Air defense 2024, April

Photo: Press Service of YuVOM Do we have a lot of air defense systems? We continue talking about domestic anti-aircraft systems. Today we will consider the armament and promising short-range air defense systems, in the composition of the onboard equipment of which there are no detection radars. We will try

How many air defense systems do we have? We continue to review the domestic air defense systems available in the Russian Armed Forces. Today we will talk about mobile anti-aircraft gun-missile systems designed for anti-aircraft cover of troops in the frontline zone and in the air defense facility in the depths of the defense

How many air defense systems do we have? In 1967, the Soviet Army entered the "Cub" air defense system, designed to destroy air attack weapons at a distance exceeding the use of aircraft weapons. A distinctive feature of the "Cube" complexes was the placement of self-propelled launchers

How many air defense systems do we have? In the late 1950s, after the Soviet Air Defense Forces adopted the S-75 air defense system, it was also supposed to be used in the air defense units of the Ground Forces. However, a rather long time of deployment and folding, low mobility of the complex

How many air defense systems do we have? In 2007, the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system entered service with the anti-aircraft missile forces that are part of the Russian Air Force. The S-400 air defense system is an evolutionary development of the S-300P family, initially it had the designation S-300PM3. A new designation has been assigned

At the end of December, new information was published on the progress of work on the S-500 anti-aircraft missile system. In 2020, it is planned to conduct preliminary tests of this air defense system, and in 2025 the first serial complex will be handed over to the troops. Naturally, such news could not go unnoticed

The first prototype of the 50P6A launcher in 2013 The Russian defense industry, represented by the Almaz-Antey VKO Concern, handed over to the army the first set of the promising S-350 Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system. As planned, the air defense missile system was transferred to the troops by the end of the year and should soon enter

In the early stages of the development of anti-aircraft missile systems, various projects of complexes using salvo firing unguided rockets were repeatedly proposed. Systems of this kind were a temporary solution, and the advent of full-fledged guided missiles made them unnecessary. Nevertheless

At the end of January 2020, Voennoye Obozreniye published the publication "Why do we need so many air defense systems?" -space

The development of any type of weapon often takes place in several iterations. And the more innovative a weapon is, the higher the chance that it will not be immediately implemented, shelved, or shown as an example of a failed concept or project. Examples of the creation of breakthrough weapons, ahead of

In the 1930s, China and Germany worked closely in the economic and military spheres. Germany participated in the modernization of industry and the army in exchange for the supply of Chinese raw materials. More than half of Germany's exports of military equipment and weapons before 1937 went to China. Germans supplied

Photo of JSC IEMZ Kupol 2019 was filled with events related to Russian anti-aircraft missile systems. Moreover, this applied not only to long-range air defense systems (S-300 and S-400), but also to their lower-level associates. The short-range air defense systems of the "Tor" family occupied the upper

On December 1, the Ministry of Defense announced the transfer of the first radar station 29B6 "Container" to combat duty. This object is designed to monitor the air situation in the West direction and detect potentially dangerous targets. In the foreseeable future, it is planned to deploy

Development of the mobile complex MEADS began in 2004 Geopolitical tensions in Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region contribute to the growing interest in long-range anti-aircraft missile systems. Using the available data, we will analyze this developing segment

Photo: mil.ru The question that we will consider today was raised by our readers in the discussion of one of the articles. Indeed, today, only the ground forces are armed with so many anti-aircraft systems that one involuntarily thinks about whether it is necessary so much at all?

Missile defense emerged as a response to the creation of the most powerful weapon in the history of human civilization - ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads. The best minds of the planet were involved in the creation of protection against this threat, the latest scientific developments were studied and applied in practice

Radar center in the vicinity of Diyarbakir The statements of some visitors on some issues are so "masterpiece" that sometimes

HQ-22 SAM Lift-Launcher in deployed position with transport and launch containers raised and outriggers fully extendedChina is rapidly increasing its air defense capabilities with an eye on fifth-generation combat aircraft. Let's take a closer look at the funds

Anti-missile defense of the PRC. In the 21st century, China has become one of the leading economically developed countries. Simultaneously with the growth of the economy and the well-being of the population, the leadership of the PRC began to demonstrate increased ambitions and to exert a greater influence on the processes taking place in the world. Experts

On June 3, the Russian Ministry of Defense published a video of the next test launch of a promising domestic missile for strategic missile defense. The short video attracted the attention of specialists, amateurs of military equipment and the media. Russian missile defense work is always

One of the ways to increase the likelihood of hitting a ground or air target is the use of the so-called. projectiles with programmable detonation. Such ammunition is detonated at a given point of the trajectory - the closest to the target and send the maximum possible number of submunitions to it. One of

Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" was built in a large series and delivered to several dozen foreign countries. One of the recipients of such technology was the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Vietnamese People's Army still operates a large number of Shiloks, but their moral

Work continues on the Sosna advanced anti-aircraft missile system for air defense of ground forces. Not so long ago, the developers of this air defense system showed a prototype corresponding to the expected serial configuration. Unlike the previous prototype built on a chassis

Anti-missile defense of the PRC. The first stage in the creation of the Chinese Project 640 missile defense system, launched in the second half of the 1960s, was the construction of Type 7010 and Type 110 radar stations. Type 7010 radars were supposed to provide earlier warning of a missile attack, and on

Air defense of Czechoslovakia. During the Cold War, the main air defense systems of Czechoslovakia were deployed in the western and central parts of the country. On the territory of Slovakia, there were stationary positions of the air defense missile system only around Bratislava. When dividing military property after the "velvet divorce" with the Czech Republic, Slovakia

Over-the-horizon radar SPRN of the PRC, located on the slope of the mountain Anti-missile defense of the PRC. Despite the cessation of anti-missile weapons work in 1980, the design of early warning missile radars in China has continued. Experience gained during the creation and

Russia offers potential customers a wide range of modern air defense systems and regularly receives new orders. This state of affairs does not suit foreign manufacturers of such equipment, which leads to specific consequences. So, the newest S-400 air defense system is already on sale

Air Defense of Czechoslovakia In addition to low-altitude air defense systems C-125M / M1A, medium-range complexes SA-75M, C-75M / M3, long-range C-200VE and multi-channel anti-aircraft system C-300PMU, which defended important administrative and industrial centers, in Czechoslovakia there was a significant number of mobile army

In the middle of the last century, the design bureau A.S. Yakovleva. It has consistently developed several projects of transport helicopters, and was also looking for fundamentally new solutions. In the sixties, such a search

Air Defense of Czechoslovakia By the mid-1950s, due to the increase in the speed and altitude of jet combat aircraft, anti-aircraft artillery of medium and large caliber ceased to be an effective means of air defense. The problem was aggravated by the fact that a single

Air defense of Czechoslovakia. In 1990, the air defense system of Czechoslovakia reached the peak of its power. Only the capital of Czechoslovakia, Prague, was covered by a dozen anti-aircraft missile divisions - S-75M / M3, S-125M / M1A and S-200VE, located at stationary positions. However, more than half of the air defense systems of the air defense forces of Czechoslovakia were

Even at the beginning of World War II, Nazi Germany took care of the creation of promising anti-aircraft weapons of various kinds. Since a certain time, along with other products, promising anti-aircraft guided missiles have been developed. However, not a single project of this kind has ever been brought to

After the liberation of Czechoslovakia from the German occupation, the restoration of statehood and the formation of its own armed forces began. At the first stage, the equipment of the Czechoslovak Air Force was carried out with equipment and weapons of Soviet and British production. In November 1945, the territory of the country

Air defense of Czechoslovakia. In the early post-war years, the Czechoslovak army was armed with a bizarre mixture of anti-aircraft weapons of Czech, German and Soviet production. The troops had 7.92 mm machine guns equipped with anti-aircraft sights: German MG-34 and MG-42 and Czech ZB-26, ZB -thirty

Over the past few weeks, the promising anti-aircraft missile system S-350 "Vityaz" has repeatedly become the topic of news. The reason for this was the completion of the development of the project and testing of experimental equipment, as well as preparation for serial production and deliveries to the troops. Reportedly already

The curvature of the earth's surface and the unevenness of the terrain greatly limit the capabilities of ground and ship-based air defense systems to detect and defeat low-flying air attack weapons (LAS). How can you effectively ensure the possibility of firing an air defense system at low-flying targets?

In the first part, we examined the problem of oversaturation of air defense (air defense) through the massive use of air attack weapons (AHN). In many ways, this problem is solved by using missiles with active radar heads as part of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM)

In the news and military-analytical segments of the Russian and Ukrainian media spaces, the "epic" around the announced by "Ukroboronprom" and the Polish company WB "Electronics" a joint program for the development of a promising medium-range anti-aircraft missile system for

Czechoslovakia gained statehood in 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The population of the newly formed state was approximately 13.5 million people. Czechoslovakia inherited more than half of the industrial potential of Austria-Hungary and entered the top ten

Since its inception, the Norwegian Air Force NASAMS medium-range air defense system has developed into an international project with functionality that exceeded the capabilities of the original system