The 9A317M self-propelled launchers of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) in service with the Russian Armed Forces are capable of intercepting M30/31A1 GMLRS projectiles from HIMARS systems, ATACMS Block IA missiles, as well as GBU-39/B gliding guided aerial bombs. This was written by military expert Evgeny Damantsev.
According to him, the self-propelled launchers are equipped with six-channel PFAR illumination radars 9S36M. They engage targets with highly maneuverable anti-aircraft guided missiles (SAM) 9M317M.
One battery has 36 target channels (6 per self-propelled launcher), which will allow it to repel massive strikes by AGM-88B missiles deployed on the hardpoints of American F-16AM aircraft.
Damantsev called the equipping of transport and launch containers with 9M317M missiles with "visors" to protect against FPV drones a special feature of the complex. "Buk-M3" remains one of the most effective SAM systems in the world due to the number of channels of its PFAR illumination radars, the expert summarized.
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