In the disseminated information "The sky of Moscow will be protected by the Tula" Pantsir "it is said that in the near future the Moscow region air defense units of the Russian army will receive modern installations of the" Pantsir S "air defense missile defense system. strategic air defense S-400 "Triumph", which are deployed in Sofrino and Elektrostal, in the suburbs. The S-400 Triumph can destroy not only aircraft, but also enemy ballistic missiles, thereby providing reliable anti-missile defense not only of the Moscow region, but also of the adjacent regions."
As information: ZRPK "Pantsir-S" and ZRS S-400 "Triumph" - two unique modern Russian anti-aircraft missile systems, which in many respects surpass their foreign counterparts. In terms of their combat, tactical and technical capabilities, both the Triumph complex and the Pantsir-S complex with high efficiency can fight not only existing, but also promising air attack weapon systems.
"Pantsir-S" is a unique anti-aircraft missile-gun system, the main purpose of which, as stated on the official website of the manufacturer, "for the implementation of air defense of small-sized administrative, industrial and military facilities and areas from cruise missiles, aircraft, helicopters and precision weapons enemy, and also as an additional reinforcement of air defense groupings during the repulsion of massive air strikes."
The Pantsir-S air defense missile system provides effective combat against any types of existing manned and unmanned aerial vehicles, including aircraft equipped with high-precision onboard weapons. The complex is no less effective in combating lightly armored ground targets, as well as enemy manpower. ZRPK includes maintenance equipment and training facilities, which include a combat vehicle with anti-aircraft missile ammunition, a transport-loading vehicle, and a battery control center. The combat vehicle is the main element of the complex, it is capable of autonomously detecting, identifying and firing at targets with missile and artillery weapons both on the spot and in the dynamics of movement at any time of the day and under difficult climatic conditions.
All the main assets and systems of the combat vehicle are located in a unified tower module. The modular principle of construction makes it possible to create variants of the complex in a stationary, self-propelled (tracked and wheelbase), container or shelter version. In the latter version, the combat work of the crew is carried out from a shelter in order to increase survivability. The defeat of targets, depending on their distance, is carried out by a two-stage solid-propellant hypersonic missile or 30-mm cannon shells of fragmentation tracer, high-explosive fragmentation or armor-piercing incendiary action.
Pantsir-S has two double-barreled rapid-fire 30-mm anti-aircraft guns, which provide firing at air targets at a distance of up to 4 thousand meters with a rate of fire of up to 5 thousand rounds per minute. The Pantsir-S ZRPK complex ensures the destruction of targets moving at a speed of up to 1000 m / s by missiles in a zone at a distance of 1-20 (0, 2-4) kilometers and an altitude of 0, 005-15 (up to 3) kilometers with a probability 0, 6-0, 9. Two targets can be fired on simultaneously with two missiles each. The time from identifying a target to opening fire or launching a missile defense system on it is 4-8 seconds.
According to the manufacturer of the Pantsir-S air defense missile system of the Tula Instrument Design Bureau, currently ten complexes are ready for transfer to the troops. And in total, by 2020, the Ministry of Defense plans to purchase several hundred BM complexes under the State Armament Program. According to Yuri Savenkov, deputy. General Director of the Tula Instrument Design Bureau, today the Pantsir air defense missile system is a unique and the only anti-aircraft complex in the world capable of firing at targets in the dynamics of movement.
The S-400 Triumph is a long-range anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) capable of effectively fighting ballistic missiles of a potential enemy, but it would be incorrect to call it a strategic air defense system. The S-400 Triumph air defense system is designed to destroy aerodynamic air targets, incl. made with the use of Stells technology at a range of about 400 kilometers, as well as ballistic and cruise missiles with a launch range of up to 3500 kilometers, hypersonic and other modern air attack weapons (SVN), as well as their promising versions. The basic version of the Triumph air defense system is similar in composition to the S-300 air defense system and includes several radar stations for various purposes, a command post of the system with an integrated computer complex, anti-aircraft missiles and launchers of several types.
As the main advantages of the Triumph air defense system, in comparison with the S-300 air defense system of various modifications, experts note the possibility of effectively destroying all existing air defense systems. Along with this, the new air defense system has a fire potential increased by 2, 5 or more times, a 2-2, 5-fold increased efficiency in performing a combat mission, while reducing maintenance personnel and a number of other positive differences.
