For the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of electronic warfare systems operating during a special military operation.
Perhaps this is not as impressive a sight as missile launches or air strikes. However, the military knows what a difficult and responsible mission is carried out by electronic warfare specialists in a combat situation. Their main task is to cover groups of Russian troops from enemy missiles and aircraft. Calculations of electronic warfare complexes cope with this task successfully.
The video captures several special vehicles with deployed equipment for searching, identifying and suppressing enemy air targets. With the help of locators, our military "calculates" similar objects in the sky. Then their coordinates are determined and a command is issued to suppress the enemy. This is how the calculations of the Krasukha-4S, Murmansk, and Moscow complexes are currently working in the combat zone. With their help, they not only detect, identify, but also disable on-board radar stations of Ukrainian aircraft and drones.
"The complex has proven itself very well. It works flawlessly in all weather conditions. The main task is to cover the grouping of troops from radar reconnaissance and targeted enemy air strikes. During the operation, 12 Bayraktar complexes were discovered. We suppressed them, and the drones could not make a targeted strike on our troops," a company commander named Artem said about Krasukha.
RES units are equipped according to the tasks to be solved. For example, the above-mentioned complex "Krasukha-4S" can not only blind and jam the on-board stations of enemy aircraft, but also suppress its radio channels for controlling drones. To do this, the designers provided the station with equipment that independently detects the source of the radio signal in the air, analyzes it and, if necessary, puts interference at the desired frequency. At the same time, neither the speed nor the height of the target affect the combat effectiveness of the Krasukha.
The range of the station, according to some reports, exceeds 300 kilometers. Its deployment time is 20 minutes. This electronic warfare system is able to blind and stun AWACS-type long-range radar surveillance aircraft and even space satellites used to guide missiles at targets. When meeting with the "Krasukha", the AWACS systems stop recognizing where their objects are, where others are, which planes and missiles need to be controlled. Moreover, if there is an urgent need, the complex can, in principle, burn out all the electronic systems of an enemy aircraft, rocket or satellite in low orbit with a high-frequency beam directed from the ground. However, such a regime is more of an emergency than a working one.
The designers put another unique property in the "Krasukha" - the complex can create the appearance of goals that cannot be identified. The electronic brain of shock systems does not understand who is in front of him - his own or the enemy, and therefore does not issue a command to destroy or, conversely, launches high-precision weapons into the void. Experts say that in such conditions, an attack on their own objects is real, which look hostile in a distorted broadcast.
It is known that the Krasukha-4 station ensures the security of our Khmeimim airbase in Syria. There was information that this complex was the reason that most of the American Tomahawk missiles fired at the Syrian military airfield Shayrat did not reach the target.
The capabilities of the EW complex "Moscow" may not be so impressive, but this is a very serious technique. Such stations are designed to scan the airspace and transmit data about enemy equipment equipped with radio elements to their electronic warfare, air defense and VKS means. That is, "Moscow" seems to combine the functions of a command post and an intelligence agency. In addition, this complex operates in passive radar mode and remains invisible to enemy radars.
As for the automated electronic suppression complex "Murmansk", it is designed to interfere with short-wave radio communication lines in the operational control units of the enemy. With the help of this equipment, it is possible to conduct radio reconnaissance, intercept and suppress enemy signals. An important feature of the Murmansk is that it operates over the entire shortwave range and, in particular, allows "jamming" radio communications at frequencies used by reconnaissance aircraft at a range of up to 5 thousand kilometers.
Yuri Gavrilov
