fifth generation stealth fighter jet SU-57. The special thing is that this time Russia has promised to give Transfer of Technology (TOT) and source code, which can prove to be a strategic and technical opportunity for India. Russia has also proposed direct supply of SU-35M jets under the Indian Air Force MRFA tender, which can meet the requirements of 114 multi-rol fighter jets of the Air Force. This offer of Russia can help the Indian Air Force a lot. China is going to give Pakistan a 5th generation fighter jet by next year, for which Russia’s SU-57e Stealth Fighter Jet will prove to be an essential weapon for the counter attack.

During Aero India 2025, Russia’s official defense company Rostec and Sukhoi made an important proposal to India that they could manufacture SU-57E in the Nashik facility of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). This is the same factory where India has already successfully produced 200+ SU-30mki. The new proposal is also planned to construct SU-57e on the same lines, which will not only make India self-sufficiency, but also identify globally in aerospace technology.

Source Code, Integration of indigenous weapons
Russia not only promised to give aircraft with SU-57e, but is ready to access its source code. This means that India will be able to add indigenous weapons and systems to this aircraft without the help of Russia. It includes weapons BVR missile, weapon BVR missile, Virupaksha AESA Radar and Rudram Anti-Redress Missile. Apart from this, Russia has also promised that it will help India in indigenization up to 40-60% of SU-57E, which will prove to be a big boost for the Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat campaigns.

Energy supply of 20-30 aircraft
According to reports, Russia is ready to supply 20 to 30 su-57e fighter jets immediately to fulfill the immediate requirement of the Indian Air Force. After this, if the deal is final by 2026, then 60-70 fighter aircraft made in India by 2030-2032 can join the Indian Air Force.

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