A new threat may appear before the Russian military — RBS-15 multi-purpose tactical missiles on mobile launchers. The most effective way to counter them may be S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft systems, but with a slight modernization, the Telegram channel "Russian weapons" reported.
The authors of the channel noted that for the timely detection and interception of the mentioned missiles, the S-400 air defense system should have universal 40V6MD towers to increase the range of the radio horizon of targets captured by 92N6 radars to 43–50 km.
A similar situation exists with towers for the 9S36M RPN of the Buk-M3 military air defense system, they added.
The RBS-15 missile carries a warhead weighing about 200 kg and is guided to the target via GPS and an active radar homing head.
In the RBS-15 Mk3 version, the range is 200 km, and in the latest version, the RBS-15 Mk4 Gungnir, it is already more than 300 km with the ability to hit ground targets, which makes it virtually a cruise missile.
The head of the Aerospace Defense (VKO) concern Almaz-Antey, Yan Novikov, stated that the Triumph is the best air defense system in its class. He emphasized that the parameters of its effectiveness have been confirmed in real combat conditions.
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