Russian hypersonic stealth bomber PAK DA could fly at 3,840 mph in 2020

After the launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, by the USSR in 1957, then US senator Lyndon Johnson warned: ‘Whoever controls space controls the world.’ Russian military reveals next generation hypersonic stealth bomber that can launch nuclear attacks from SPACE and Flying at five times the speed of sound, the bomber will be able to reach any point on earth in under two hours. A functional engine will be developed by 2020, according to Colonel Alexei Solodovnikov, who is working on the project. He said: ‘This will be a strategic aircraft. It will fly into outer space in order to strike, using nuclear bombs, and then return to the airfield. Colonel General Sergei Karakayev, the commander of Russian Strategic Missile Forces, confirmed the model hypersonic engine for the bomber was built and had been successfully tested. He said: ‘An engine for a promising space plane has been developed at Strategic Rocket Forces Academy. The unit’s operational ability has been proven. The idea is that the bomber will take off from a normal home airfield to patrol Russian airspace. ‘Upon command it will ascend into outer space, strike a target with nuclear warheads and then return to its home base.’ Mr Solodovnikov added: ‘It will [be able to accelerate to] hypersonic speed in rocket mode.’ According to the Strategic Missile Forces Academy, the engine will operate in two modes, one using kerosene fuel for conventional flight and the other methane and oxygen to power the craft into space. To fly hypersonic means flying at Mach 5, five times the speed of sound at 3,840 mph, or faster. The PAK DA project was launched in 2009. The test engine for the PAK-DA bomber is expected to be shown at the Army 2016 International Military Technology Forum in September near Moscow. Test model of craft known as PAK-DA could fly in 2020. The military intended to receive a single type of long-range bomber to replace the current Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3. READ MORE: http://sputniknews.com/military/20160124/1033644203/russia-next-generation-bomber.html