Latest news on "Air defense"

Specialists of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation have invented a new way to combat a swarm of small-sized drones - spraying a field of fragments over a protected object from a quadcopter, follows from a document published on the website of Rospatent.

The US administration has not yet determined whether India faces sanctions under the CAATSA law for the purchase of Russian S-400 systems, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday.

The main focus of the exercises is to work out the actions of the forces of the Navy and Aerospace Forces to protect Russian national interests in the World Ocean

Crews of ships of the Black Sea Fleet performed artillery firing on air and sea targets during planned exercises in the Black Sea. This was reported to journalists in the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet of the press service of the Southern Military District.

In preparation for the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State, the commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation, Alexander Chaiko, visited the 38th Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of Belarus on Saturday.

The heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great" has worked out the air defense of the main base of the Northern Fleet, the press service of the fleet told reporters.​

A large-scale air defense training was conducted with servicemen of the anti-aircraft missile unit of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Primorsky Territory, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

During the large-scale naval exercises, the ships of the Black Sea Fleet performed artillery firing on air and sea targets in the Black Sea. This was reported by the Information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of SPS-48 LBR radar stations for air defense forces and related equipment to Egypt as part of the "Foreign Military Sales" program.

Modernization of the Unified Air Traffic Management System in Russia (EU ATM), within which several enlarged navigation centers were created, cost about 100 billion rubles. This was announced by the General Director of the Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz - Antey" Jan Novikov. According to him, as part of the modernization program, 12 enlarged centers of the unified air traffic management system and three special centers will be created and re-equipped by the end of 2022 - in Kaliningrad, Kamchatka and Crimea.

As part of import substitution, the re-equipment of the enlarged center in Rostov-on-Don with a modern Russian-made ATM system is at the final stage

Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region will re-equip 12 enlarged centers of the Unified Air Traffic Management System (EU ATM) and three special centers in Kaliningrad, Kamchatka and Crimea in 2022. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the concern.

The experience of military conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East led to the development of the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex. Thanks to a more sensitive radar and new missiles, the complex has significantly increased the target area, including drones at low altitudes.

Calculations of the S-400 Triumph air defense systems conducted an exercise in the Urals to detect and destroy aircraft and helicopters of a simulated enemy and protect important objects from their attack, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

19FortyFive: the Russian Pantsir air defense system could "grow long claws"

The Russian air defense system "Pantsir" could "grow long claws", allowing it to defeat the attacking unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), says the American publication 19FortyFive.

A unit of the Russian Airborne Troops has arrived for exercises in Belarus, the country's Defense Ministry said. "At these minutes, an echelon with Russian paratroopers who arrived to participate in the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State on the territory of Belarus is unloading at the Brest-Yuzhny railway station," the Belarusian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The ships of the Black Sea Fleet conducted air defense training during the exercises, the press service of the fleet said.

Roscosmos considers Cuba, Svalbard and Bellingshausen station in Antarctica as locations for tracking stations of the warning system about dangerous situations in orbit, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.

The commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, noted that combat crews of the S-400 Triumph, S-300 Favorit and Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile systems will take part in them

In 2022, the Central Military District (CVO) will hold five major exercises with combat launches of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) of air defense units at training grounds in the Astrakhan Region and the Republic of Buryatia. This was reported to journalists by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.

Five major exercises are planned in the Central Military District in 2022 with air defense and missile launches. This, according to RIA Novosti, was stated by the commander of the Central Military District, Alexander Lapin.

Forbes: Ukrainian air defense is not capable of resisting "Russian aggression"

The air defense of Ukraine is not capable of resisting "Russian aggression". This was pointed out by Forbes columnist David Ax.

The THAAD anti-missile system intercepted a ballistic missile during a Houthi attack in Abu Dhabi. According to Defense News, this is the first known use of the American complex in a combat operation.