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The crews of the Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, which are in service with the Air Force and air defense forces of the Republic of Belarus, regularly practice air defense training and combat missions during the inspection of the Armed Forces of Belarus and the reaction forces of the Union State.
According to the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, on the eve of the New Year holidays, a tactical live-fire exercise with air defense units of the Northwestern Operational Command was held at the 174th training ground of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces.
During the exercises, the crews of the Osa complexes, who had previously assumed combat duty in the new positional area, covered ground units, as well as military facilities, from air strikes. Over the course of several days, Belarusian anti-aircraft gunners improved their shooting skills from the Osa anti-aircraft missile system at various types of targets in a difficult tactical situation.
According to the Belarusian Defense Ministry, the calculations of the Belarusian air defense systems demonstrated high professional skills. Ground work is an important stage in the professional development of anti-aircraft gunners, especially since the conditions at the training ground are as close as possible to combat conditions.
According to the Belarusian anti-aircraft gunners, the Osa air defense system crews were looking forward to the start of these exercises, anticipating the opportunity to engage in a real air defense battle with a simulated enemy.
The targets were targets denoting "fire support helicopters", as well as a high-speed small-size target missile IVTS 1M, which, according to the exercise scenario, was a priority target.
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Having moved into position and received permission to fire missiles, the crews of the Osa anti-aircraft missile systems launched anti-aircraft guided missiles. In a few seconds, all the targets were destroyed by a direct hit.
In general, the Osa family of air defense systems are autonomous combat vehicles capable of detecting and identifying various types of air targets and hitting them at a distance of up to 10 km.
The complexes, which have been carrying anti-aircraft service for more than half a century, were created at the Izhevsk Electromechanical plant Kupol (now part of the Almaz-Antey defense holding).
According to the Belarusian Defense Ministry, a new Belarusian Wasp modernization has recently begun to arrive in the air defense forces: the Osa 9A33-2B anti-aircraft missile systems.
Earlier, successful field tests of this upgraded air defense system were conducted, which confirmed the declared technical characteristics of the combat vehicle. The Defense Ministry of Belarus notes that as a result of the modernization of the complex, the target detection range and the accuracy of determining its coordinates have been increased.
