Latest news on "Air defense"

CSIS stated that the US will be able to overcome Russia's advantage in hypersonic weapons

Hypersonic missiles of Russia and China can maneuver, bypassing missile defense systems (ABM). At the same time, the influence of overloads and temperature can make rockets vulnerable. In the publication The Foreign Policy talked about ways to counter hypersonic weapons.

A simulated enemy air raid was simulated by assault and fighter aircraft

The air defense units of the Eastern Military District (VVO) and the Armed Forces of Belarus in the framework of the joint exercises "Allied Determination - 2022" repelled an air strike of a conditional enemy. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The S-500 air defense system will be able to deprive inconspicuous fighters of communication and navigation

The Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAMS) is designed to combat spacecraft and ballistic missiles. The air defense system can reduce the effectiveness of the use of stealth fighters, hitting navigation satellites and tanker aircraft. The American edition of Military Watch described the opposition of the S-500 to inconspicuous fighters.

Russia has updated its Armed Forces and is in full combat readiness. Such an assessment in its material was given by the Swedish publication Svenska Dagbladet.

Colonel Suchkov spoke about the fixation of the Russian missile launch system in the United States

Over the past year, the Russian Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) has recorded tests of space rockets (RCN) with an air launch in the United States, Colonel Sergey Suchkov, head of the Main Center for Missile Attack Warning of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia, told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

Missile and artillery units of the Armed Forces Russia continues to be on combat duty during the joint operational exercise "Allied Resolve-2022", which has been going on for a week at the training grounds of Belarus, the Military department of the Republic of Belarus clarified.

Popular Mechanics magazine compared the Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces against the background of the ongoing hysteria around Ukraine

According to the Flight Global almanac for 2022, the Ukrainian Air Force has only 69 fighters in service. These are 43 multi-purpose MiG-29 fighter-bombers and 26 Su-27 air superiority fighters. All of them were built during the Cold War. That is, they are more than 30 years old. Since then, the state has not purchased new aircraft.

The Russian missile attack warning system will be fully updated by 2030. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Alexey Leonkov told about the new Voronezh high-readiness radars.

The military has worked out the skills of destroying helicopters, armored vehicles, ground objects and manpower of a simulated enemy at ranges up to 5 km

Anti-aircraft gunners of the Western Military District have worked out the cover of columns of military equipment departing to permanent deployment points after successfully conducted exercises. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the ZVO.

Israel, not wanting to complicate relations with Russia, has achieved the suspension of Washington's transfer of the "Iron Dome" missile defense system developed by Rafael to Ukraine, which Tel Aviv had previously supplied to the United States.

In Poland, at one of the ranges of the air Force at the end of last year, tests of a towed system for countering unmanned aerial vehicles of mini- and micro-class were carried out.

It is reported that this remotely controlled installation is armed with a 12.7 mm multi-barrel WKLM machine gun, has sighting daytime television and night thermal imaging cameras, as well as a radar station that allows detecting miniature drones at a distance of up to 3,500 meters.

Long-range Tu-22M3 and MiG-31k aircraft with the Dagger aviation complex arrived at the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria to participate in a naval exercise of the Navy's inter-fleet grouping in the eastern Mediterranean. This was reported on February 15 in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Small anti-submarine ships of the Baltic Fleet repelled an air raid of a simulated enemy with artillery during the exercise, the information support department of the Baltic Fleet's press service told reporters.

Despite the fact that the fight against enemy fighters is not the primary task of the Russian S-500 "Prometheus" anti-aircraft system, this complex is able to seriously reduce the effectiveness of the opponents' combat aircraft due to the range, a powerful set of sensors and integration with other air defense systems, writes MilitaryWatch Magazine.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny stated the need to create new air defense and missile defense systems

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny, addressed Ukrainian scientists. He listed the weapons that the military needs. This is reported by Defense Express.

Military specialist Knutov spoke about the protection of the Black Sea by the Bastion complexes

The Russian coastal missile system (DBK) "Bastion" can hit most existing ships. DBK provide protection of the Black Sea water area from any enemy. The director of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces (Air Defense), military expert Yuri Knutov told about this on Sputnik radio.

The Russian robotic complex "Marker" was tested as a near-hand air defense system for the destruction of small unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as kamikaze drones. "Marker" detected drones in automatic mode and hit them at short distances.

Russian and Belarusian Su-30SM fighters conducted joint border patrols as part of the Allied Resolve-2022 exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The medium-range anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) with a Belarusian-made missile is in Belarus at the final stage of testing.

The Russian military base has begun exercises in Tajikistan, which involve combat helicopters and the S-300PS long-range air defense system, the Central Military District (CVO) said on Monday.