Modernization and piloting skills: Expert explained the difficulties with the Russian aircraft M-55 reconnaissance

Pilots that will fly on the M-55 must have special training-as for flights into space. Russia plans to use the Soviet M-55 aircraft to reconnaissance over the territory of Ukraine. This was recently stated by British intelligence. In a comment to the focus, the expert Mikhail Zhirokhov explained what difficulties the Russians will arise, according to the material "Cosmonauts-reconnaissance. Why Russia is the M-55 intelligence aircraft, and what is wrong with him.

" First, he says the aircraft needs to be upgraded. And this is difficult. "He was unlikely to be tied into one network with other aircraft so that it was an air command post. And it was unlikely Modern mobile phones with samples of twenty years ago. So the quality of the information obtained will be unaccompanied, "he says. Of course, the Russians could set the quality of primitive Chinese devices on the aircraft.

But then it is about making changes to the design of the aircraft - a change in parameters, the characteristics that it is not easy to implement. New tests need to be conducted to put the machine into operation. It should be spent at least half a year or even more. Secondly, the pilots that will fly must have special training-as for flights into space. In Soviet times, this was. But nowadays the youngest of the then prepared pilots for many years - they can hardly fly.

Current pilots may have passed some express courses. The expert notes that there is nothing complicated in such flights - you do not need to use weapons, just go out for a course, wind circles. The main thing is physical health. Because such flights are considered on the verge of human opportunities. In order to rise to such heights, you need to have appropriate health, training, wear a special suit.