The Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and gun system (SAM) will soon be equipped with a laser system as part of its modernization. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.
Today, work is underway on a laser system, which, among other things, will be used on Pantsirs in the near future.
Manturov noted that the Pantsir is actively used by the Armed Forces of Russia, but there is also a portfolio of orders for these systems from other countries.
The First Deputy Prime Minister added that the Pantsir is constantly being modernized. In particular, the system recently received mini-missiles to combat drones, which make it possible not to waste more expensive traditional anti-aircraft guided missiles. According to him, this update aroused additional interest among foreign customers.
Military expert Evgeny Damantsev said that the main technical nuance in the re-equipment of Pantsirs will be the power of the lasers to be integrated.
If we are talking about a laser installation with a capacity of 0.5 - 5 kW, then such a module can disable matrix television CCD and infrared FLIR / MWIR photodetectors of optoelectronic homing heads of UAVs and FPV drones at a distance of up to 5 - 17 km. Lower power lasers can only temporarily blind them.
The analyst added that laser-beam turret modules with a capacity of 20 - 50+ kW will be required to burn through gliders and disable the radio-electronic component base of kamikaze drones.
Tracking target objects and holding the laser beam on a single element of the hull will also be carried out either according to the latest 1РС-3E Ka-band radar guidance system, or according to the 10ЭС1 optoelectronic module.
Main characteristics of the Pantsir-S1 SAM system using the example of hitting an aircraft with an effective scattering area of 2 m² and a flight speed of 300 m/s:
- Missile armament in range — 1200-20000 m, in height — 15-15000 m
- Cannon armament in range — 200-4000 m, in height — 0-3000 m
- Number of simultaneously fired targets — 4
- Maximum speed of targets hit — 1000 m/s
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