The upgraded three-coordinate radar stations "Casta-2E2" (39N6) involved in the exercises in the Leningrad region timely detected the approach of a squadron of drones. The transmitted coordinates allowed the Tor-M anti-aircraft missile systems to successfully repel a massive aerial drone attack.
At the same time, as the Army Standard magazine notes, the Russian advanced all-round viewing station is capable of detecting fifth-generation F-35 fighters that use the same low radar visibility technologies. The radar also detects and monitors small drones flying at low altitude, in conditions of intense radio interference and difficult terrain.
"Aerial targets (maximum 50 objects) are determined by a two-person calculation with a circular view at a range of up to 150 kilometers. To the standard antenna (14 meters) The radar detects inconspicuous targets flying at an altitude of 60 meters, at a range of 30 kilometers. The 52-meter antenna "sees" targets at a range of 44 kilometers (up to 95 kilometers if the target is at an altitude of 1000 meters)," the publication notes.
Other tactical and technical characteristics have also improved. "Casta-2E2" can operate at temperatures from -50 to +50 degrees Celsius, with wind speeds up to 25 m / s and at an altitude of three thousand meters above sea level.
Nikolay Grishchenko
