Air defense 2024, November

Who has the keys to our sky?

Who has the keys to our sky?

It is clear that the representatives of the air defense. It so happened that it turned out that it turned out to visit the qualifying stage of the international competition "Keys to the Sky", in which participants were selected for the final, which will be held within the framework of the International Army Games from July 30 to August 13, 2016 on the territory of the Ashuluk training ground in

Not a single satellite will escape the Space Monitoring System

Not a single satellite will escape the Space Monitoring System

"Outer space control system", SKKP is a special strategic system, the main task of which is to monitor the artificial satellites of our planet, as well as other space objects. It is an integral part of the Aerospace Defense Forces. According to the official

Anti-missile defense of Moscow. Part II

Anti-missile defense of Moscow. Part II

A-135 "Cupid" In 1972, the USSR and the United States signed an agreement on the limitation of anti-missile defense systems. In accordance with this document, the countries had the right to build only two missile defense systems: to protect the capital and the positions of strategic missiles. In 1974, an additional protocol was signed, according to

Anti-missile defense of Moscow. Part I

Anti-missile defense of Moscow. Part I

The active development of strike systems in the fifties of the last century forced the designers of the leading countries to create means of protection against enemy aircraft and missiles. In 1950, the development of the Berkut air defense system began, which later received the C-25 index. This system was supposed to protect Moscow, and

Development of the guidance system for air defense fighters during the war

Development of the guidance system for air defense fighters during the war

In the pre-war years, the control of air defense fighter aviation (air defense IA) and the organization of its interaction with other branches of the armed forces, including anti-aircraft artillery, were, to put it mildly, not up to the mark. Combat orders were given to aviation units, often without information about the tasks of anti-aircraft

Deployment of Anteevs in Syria indicates preparations for provocations that could escalate into a major conflict

Deployment of Anteevs in Syria indicates preparations for provocations that could escalate into a major conflict

The main "firing" elements of the S-300V / VM / V4 anti-aircraft missile system (from left to right): 9A83M launcher with target illumination radar on a lifting mast for 9M83M missiles, 9A82M launcher with RPN for 9M82M long-range missiles, 6-channel radar missile guidance with 9S32M HEADLIGHTS

Air-to-air missile interception could be the # 1 problem in modern air warfare

Air-to-air missile interception could be the # 1 problem in modern air warfare

Medium-range air-to-air missiles of the R-77 (RVV-AE) family, according to officially published data, are adapted to intercept any type of tactical missile, including enemy air combat missiles

Decimeter radar "Rubezh" - information basis for RTV, electronic warfare and air defense against massive attacks of the TFR

Decimeter radar "Rubezh" - information basis for RTV, electronic warfare and air defense against massive attacks of the TFR

The unique qualities of the newest electronic warfare system "Pole-21", which is being deployed today on the basis of base stations and antenna-mast systems of cellular mobile operators in Russia, we examined in one of our August articles. Weakly directional radiating antennas of complexes

"Triumphal" anti-aircraft missile regiment deployed in Feodosia: on duty at the most unstable conventional theater of operations

"Triumphal" anti-aircraft missile regiment deployed in Feodosia: on duty at the most unstable conventional theater of operations

The focus of military-political tension is narrowing more and more every day on the strategically important Black Sea region, over which the United States and the entire North Atlantic alliance are trying to maintain control by any means. This region has become one of the main items on the agenda of the recent Warsaw Summit

Updated "Torah" and "Buki": anti-missile survivability masters for military air defense

Updated "Torah" and "Buki": anti-missile survivability masters for military air defense

On the rear of the turret of the Tor-M2U self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system, a radar station for detecting air targets with an isodal-partial method of forming a radiation pattern with a frequency change is installed, which forces the enemy's electronic warfare to put active barrage interference with

The fighting qualities of the "handicraft" version of the NASAMS air defense system. MML Launcher: Expensive and Doubtful

The fighting qualities of the "handicraft" version of the NASAMS air defense system. MML Launcher: Expensive and Doubtful

The photo shows the launch of the anti-aircraft version of the AIM-9X "Sidewinder" air-to-air missile, carried out from the MML (Multi-Mission Launcher) in the USA on March 29, 2016. A few days earlier, a test launch of the FIM-92 missile defense system was carried out. In this case, before you is the "extended" version of the oblique

Anti-ship "Standard" in pursuit of "Onyx". Rebirth of a forgotten American project

Anti-ship "Standard" in pursuit of "Onyx". Rebirth of a forgotten American project

2017 will mark exactly 50 years since the adoption by the US Navy of the most popular anti-aircraft guided missile for shipborne air defense systems in the West - RIM-66A "Standard-1" (SM-1). The aerodynamically perfect product at that time gave rise to a whole family of SAM "Standard"

The assets of the short-range air defense of the Russian and Western fleets in the realities of promising air attack weapons

The assets of the short-range air defense of the Russian and Western fleets in the realities of promising air attack weapons

Optical-location sighting system ZRAK "Pantsir-S1" (and later "Pantsir-M") with a thermal imaging module (right) and an optoelectronic unit (left). This element is the basis for the immunity of the "Pantsir" family: functioning in most spectra of visible optical and infrared

Military air defense opens up new horizons. What will change with the arrival of Buk-M3?

Military air defense opens up new horizons. What will change with the arrival of Buk-M3?

The photo shows the main elements of the next generation Buk-M3 military anti-aircraft missile system: a transport and launcher for 12 TPKs with 9M317M - 9A316M missiles (left), a 9S18M3 Kupol X-range radar detector (center) and a self-propelled fire launcher 9A317M with 6-channel radar

War on telescopes

War on telescopes

The range of 300 million kilometers is not the limit. The 15th Army of the Aerospace Forces (Special Purpose) includes the Main Center for Missile Attack Warning, the Main Center for Space Situation Intelligence, and the Main Testing Space Center named after G. S. Titov. Consider the technical tasks

What a beast "Needle"

What a beast "Needle"

Recently, in the news, MANPADS are often remembered, as a rule "Strela-2" or Igla ". But very few people understand what this thing is all about, so I will briefly tell you about the device of such devices. So, at first, banal things. Such MANPADS have homing a rocket, not a rocket

American "Tunguska"

American "Tunguska"

It has always been and will always be so: if someone somewhere has something new, then others immediately strive to get the same. So our anti-aircraft missile system "Tunguska" did not leave anyone indifferent abroad, and it immediately became clear that our potential adversaries have nothing similar

The most dangerous anti-aircraft missile in the world

The most dangerous anti-aircraft missile in the world

This year, as well as last year, the Russian Armed Forces will receive a new generation of portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) "Verba". This unique product was developed by specialists of the Kolomna JSC NPK Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering, which is a part of NPO High-Precision

Military air defense VIP targets

Military air defense VIP targets

In 2016, the Ground Forces will receive the complexes "TOR-M2" and "BUK-M3". Meanwhile, one of the founders of the modern Aerospace Forces had an anniversary - a hundred years from the day

Enemy Missile Winners

Enemy Missile Winners

On March 4, 1961, the Soviet V-1000 interceptor missile, for the first time in the world, intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile warhead. By the early 1950s, the nuclear bomb had already become the main weapon and the main factor in world politics. In the Soviet Union, the first successes were achieved in

Antimissile defense complex "System" A "

Antimissile defense complex "System" A "

The emergence and development of ballistic missiles has led to the need to create defense systems against them. Already in the mid-fifties, work began in our country to study the subject of missile defense, which by the beginning of the next decade led to the successful solution of the task