MODIFIED RAM K RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2010
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• Publication Date: September 6, 1982
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MODIFIED RAM K
RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TFS FirTTER, USSR
CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE RUNWAYS WITH TWO SERVICING VEHICLES
NEARBY. THE MODIFIED RAM K DIFFERS FROM THE RAM K IN THAT THE
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VERTICAL STABILIZERS IS APPROXIMATELY 2
METERS WIDER ON THE MODIFIED RAM K; THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE
AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING THE POSSIBLE PARABRAKE EXTENSION, IS
APPROXIMATELY 22 METERS, LONGER THAN THE RAM K; AND 25X1
THE MODIFIED RAM K HAS WEAPONS PYLONS OR PITOT TUBES MOUNTED ON
THE WING TIPS. ONE RAM K IS ALSO PRESENT. FLIGHT TESTING OF
BOTH AIRCRAFT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE.
THE SOVIET FAR EAST. THE CANVAS-COVERED RAM K IS ON THE
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE MODIFIED RAM K WHICH IS A NEW
GENERATION, W 1 ENGINE, SWEPT-WING, SOVIET JET FIGHTER
DESIGNED BY SUKHOY IS HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN ADDITION,
THE PRESENCE OF BOTH THE RAM K AND THE I40DIFIED RAM K SUGGESTS
THAT FLIGHT TESTING OF BOTH AIRCRAFT WILL CONTINUE.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A MODIFIED RAM K. THE PROBABLE PRODUCTION
VARIANT,I AAAT RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THE MODIFIED RAIl K HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SEEN ONLY AT
KOMSOMOLSK AIRFRAME PLANT ORDZHONIKIDZE 126 , IN 25X1
(SWN) RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, ONE OF TWO MAJOR FLIGHT
TEST CENTERS IN THE SOVIET UNION SUPPORTING THE DESIGN,
DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING OF NEW SOVIET AIRCRAFT AND
MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING AIRCRAFT, IS 21 NM SOUTHEAST OF
MOSCOW.
3.I COORDINATES 55-34-19N 038-09-23E
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