The Venezuelan army has five thousand Igla-S man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) in service. This was announced by the president of the republic, Nicolas Maduro.
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According to him, the systems have already been deployed to key positions of air defense units.
All the military in the world know the power of the Igla-S. And Venezuela has no more and no less than 5,000 Igla missiles. More than five thousand. Whoever understood, understood.
Military expert Evgeny Damantsev recalled that thousands of Igla-S MANPADS crews are capable of providing sufficiently reliable cover for ground infrastructure from several squadrons of MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.
9M342 anti-aircraft missiles are also capable of intercepting Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles, but to counter such targets, each operator in the platoon, battery and more of the Igla-S MANPADS must receive target designation from the AWACS radar via the attached tactical air situation display terminals.
Partial protection will also be provided against optical-electronic reconnaissance UAVs operating at altitudes of less than 3500 m.
Earlier www1.ru reported that an unusual and cheap weapon was found against drones.
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