Russian Hermes missile for 2010 flight test

摘要

The long-running development programme for the Hermes tactical missile by the Russian Tula KBP (Konstruktorskoye Byuro Priborostroyeniya) Instrument Design Bureau has progressed to the extent that the definitive weapon is now expected to start flight-tests in 2010 and enter service in 2011-12, writes David C Isby.rnThis schedule was announced to the Russian press at the MAKS Air Show in Moscow, where the missile was being displayed.