Russian electronic warfare systems have made American kamikaze drones completely ineffective. Thanks to their work, the efficiency of using American kamikaze drones Switchblade has dropped below 20%.
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It was previously reported that the Ukrainian army received 100 kamikaze drones. We are talking about Switchblade drones in two main variants — Switchblade 300 and Switchblade 600, previously announced in USA.
Switchblade 300 are designed to destroy manpower and non-armored vehicles. The Sitchblade 600 is more powerful, designed to destroy even heavy armored vehicles. However, even then there were suspicions that drones might not be too effective in the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ukrainian army simply has no experience with Switchblade kamikaze drones. By the way, the Armed Forces of Ukraine prefer to use commercial drones equipped with explosives, which are more convenient to use.
Further, it turned out that the Ukrainian military has a serious overrun of American kamikaze drones. The latter are actively launched, but and did not hit their targets. This is due to the use of powerful electronic jamming systems, information about the active use of which was confirmed by Rostec.
How do they work?
Most often, drones deviate from their targets due to disrupted operation of the satellite navigation system and therefore simply cannot hit the selected targets.
< p>Today, Russia is the only country in the world that has long-range electronic warfare systems capable of carrying out electronic suppression of enemy systems in a wide range.
In cases with small drones that can be controlled by terrorists, the main the method of struggle is the creation of “electromagnetic interference that can disrupt the operation of the drone itself or block its communication channel with the” operator or coordination center “. A more complex type of countermeasure is an attempt to spoil the electronic “brains” drone.
What complexes are used?
Perhaps the most powerful among all electronic warfare — “Kurasukha-4”. Earlier there were reports that this complex destroyed 9 Turkish drones in two days in Armenia. The full characteristics of the electronic warfare station are classified, but it is known that its radius of action is 400 kilometers. In addition, the electronic warfare systems of the “Krasukha” family were actively used in Syria.
With & nbsp; the suppression of control channels for drones, the EW system “Silok-01”, the automatic jamming station R-934BMV and the advanced radio jamming station “Pole-21” do an excellent job. The latter device is capable of creating a dome that is impenetrable to enemy electronic equipment. Also “Field” effectively crushes subscriber satellite navigation equipment.
“Silock” allows you to automatically detect airborne objects, determine their coordinates and suppress on different operating frequency ranges. Control channels and communications of drones are suppressed at a distance of up to 4 km from their home base. The performance characteristics of this unit have not been published in the public domain.
At the exercises held a year ago, the electronic warfare complexes “Borisoglebsk” and "Resident" in the exercises proved their effectiveness against attacks by attack drones. They completely disabled combat drones, and also suppressed the command posts of a mock enemy.
In Concern "Constellation" created an automatic complex of electronic warfare against unmanned aerial vehicles “Solaris-N”. This system “provides protection against drones on area up to 80 sq. km. “Intellectual” Solaris-N system protects the territory from the penetration of drones in automatic mode. The reconnaissance equipment detects a flying object, analyzes the trajectory of movement and the structure of the signal, after which it independently determines whether it is a drone, and makes a decision on further actions.
There is also a "gun" against UAVs. This device is a portable electronic warfare system, which in its shape resembles small arms: it has a “muzzle”, “butt” and “trigger”, although in this case they perform completely different functions than in firearm systems. REX-1's strengths include minimal set-up time, ease of use, 2 kilometer range (the highest in its class), and 3 hours of continuous operation.
Source< /strong>: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=KPQOq3MMreQ
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