To form an effective air defense (AD) system over strategically important facilities in Russia, it is necessary to create a comprehensive defense system with Podlet-K1 radar stations (RLS) and long-range radar detection and control (AWACS) airships. This was stated by military analyst Yevgeny Damantsev.
He noted that no missile and drone-hazardous direction can guarantee the absence of "blind spots" through which the routes of drones will pass, without dispersing dozens of Podlet-K1 radar stations and 92N6 illumination radars at a distance of 50-60 km from each other on the terrain.
Damantsev clarified that at present, the radar contour of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the low-altitude sector is a "farmstead" structure. In it, positional areas of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) dispersed several hundred km from each other form only a zonal-object air defense system.
At this time, "blind spots" stretching for hundreds of km at altitudes of 30-300 m allow kamikaze drones and SCALP-EG missiles to overcome 700-1300 km and attack individual oil refineries (refineries) and airbases in whole outfits of 15-50 pieces.
New air defense system
Damantsev noted that the development of AWACS airships with high-energy S/X-band phased array radars is relevant. The devices are capable of operating around the clock in missile-hazardous directions, detecting air attack weapons with an RCS of 0.1-0.03 m² at a distance of 130-200 km and transmitting their coordinates to the Buk-M3 or S-350A SAM systems for over-the-horizon interception.
Airship operators will be able to issue target coordinates to both Su-35S fighters and links of Ka-52M attack helicopters, the analyst stressed.
Su-35S crews will be able to work both on UAVs and on JASSM-ER or SCALP-EG cruise missiles with R-74M and R-77-1 missiles. At the same time, Ka-52M navigators will be able to easily intercept kamikaze drones such as A-22 and "Lyuty" with Vikhr-1 missiles at a distance of about 7-8 km.
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