October 17, 2016 NIKOLAI LITOVKIN, RBTH
Russia has successfully tested a new
radio-electronic weapon. Russian military experts say that the new system
serves to destroy airplane and drone onboard equipment, as well as electronics
found in high-precision weapons.
Russia has successfully tested a
radio-electronic weapon that has no rival in the world, Russian mass media
sources have reported, citing representatives of the Rostec Corporation, the
state-owned producer of industrial products.
For now the new weapon models are classified
as "top secret" and only Russia's highest command has seen them, during
private exhibitions at the Army 2016 and Army
High-Tech 2016 International Military-Technical Forums.
The Rostec Corporation was able to only
partially shed light on the new model's potential when asked for comment by
RBTH. Leonid Khozin, the company's press secretary, said that the new weapon
consists of electronic equipment that operates on a wavelength principle.
"It incapacitates electronics and other
onboard equipment on enemy planes, drones and high-precision weapons. This is
land equipment. At the same time it can withstand land, sea and air
attacks," explained Khozin.
He remarked that the device "strikes"
targets many kilometers away, but declined to provide further comments, citing
state secrecy.
Which Russian forces use radio-electronic
weapons?
In the words of military observer from the
Gazeta.ru publication Mikhail Khodarenko, such systems are used in the
radio-electronic warfare division and the possibility to remotely "switch
off a missile" before its launch is one of the decisive factors for winning
in modern warfare.
"Combat electronics is capable of winning
the war before its ‘official’ beginning. It is enough to turn on the system
that electronically suppresses the enemy's aiming, guiding, radar and
communications systems and not one combat unit will move from where it stands.
The unit will not be able to react to shelling and will thus be destroyed in
the first minutes of battle," said Khodarenko.
In military circles, both in Russia and
abroad, such forces are usually not talked about in public. In the army they
are included in the communication subunits.
The reason is that it is necessary for them to
carry out their functions in a way that is hidden from enemy eyes.
Russian radio-electronic warfare systems in
the Syrian campaign
Radio-electronic warfare systems are used not
only as an "attack" resource but also to make forces invisible to the
enemy's missiles and planes during combat.
For example, Russia’s Ka-52 combat
helicopters, which were first "baptized" in the skies over Syria,
have been equipped with the Vitebsk and the President individual protection
systems.
Combat use of the
Ka-52 in Syria. Video by YouTube
"They
cause interference for missiles with optical and infrared homing warheads,
creating particular electronic ‘traps’ in the range of interference. They also
inform the pilot of the approaching enemy missile. Depending on the type of
warhead, they can turn it off from its trajectory as it's flying towards the
target," said editor-in-chief of Arsenal Otechestva (Arsenal of
the Fatherland) magazine Viktor Murakhovsky.
It is possible to illustrate the potential of the
radio-electronic warfare systems installed in helicopters on similar radar
systems used for protection from heat-seeking missiles.
In an incident in the suburbs of Aleppo recorded by fighters
from the Authenticity and Development Front, a moderate opposition division
supported by the U.S., they opened fire on a Syrian Russian-made Mi-17 military
transportation helicopter using a Igla-1 anti-aircraft missile system, also
made in Russia.
It can clearly be seen how the electronics reacted.
Militants fire
unsuccessfully on an Mi-17 helicopter from an Igla missile system in Syria.
Video by YouTube
Also,
according to Murakhovsky, Krasukha-4 radio-electronic warfare systems have been
deployed around Russia’s Khmeimim air base for incapacitating wiretapping and
the enemy's weapon aiming systems. The Krasukha-4 "covers" all the
enemy's locator systems and they can already see targets at a distance of 250
kilometers (155 miles).
"In Russia, radio-electronic warfare systems have always
been very developed. Their main problem is the ‘elemental base.’ It is known
that Russia cannot produce the best high-technology models because of
international norms. But concerning radio-electronic warfare systems
(super-high frequency, gallium arsenide and power components), Russia is doing
very well," said Murakhovsky.
Experts believe that by 2020, 70 percent of Russia's
radio-electronics warfare fleet will have been re-equipped with new models.
Original post: rbth
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Vitebsk
Another system which
are being fitted on Mi-8 is the Rychag electronic warfare system
Mil Mi-8MTPR-1 with Rychag EWS
KRET’s Rychag-AV jamming system fitted on Mi-8MTPR1 helicopter
The Russian Richag-AV is a groundbreaking radar and sonar jamming system developed by KRET and designed for integration on rotary-wing aircraft, ships and other military platforms such as airplanes and ground vehicles. This new system is the successor of the Smalta jamming system developed in the 1970s with an effective range of 100 kilometers. The Richag-AV is able to jam advanced sensor systems from distances of several hundred kilometers away. The jamming capabilities also may include other detection systems with the aim of defending aircraft, helicopter, drones, ground and naval forces. The system utilizes multi-beam antenna arrays with�DRFM (Digital Radio Frequency Memory) technology jamming any radiofrequency based weapon system. Richag-AV can be employed to carry out radar-based intelligence gathering finding foreign sources of electromagnetic radiation. An onboard database allows to quickly determine the type of targeted radar finding the most effective way of jamming. According to KRET the Richag-AV has no equivalent in the world. KRET delivered the first batch of three Mi-8MTPR1 helicopter-mounted Richag-AV to the Russian Armed Forces on March 4, 2015. The Russian Armed Forces will take delivery of 18 Mi-8MTPR1 systems by October 2016. Source @deagel.com
President-S Onboard
defense system (ODS)
The President-S Onboard defense system (ODS) provides counter measures against ground to air rockets, and also rockets from mobile air defense systems. The system automatically detects rocket launching and activates the use of passive and active interference in the infra-red and radio frequencies, which disrupts the rocket’s targeting system and forces it to retarget erroneous targets.
The President-S system is constructed in the form of modules (stations) which can be located inside the fuselage and as external units on the military and civil helicopters and fixed wing aircraft.(rostec.ru)
Наземный модуль радиоэлектронного подавления 1РЛ257Э Красуха-4 (1RL257E Krasukha-4)
МАКС-2015 – Комплексы ПВО, РЭБ, БПЛА и прочее (MAKS-2015 – Air defence, EW, UAV and other) |
Vitaly V. Kuzmin
МАКС-2015 – Комплексы ПВО, РЭБ, БПЛА и прочее (MAKS-2015 – Air defence, EW, UAV and other) |
Vitaly V. Kuzmin
The business end of the Krasukha-S4 mobile ground-to-air X-band jammer includes three large reflectors, each
with its own robust feed system, and a mast-mounted set of horn-type receive antennas.
Credit: Bill Sweetman/AW&ST @w54.biz
Russian Electronic Warfare Updates
A new and complementary jammer, the 1RL257E
Krasukha-S4, is being delivered to the military this year, according to Kret.
It is an X-band system designed for use against tactical airborne radars and
AGS systems. Both Krasukha systems can operate independently, but are mainly
intended to work as part of a multiplatform electronic attack force, with
multiple, widely separated jammer locations used to increase the chances of
jamming through a target’s main beam. @w54.biz
Actual picture from Syria of 1RL257E Krasukha-4 @theriseofrussia.blogspot.com
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