Confirmation that & nbsp; & quot; item 506 & raquo; & nbsp; & mdash; this is indeed a cruise missile (CR) can be found in & nbsp; one of the & nbsp; interviews of the interview of the general director of & nbsp; JSC “ GosNIIMash '' Igor Kuznetsov from & nbsp; 2016. Among future projects to be implemented by the company, Kuznetsov mentioned a certain “ product 506 '', without which will be able to hit the most important targets from a distance of & nbsp; thousands of kilometers, will replenish the arsenal of Tu-160M and & nbsp; Tu-95M bombers.
Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov notes that the & nbsp; project of a new missile “ product 506 '' is being developed in parallel with the & nbsp; creation of the modernized Tu-160M. But & nbsp; you can expect her & nbsp; appearance and & nbsp; on & nbsp; other strategic bombers. First of all, a potential carrier could be the Tu-95MS or its upgraded versions. He is & nbsp; able to use all those & nbsp; same & nbsp; non-nuclear ammunition that & nbsp; and & nbsp; & nbsp; White Swan & raquo; Tu-160. But & nbsp; it cannot be ruled out that & nbsp; small-sized ammunition will fit in & nbsp; Tu-22M3M.
Now only Tu-160 and & nbsp; Tu-95MS bombers are equipped with modern long-range cruise missiles. In addition to the Soviet X-55 with & nbsp; nuclear warheads & nbsp; already in this century & nbsp; on their & nbsp; basis was developed and & nbsp; tested non-nuclear X-555 with & nbsp; improved navigation system and & nbsp; improved accuracy.
A newer family non-nuclear and & nbsp; nuclear strategic cruise missiles Kh-101/102 was developed using stealth technologies. They have changed the shape of the case, they are made using composite materials. The improved navigation system provides them with & nbsp; accuracy of less than 10 meters at & nbsp; launch from & nbsp; several thousand kilometers. Both & nbsp; X-555 and & nbsp; X-101 first underwent baptism of fire in & nbsp; 2015.
read in & nbsp; investigation of Izvestia:
Small, yes & nbsp; blow: what & nbsp ; hides behind & nbsp; not & nbsp; having analogues “ product 506 ''.