The most dangerous anti-aircraft missile in the world. The best MANPADS in the world - from the "arrow" to the "willow" and beyond The best anti-aircraft missile systems in the world

Development Soviet Union The MiG-25 jet fighter - the fastest in the world to this day - scared NATO and the United States, because, in their opinion, this machine, despite its similarity to a "cargo van", had super-maneuverability and a high operating ceiling, writes We Are The Mighty. Nevertheless, as the portal notes, in reality, the MiG was still not a table ...

112: B-52 over the Black Sea worked out interaction with US allies

The American B-52 strategic bomber held a joint training session with aircraft from the Romanian, Georgian and Ukrainian air forces over the Black Sea. According to 112 Ukraine, these maneuvers were aimed at the integration and interaction of the United States with European allies and partners. American strategic bomber B-52H held a joint training...

Daily Sabah (Turkey): Trump praised the agreement between Moscow and Ankara: "great success" on the Turkish-Syrian border

Great progress has been made on the Turkish-Syrian border, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after Turkey and Russia agreed to create a security zone in the area. "The security zone has been created! The ceasefire has been observed combat missions completed. The Kurds are safe and worked very well with us. Captured ISIS fighters (forbidden...

Chinese expert: Efforts to provoke discord in Sino-Russian relations are in vain (People's Daily, China)

The other day, the Voice of America radio company announced that Russia is actually hostile to China. The Chinese expert gives his own assessment of the relations between the two countries, emphasizing that in reality the Russians are more and more sympathetic to China, while the West fades into the background for them. 23.10.2019Ding XiaoxingChinese-Russian relations are...

Phoenix (China): no one should be allowed into your sphere of influence! NATO decided to create a military base near Russian borders, Putin is very unhappy

Russia is concerned about the expansion of NATO to the East and is ready to give an answer to this - "both politically and militarily," said Dmitry Medvedev. After all, as soon as the countries of the near abroad enter into an alliance and allow military bases to be placed on their territory, the Russian capital will be targeted, Phoenix writes. Russia and the West consider each other the strongest...

BuzzFeed (USA): The trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been released. Sunrise" and it's perfect

And I keep emphasizing that this trailer is a miracle. "Coping with fear... is the fate of every Jedi." movie trailer star Wars: Skywalker. Sunrise" ( Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), and... it's...

Russian Germany (Germany): neither a friend nor an enemy, but

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The New York Times (USA): from Russia - with admiration and despair

When Andrey Kozyrev was Russian Foreign Minister, America was for him a beacon of moral truth. And now, living in the US and writing in newspapers opposed to Trump, he is horrified by Trump. First of all, because the presence of Trump in the White House gives the Kremlin the opportunity to point out the ugly side of American politics, he writes in the New York Times. ...

Bloomberg (USA): Putin has taken over the Middle East. USA can return it

Russian mercenaries are now occupying positions in Syria that were held by US troops only a few days ago. Russia can gradually weaken the American-led order in the region, but only the United States can completely destroy this order. And now Washington is doing it quite well, the author believes. 23.10.2019Hal Brands Ka...

Project Syndicate (USA): disconnecting China from the dollar system

The recently announced “phase one” agreement between the US and China is being touted as the end of a trade war that has been raging for more than a year. But if you think that Donald Trump is ready to abandon his policy of antagonism with China, you are jumping to conclusions. In fact, the Trump administration is about to start a new “war” with China. 23.10.2019Paola Subac...

The Hill (USA): a new stage in the Russian-Chinese alliance

While the media is busy with the Syrian crisis and the investigation to impeach Trump, no less significant events are taking place that deserve America's urgent attention, the journalist of the American edition believes. For example, Putin announced the next stage of the Russo-Chinese defensive alliance. 23.10.2019Stephen BlankWhile the media is busy with the...

Aftonbladet (Sweden): "Russia is already at war with Europe - you just don't know about it"

A journalist from the Swedish "Aftonbladet" interviewed "a Russian independent military analyst in a white shirt and a beard," who immediately accused Russia of waging a secret war, and Europe of schizophrenia. In addition, the analyst offers an original explanation for Russia's actions in Syria. 10/23/2019Hans Wolfgang Michael Hansson...

The Washington Post (USA): Ukraine and Zelensky need help, but the US authorities are inactive

Zelensky is thrown to the mercy of Putin, the editors are sure. The Ukrainian leadership badly needs US help, but high-ranking US officials are nowhere to be seen in Kyiv. US diplomacy in Ukraine has been undermined by President Trump and his lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani. 23.10.2019Editorial After five months in power, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zele...

Der Spiegel (Germany): the fate of Syria is sealed

Putin and Erdogan decided everything among themselves, writes Spiegel. In addition to them, among the winners in Syria is Bashar al-Assad, although, unlike Putin, he won only partially, like the Turkish president. But the US doesn't play anymore important role in the region. Russia will now be responsible for order. 10/23/2019Christina Hebel, Maximilian Popp...

Al Jazeera (Qatar): full text of the Russian-Turkish agreement on Syria

The agreements between Russia and Turkey on Syria, reached on Tuesday, will ensure an end to the bloodshed and Ankara's military operation in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, reading full text memorandum signed by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Memorandum of Understanding between Russian Federation and Turkish...

Chinese major general: Russia's rapprochement with the US does not mean confrontation with China (Guancha, China)

Major General Xu Hui's remarks about the political triangle "China-USA-Russia" are vigorously discussed by Chinese readers. Some believe that the US will not rest until it "tear Russia to pieces", others believe that the decline of America is only a matter of time. On October 21, Major General Xu Hui, Dean of the International Defense School of the National...

MANPADS "Igla-super" is a further development of the line of portable air defense systems, launched by the complex "Igla", which was put into service in 1983.

The most combat air defense system: S-75 air defense system
Country: USSR
Adopted: 1957
Rocket type: 13D
Maximum target engagement range: 29-34 km
Target speed: 1500 km/h

John McCain, who lost the last US presidential election to Barack Obama, is known as an active critic of Russian foreign and domestic policy. It is likely that one of the explanations for such an irreconcilable position of the senator lies in the achievements of Soviet designers half a century ago. On October 23, 1967, during the bombing of Hanoi, the plane of a young pilot, who came from the family of hereditary admirals John McCain, was shot down. His "Phantom" got anti-aircraft guided missile complex S-75. By that time, the Soviet anti-aircraft sword had already caused a lot of trouble for the Americans and their allies. The first "test of the pen" took place in China in 1959, when local air defense, with the help of "Soviet comrades", interrupted the flight of a Taiwanese high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft created on the basis of the British Canberra bomber. The hopes that the more advanced air reconnaissance aircraft, the Lockheed U-2, would be too tough for the red air defense system were also not destined to come true. One was shot down by an S-75 over the Urals in 1961, and the other a year later over Cuba. On account of the legendary anti-aircraft missile, created at the Fakel Design Bureau, many other targets were hit in various conflicts from the Far and Middle East to the Caribbean, and the S-75 complex itself was destined for a long life in various modifications. We can safely say that this air defense system has gained fame as the most widespread of all air defense systems of this type in the world.

The most high-tech missile defense system: Aegis system ("Aegis")
SM-3 missile

Country: USA
first launch: 2001
Length: 6.55 m
Steps: 3
Range: 500 km
Height of the affected area: 250 km

The main element of this shipborne multifunctional combat information and control system is the AN / SPY radar with four flat headlamps with a power of 4 MW. The Aegis is armed with SM-2 and SM-3 missiles (the latter with the ability to intercept ballistic missiles) with a kinetic or fragmentation warhead. The SM-3 is constantly being modified, and the Block IIA model has already been announced, which will be capable of intercepting ICBMs. On February 21, 2008, an SM-3 missile was fired from the cruiser Lake Erie at pacific ocean and struck an emergency reconnaissance satellite USA-193 located at an altitude of 247 kilometers, moving at a speed of 27,300 km / h.

The newest Russian ZRPK: ZRPK "Shell S-1"
Country Russia

adopted: 2008
Radar: 1RS1-1E and 1RS2 based on HEADLIGHTS
Range: 18 km
Ammunition: 12 missiles 57E6-E
Artillery armament: 30-mm twin anti-aircraft gun

The complex is designed for close protection of civilian and military facilities (including long-range air defense systems) from all modern and advanced air attack weapons. It can also protect the defended object from ground and surface threats. Air targets include all targets with a minimum reflective surface at speeds up to 1000 m/s, maximum range 20000m and height up to 15000m, including helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles aircrafts, cruise missiles and precision bombs.

The most nuclear anti-missile: 51T6 "Azov" transatmospheric interceptor
Country: USSR-Russia

First launch: 1979
Length: 19.8 m
Steps: 2
Starting weight: 45 t
Firing range: 350-500 km
Warhead power: 0.55 Mt

The second-generation (A-135) anti-missile 51T6 ("Azov"), which was part of the missile defense system around Moscow, was developed at the Fakel Design Bureau in 1971-1990. Its tasks included the transatmospheric interception of enemy warheads with the help of an oncoming nuclear explosion. Serial production and deployment of "Azov" was carried out already in the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR. The missile has now been decommissioned.

The most effective portable air defense system: Igla-S MANPADS
Country Russia

designed: 2002
MANPADS "Igla-S"
Destruction range: 6000 m
Defeat altitude: 3500 m
Target speed: 400 m/s
Weight in combat position: 19 kg

According to many experts, the Russian anti-aircraft complex, designed to destroy low-flying air targets various types in conditions of natural (background) and artificial thermal interference, surpasses all analogues existing in the world.

Closest to our borders: SAM Patriot PAC-3
Country: USA

first launch: 1994
Rocket length: 4.826 m
Rocket weight: 316 kg
Warhead weight: 24 kg
Target engagement height: up to 20 km

Created in the 1990s, a modification of the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system is designed to deal with missiles with a range of up to 1000 km. During the test on March 15, 1999, a target missile, which was the 2nd and 3rd stages of the Minuteman-2 ICBM, was destroyed by a direct hit. After the rejection of the idea of the Third position area of the American strategic missile defense system in Europe, Patriot PAC-3 batteries are deployed in Eastern Europe.

Most common anti-aircraft gun: Oerlicon 20 mm anti-aircraft gun

Country: Germany - Switzerland

designed: 1914
Caliber: 20 mm
Rate of fire: 300-450 rds / min
Range: 3-4 km

The history of the Oerlikon automatic 20 mm anti-aircraft gun, also known as the Becker gun, is the story of one extremely successful design that has spread throughout the world and is still used to this day, despite the fact that the first sample of this weapon was created German designer Reinhold Becker during the First World War. The high rate of fire was achieved due to the original mechanism, in which the percussive ignition of the primer was carried out even before the end of the chambering of the cartridge. Due to the fact that the rights to German invention passed to SEMAG from neutral Switzerland, both the Axis countries and the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition produced their versions of the Oerlikons during World War II.

The best anti-aircraft gun of World War II: Anti-aircraft gun 8.8 cm Flugabwehrkanone (FlAK)
Country: Germany
Year: 1918/1936/1937
Caliber: 88 mm
Rate of fire:
15-20 shots / min
Barrel length: 4.98 m
Maximum effective ceiling: 8000 m
Projectile weight: 9.24 kg

One of the best in history anti-aircraft guns, better known as "eight-eight", was in service from 1933 to 1945. It turned out to be so successful that it became the basis for a whole family of artillery systems, including anti-tank and field ones. In addition, the anti-aircraft gun served as a prototype for the guns of the Tiger tank.

The most promising air defense-missile defense system: the S-400 Triumph air defense system
Country Russia

designed: 1999
Target detection range: 600 km
Number of simultaneously tracked target tracks: up to 300 km
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets - 5-60 km
Ballistic targets - 3-240 km
Defeat height: 10 m - 27 km

Designed to destroy aircraft - jammers, radar detection and control aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, strategic and tactical aircraft, tactical, operational-tactical ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets and other modern and advanced air attack weapons.

The most versatile anti-missile defense system: S-300VM "Antey-2500"
Country: USSR

designed: 1988
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets - 200 km
Ballistic targets - up to 40 km
Height of defeat: 25m - 30 km

The mobile universal anti-missile and anti-aircraft system S-300VM "Antey-2500" belongs to a new generation of anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems (PRO-PSO). Antey-2500 is the world's only universal missile defense and air defense system capable of effectively fighting both ballistic missiles with a launch range of up to 2500 km and all types of aerodynamic and aeroballistic targets. The Antey-2500 system is capable of firing simultaneously at 24 aerodynamic targets, including subtle objects, or 16 ballistic missiles flying at speeds up to 4500 m/s.

Country: USSR

Adopted: 1957

Rocket type: 13D

Maximum target engagement range: 29-34 km Target engagement speed: 1500 km/h

John McCain, who lost the last US presidential election to Barack Obama, is known as an active critic of Russian foreign and domestic policy. It is likely that one of the explanations for such an irreconcilable position of the senator lies in the achievements of Soviet designers half a century ago. On October 23, 1967, during the bombing of Hanoi, the plane of a young pilot, who came from the family of hereditary admirals John McCain, was shot down. His "Phantom" got an anti-aircraft guided missile of the S-75 complex. By that time, the Soviet anti-aircraft sword had already caused a lot of trouble for the Americans and their allies. The first "test of the pen" took place in China in 1959, when local air defense, with the help of "Soviet comrades", interrupted the flight of a Taiwanese high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft created on the basis of the British Canberra bomber. The hopes that the more advanced air reconnaissance aircraft, the Lockheed U-2, would be too tough for the red air defense system were also not destined to come true. One of them was shot down by S-75 over the Urals in 1961, and the other a year later over Cuba. On account of the legendary anti-aircraft missile, created at the Fakel Design Bureau, many other targets were hit in various conflicts from the Far and Middle East to the Caribbean, and the S-75 complex itself was destined for a long life in various modifications. We can safely say that this air defense system has gained fame as the most widespread of all air defense systems of this type in the world.

S-75

The most high-tech missile defense system: Aegis system ("Aegis")

SM-3 missile

Country: USA

first launch: 2001

Length: 6.55 m

Steps: 3

Range: 500 km

Height of the affected area: 250 km

The main element of this shipborne multifunctional combat information and control system is the AN / SPY radar with four flat headlamps with a power of 4 MW. The Aegis is armed with SM-2 and SM-3 missiles (the latter with the ability to intercept ballistic missiles) with a kinetic or fragmentation warhead. The SM-3 is constantly being modified, and the Block IIA model has already been announced, which will be capable of intercepting ICBMs. On February 21, 2008, an SM-3 missile was fired from the cruiser Lake Erie in the Pacific Ocean and hit the emergency reconnaissance satellite USA-193, located at an altitude of 247 kilometers, moving at a speed of 27,300 km / h.

Aegis

The newest Russian ZRPK: ZRPK "Shell S-1"

Country Russia

adopted: 2008

Radar: 1RS1-1E and 1RS2 based on phased array

Range: 18 km

Ammunition: 12 missiles 57E6-E

Artillery armament: 30-mm twin anti-aircraft gun

The complex is designed for close protection of civilian and military facilities (including long-range air defense systems) from all modern and advanced air attack weapons. It can also protect the defended object from ground and surface threats. Airborne targets include all targets with a minimum reflective surface at speeds up to 1,000 m/s, a maximum range of 20,000 m and an altitude of up to 15,000 m, including helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles and precision bombs.

Carapace S-1

The most nuclear anti-missile: 51T6 "Azov" transatmospheric interceptor

Country: USSR-Russia

First launch: 1979

Length: 19.8 m

Steps: 2

Starting weight: 45 t

Firing range: 350-500 km Warhead power: 0.55 Mt The 51T6 (Azov) anti-missile, which was part of the missile defense system around Moscow of the second generation (A-135), was developed at the Fakel Design Bureau in 1971-1990. Its tasks included the transatmospheric interception of enemy warheads with the help of a counter nuclear explosion. Serial production and deployment of "Azov" was carried out already in the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR. The missile has now been decommissioned.

51Т6 "Azov"

The most effective portable air defense system: Igla-S MANPADS

Country Russia

designed: 2002

MANPADS "Igla-S"

Destruction range: 6000 m

Defeat altitude: 3500 m

Target speed: 400 m/s

Weight in combat position: 19 kg

According to many experts, the Russian anti-aircraft system, designed to destroy low-flying air targets of various types in conditions of natural (background) and artificial thermal interference, surpasses all analogues existing in the world.

Igla-S

Closest to our borders: SAM Patriot PAC-3

Country: USA

first launch: 1994

Rocket length: 4.826 m

Rocket weight: 316 kg

Warhead weight: 24 kg

Target engagement height: up to 20 km

PAC-3Patriot

Most common anti-aircraft gun: Oerlicon 20 mm anti-aircraft gun

Country: Germany - Switzerland

designed: 1914

Caliber: 20 mm

Rate of fire: 300-450 rds / min

Range: 3-4 km The history of the Oerlikon automatic 20-mm anti-aircraft gun, also known as the Becker gun, is the story of one extremely successful design that has spread throughout the world and is still used to this day, despite the fact that the first sample This weapon was created by the German designer Reinhold Becker during the First World War. The high rate of fire was achieved due to the original mechanism, in which the impact ignition of the primer was carried out even before the end of the chambering of the cartridge. Due to the fact that the rights to the German invention were transferred to the SEMAG company from neutral Switzerland, both the Axis countries and the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition produced their versions of the Oerlikons during World War II.

Oerlicon

The best anti-aircraft gun of World War II: Anti-aircraft gun 8.8 cm Flugabwehrkanone (FlAK)

Country: Germany

Year: 1918/1936/1937

Caliber: 88 mm

Rate of fire:

15-20 rds / min

Barrel length: 4.98 m

Maximum effective ceiling: 8000 m

Projectile weight: 9.24 kg

One of the best anti-aircraft guns in history, better known as the "eight-eight", was in service from 1933 to 1945. It turned out to be so successful that it became the basis for a whole family of artillery systems, including anti-tank and field ones. In addition, the anti-aircraft gun served as a prototype for the guns of the Tiger tank.

Flugabwehrkanone (FlAK)

The most promising air defense-missile defense system: the S-400 Triumph air defense system

Country Russia

designed: 1999

Target detection range: 600 km

Number of simultaneously tracked target tracks: up to 300 km

Damage range:

Aerodynamic targets - 5-60 km Ballistic targets - 3-240 km Destruction altitude: 10 m - 27 km

S-400 "Triumph"

The most versatile anti-missile defense system: S-300VM "Antey-2500"

Country: USSR

designed: 1988

Damage range:

Aerodynamic targets - 200 km

Ballistic targets - up to 40 km

Defeat height: 25m - 30 km

The mobile universal anti-missile and anti-aircraft system S-300VM "Antey-2500" belongs to a new generation of anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems (PRO-PSO). Antey-2500 is the world's only universal missile defense and air defense system capable of effectively fighting both ballistic missiles with a launch range of up to 2,500 km and all types of aerodynamic and aeroballistic targets. The Antey-2500 system is capable of firing simultaneously at 24 aerodynamic targets, including subtle objects, or 16 ballistic missiles flying at speeds up to 4500 m/s.

However, in fact, there is no magic here for either side. The strategic level of mutually beneficial partnership in such a sensitive area as the supply of arms and military equipment, is an everyday reality for our countries, a kind of routine, but without any negative connotation. And so far, neither other countries that are making great efforts to penetrate and gain a foothold in the Indian market for military products, nor individual disagreements between Russia and India on some joint programs (here, in particular, we can recall the project to create medium transport aircraft MTA, the cancellation of which has recently become known).

TO INDIA WITH "TRIUMPH"

No matter how much someone would like to destroy the alliance between Moscow and Delhi in the field of military-technical cooperation, this cannot be done. The basis of the combat power of the Indian Air Force, ground forces and the fleet is Russian weapons: S-30MKI multirole fighters, main battle tanks T-90 aircraft carrier "Vikramaditya" with an air group consisting of MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters. And this list continues to grow. Currently, a contract is being prepared for the supply of India with long-range anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 developed by the Concern VKO Almaz-Antey.

An intergovernmental agreement for the supply of S-400 Triumph air defense systems to India was signed during the Russian-Indian summit in October 2016. As Vladimir Drozhzhov, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, noted during the Aero India 2017 aerospace show, Russia expects that the corresponding contract will be concluded by the end of 2017. Pre-contract negotiations are currently underway.

During Aero India 2017, Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Deputy CEO Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" for foreign economic activity, the question was asked why the S-400 is of such great interest in the market of high-tech military products. The answer was simple: this moment S-400 - best system Long-Range Air Defense in the World. This fact is confirmed not only by the preparation of an appropriate contract with India, but also by the already concluded agreement on the supply of Triumphs to China (a contract with China, as the director for international cooperation and Regional Policy of the State Corporation "Rostec" Viktor Kladov, is currently at the production stage). China has clearly made very significant progress in developing modern systems weapons, but still prefers to implement programs that are sensitive from the point of view of ensuring national security in cooperation with Russia.

For obvious reasons, any details of the upcoming contract with India for the supply of S-400 air defense systems are not disclosed. It is only known - and this was confirmed by Vyacheslav Dzirkaln during India 2017 - the systems will be delivered to India in finished form, there is no talk of any localization of their production.

And in order to satisfy Delhi's demand for technology transfer when purchasing foreign-made weapons in accordance with the current last years“Make in India” principle, it is proposed to organize an after-sales service system in the country based on the REDICOM mobile complex, developed by Granit GPTP, which is part of Almaz-Antey. “We offer the option of equipping the facilities already available in India for after-sales service of our equipment with the subsequent transfer of the necessary documentation and equipment, which would enable Indian partners to work independently,” said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln. “The Concern has the right to train foreign specialists in carrying out service work,” said the Deputy General Director of Almaz-Antey.

The mobile repair and diagnostic complex "REDIKOM" is designed for maintenance and repair of anti-aircraft missile systems and complexes, as well as radar equipment at the places of its operation. The equipment of the complex, located in unified container bodies, allows servicing and repairing digital, digital-analog, analog radio-electronic equipment, mechanical and hydraulic units and assemblies, life support systems, chassis. The placement of workshops in unified container bodies equipped with a full range of life support systems (air conditioners, heating, filtering and ventilation units) makes it possible to solve the tasks assigned to the complex in virtually any climatic zones and weather conditions.

Workplaces in the workshops are equipped with automated control and diagnostic systems, which reduces the time required to detect a malfunction in electronic equipment. Possibilities are provided for storing sets of spare parts and accessories for repairs.

The complex is universal and can be used to repair almost any equipment, both domestic and foreign. In the latter case, the operator only needs to provide technical documentation for weapons and military equipment, on the basis of which Granit specialists will develop test programs for the diagnostics of electronic equipment.

In addition to the developer of the REDICOM complex GPTP Granit and the creator of the S-400 air defense system NPO Almaz, its subsidiaries presented their products at the joint stand of the Concern VKO Almaz-Antey: JSC IEMZ Kupol, JSC UMP, JSC VNIIRA, PJSC NPO Strela, PJSC Radiophysics are developers and manufacturers of air defense systems for land and sea-based, automated control systems, radar stations and control complexes airspace and ground reconnaissance.

In general, at the Aero India 2017 exhibition, the exposition of the Almaz-Antey Concern VKO focused on the modernization and repair of specialized military products common in Southeast Asia. Thus, IEMZ "Kupol" presented a program for upgrading the OSA-AKM air defense system to the level of the OSA-AKM1 air defense system, and UMP - the modernization of the Tunguska anti-aircraft missile and gun system to the level of "Tunguska-M1" and anti-aircraft self-propelled unit"Shilka" to the level of "Shilka-M4".

Currently, the Concern is preparing to expand its product range, which is offered for export. In particular, work is underway to issue a passport for the export appearance of the Buk-M3 air defense system. By appearance(not to mention the significantly expanded combat characteristics) due to the placement of missiles in transport and launch containers, the new complex differs markedly from its predecessors. As Vyacheslav Dzirkaln noted, “the developers of the product, specialists from the Tikhomirov Research and Development Institute, came up with a proposal to give the export version of the complex a separate name. The proposed name is associated with the name of the first generation of air defense systems in export performance. The Concern VKO Almaz-Antey expects that the wide popularity of the Buk complexes abroad will contribute to the successful promotion of the Buk-M3E air defense system on the foreign market. According to our data, in terms of combat effectiveness among medium-range mobile complexes, there are no equals to the Buk-M3 complex.

Among other samples of military products presented by the Concern VKO Almaz-Antey at Aero India 2017, it should be noted radar complexes protection of objects and the border, in particular, the multi-purpose radar "Sova" developed by the Tula NPO "Strela" interested representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the border service of India.

“In addition to what we present at this exhibition, anti-aircraft missile systems and complexes, this year we paid much attention to civilian products, - said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln during Aero India 2017. - The concern is a trendsetter in the field of automated control systems air traffic(AS ATC), so there are many meetings and negotiations on this topic.”

The Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern, in particular, noted that the Indian side is interested in the supply of ATC systems developed and manufactured by the Concern, airfield surveillance systems (A-SMGCS), for primary and secondary radars, systems and means of communication, navigation , meteorological support. “Various proposals are being considered for the modernization of the technical means of the air navigation system of the Republic of India, the organization of joint production under the state program “Make in India”. At the moment, the possibility of equipping Indian airports with ATC AS equipment produced by the Concern is under study. In addition to the Indian side, such countries as Myanmar, Vietnam, Iran, Indonesia are also showing interest in our equipment,” said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln.

It is important to note here that Almaz-Antey plans to further expand its line of high-tech civilian products. The Concern's development concept provides that civilian instrumentation, radio electronics, the creation of automated control systems, autonomous power plants, the development of energy-saving technologies and technologies for processing and disposal for the needs of housing and communal services, medicine, transport, communications, security and industrial production will be of strategic importance in this segment .

That is, in this case we are not talking about production, for example, consumer electronics and other consumer goods - attempts to reorient the defense industry towards stamping pans already took place in the 1980-1990s. and demonstrated their complete failure, bordering on sabotage. Each segment of the industry should do its own thing, especially since the transfer of high technologies from the military to related civilian spheres is a technique that has already been worked out in world practice and has repeatedly proven its effectiveness.

INDIAN FIGHTER TENDER - NEW SERIES

The main aviation intrigue of the Aero India 2017 air show was the situation around the planned purchase by India of a large batch (200 units) of single-engine fighters - a legacy of the MMRCA program that was never implemented to the end. Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar revealed some details of this project during the exhibition.

The fighter jets are to be assembled in the country as part of the "Make in India" concept with extensive technology transfer.

As Manohar Parrikar told local media, two companies are currently leading the project - the American Lockheed Martin with the F-16 bloсk 70 (F-16V) and the Swedish Saab with the JAS 39E / F Gripen. The minister also spoke about the F / A-18E / F Super Hornet of the American company Boeing, although this heavy twin-engine vehicle clearly does not fit the conditions of the upcoming tender. Whether this statement is a mistake or a variance inherent in India is not yet clear. In any case, the F / A-18E / F has already participated in the famous tender under the MMRCA program, in which multi-functional medium-class fighters were also supposed to participate.

According to Manohar Parrikar, the selected aircraft will be assembled at an India-based facility purpose-built for the project under the proposed strategic partnership. Once the aircraft model has been selected, India will select exclusively Indian private companies as subcontractors for a certain period of time.

Answering journalists' questions that a decision had already been made to move the F-16 assembly plant to India, the defense minister said that he himself learned about this from the media, although he did not deny the fact that such negotiations were indeed conducted with the Barak administration. Obama. The Trump administration, in his opinion, may have a different point of view on this and other programs, and the Indian leadership is ready to discuss them, realizing that any deal of this magnitude must be in line with US policy priorities.

Be that as it may, but during Aero India 2017, the Swedish company Saab launched an unprecedentedly vigorous activity to promote its fighter to the Indian market. Representatives of the company announced the maximum possible transfer of technology to India, and also promoted the deck version of the Gripen at the exhibition for new Indian aircraft carriers, work on the creation of which has already begun.

The project to create a marine version of the JAS 39E / F has not yet left the paper stage, although, according to Saab representatives, the construction of a flight model of the fighter will begin “very soon”. Since the Swedish fleet does not have aircraft carriers, the first flight of the sea Gripen will take place from the deck of an aircraft carrier of a "third country". The main candidate for this role is the United States, since it is unlikely that the Swedes will be able to reach an understanding on this issue with Paris, which expects to independently sell its deck-based Rafale M to India.

In addition to promoting the JAS 39E / F to the Indian market, Saab offers, as either a separate or additional option, an increase in the combat capabilities of the Indian-designed Tejas light fighter. The Swedes are ready to integrate their own radar on board this aircraft, similar to that installed on the Gripen, and also to equip Tejas with a hanging container with a small-sized radar with phased array, which allows the use of all-aspect air-to-air missiles from the fighter.

Russia will also participate in tenders to supply India with 200 new fighters and carrier-based aircraft for promising aircraft carriers. Our contenders are MiG-35 and MiG-29K/KUB. As Vladimir Drozhzhov said during Aero India 2017, Russian proposal for the first competition was submitted even before the official start of tender procedures.

In the suburbs of the Romanian city of Constanta, a training camp was opened, in which the Romanian troops will now master the American Patriot air defense systems. And the Americans themselves volunteered to train them.

And in Romanian Deveselu, a solemn ceremony was held to open another NATO missile defense base. Among the guests of the event were general secretary NATO Jens Stoltenberg. But the main participants in the ceremony were generals from the United States. After all, it was America, the main member of NATO, that placed its new system PRO.

Another similar event was held this spring in Poland, in the village of Redzikowo. And there are more than 400 similar military bases of the Alliance around Russia today. The United States explains the constant approach of its missile defense systems to our borders by the alleged need to protect the European continent. And at the same time they assure that these systems are only defensive and in no way offensive. For example, the latest anti-missile defense system that the United States has installed in Romania. It is called Aegis Ashor. This steel ground structure, four stories high and weighing about 900 tons, is capable of detecting and attacking 20 targets at once at a distance of up to two hundred kilometers.

Combat aircraft, which are increasingly appearing at air bases right at our western borders, can become another offensive weapon. For example, the Emari air base in Estonia is literally teeming with combat aircraft: on the runway there are dozens of A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft designed to fight tanks and ground targets, air tankers, stealth fighters F-22 Raptor, which are capable of breaking through any system air defense. All this allows us to consider "Emari" one of the most serious threats to Russia, because NATO combat aircraft from here to St. Petersburg - a little more than five minutes of flight, and to Moscow - no more than half an hour.

And precisely in order to prevent an air blitzkrieg, a unique three-tier air defense system has been created in Russia. It includes long-range, medium-range and short-range air defense systems. The first line of defense is the long-range S-300, S-400 and S-500 systems, as well as the interceptor missiles of the Russian missile defense system, capable of reaching targets outside the atmosphere.

In a fraction of a second, the Russian A-135 Dnepr, which received the name Gazelle in NATO, will take off from the mine to intercept the target. At an altitude of 370 kilometers and a range of up to 800-100 kilometers, it is capable of destroying any aircraft: from aircraft to maneuvering warheads of American ballistic missiles. Such missiles form the basis of Moscow's anti-missile defense system and are capable of shooting down more than 50 warheads on approach to the capital in the event of a nuclear attack.

But even if we imagine that some enemy missile remains unshot down by the Gazelle, it will be met and destroyed by the S-400 Triumph long-range complex. It is capable of simultaneously attacking 36 enemy aircraft at once. That's 4 times more features American systems Air defense of this class. The flight range of the Patriot missiles is only 170 kilometers, while that of the S-400 is 400 km. In addition, the Patriot process of transmitting target data takes as much as 90 seconds, which is almost 10 times more than the S-400. This means that the Patriot simply will not have time to react to the danger. Also Patriot big problems with the interception of low-flying targets - minimum height defeat 60 meters. This is 6 times more than the Russian S-400, which can simultaneously destroy 12 aircraft even in the stratosphere.

But most importantly, the Russian missile defense system is built in such a way that the affected areas anti-aircraft missile systems overlap each other, leaving no chance for the target. For example, the S-400 long-range complex is complemented by the Buk medium-range complexes and the Tor short-range air defense systems, capable of destroying the most difficult targets - those that fly at extremely low altitude. At the same time, Thor is able to fire from the march, moving at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour - this makes him indispensable when escorting transport columns and protecting them from enemy aircraft.

The Americans simply do not have such medium-range air defense systems - the Pentagon decided to take a different path - creating laser weapons. The project was predicted to have a bright future - exceptional accuracy, efficiency and, most importantly, low cost. Since 1989, the United States has invested more than two billion dollars annually in laser development. The United States spent 26 years and about sixty billion dollars on the development of the laser, but it suddenly turned out that the laser hits only one and a half kilometers.

Today Russian complexes Air defense - "Shell", S-400 Triumph and the latest modifications of the S-300 Antey are on combat duty in Syria. And it was precisely the fear of them that prevented the US Air Force from carrying out the scenario according to which the events in Yugoslavia developed.

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