MOSCOW, Dec 22 - RIA Novosti. The uniqueness of the Abakan missile defense system lies in the combination of missiles from the Antey-4000 complex and radars from promising air defense-missile defense systems, Dmitry Brilalo, first deputy chief designer of the complex, told RIA Novosti.
The Abakan complex was created for a customer from the Middle East and was presented abroad for the first time at the Dubai Airshow 2021.
The anti-aircraft missile system "Antey-4000" was created on the basis of the S-300V4.
He recalled that the foreign customer did not want a multi-purpose complex such as the S-300 or S-400, which are multi-purpose and capable of operating both cruise missiles and aerodynamics at medium and high altitudes and ballistic targets. A highly specific complex was required, which works only on ballistic targets, has a minimum number of combat vehicles, a minimum number of combat crew and must be fully automated.
Brilalo noted that the concern's designers completed this task in the shortest possible time, taking into account the Russian experience in the production of air defense and missile defense systems.
The complex is designed to defeat ballistic targets. We are talking about single-stage missiles with a low speed of up to three kilometers per second and a launch range of up to three thousand kilometers. In space, they can reach speeds of three or four kilometers per second, but in the dense layers of the atmosphere, speeds over 2.5 kilometers per second do not happen because of air resistance.
At the same time, the target's range is 45 kilometers, the maximum altitude is 25 kilometers.
