Russian air defense (AD) units will likely have to confront missiles from the new Sapsan operational-tactical missile system (OTRK). Military expert Evgeny Damantsev explained how the assets are capable of neutralizing this threat.
Maneuvering Threat
The declared range of the Sapsan is up to 300-370 km, the warhead is about 380-480 kg, the speed is up to 5.2 - 6M in the active section of the trajectory, and 850-1200 m/s in the terminal section.
The missiles are believed to be capable of performing anti-aircraft maneuvers with overloads of 20 - 25 units due to the presence of tail aerodynamic and gas-dynamic rudders.
There Is a Response
Domestic Buk-M2, Buk-M3, S-400, S-300V4, S-350A, and S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) are capable of intercepting these OTRKs on the descending branches of trajectories, but only with an equidistant distribution of multifunctional radar stations for target designation of divisions in missile-hazardous directions.
Previous modifications of the Sapsan have already been intercepted by the S-400 SAM system. Destroying the missiles will be more difficult than the MGM-140B ATACMS Block IA, which is due to a 1.2 times greater mid-trajectory speed.
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