The work of military topographers in Ukraine was shown by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Without these people, the operation of the Iskander missile systems is not possible, since they need precise coordinates for delivering strikes. The calculation of military topographers moves on a KAMAZ 4350 vehicle with a geodetic complex PNGK-1 installed on it. The car is equipped with an inertial navigation system, as well as a rangefinder-goniometer device that performs the functions of geodetic binding of objects. The complex is equipped with video cameras, thanks to which you can determine the coordinates and use them later for target designation. PNGK-1 is able to determine coordinates on the move with an accuracy of up to 15 meters, create electronic maps and immediately transfer them to the command. In the field, topographers use the Topcon Positioning System's GB-500 40-channel remote GPS satellite receiver.
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Israel did the same thing by temporarily placing its iron dome air defense system on ships, the United States also temporarily placed an air defense system on one of the aircraft carriers
Ground-Based Tor SAM System Seen Strapped To Russian Black Sea Warship
Placing the Tor surface-to-air missile system on the Corvette was likely an improvised countermeasure following the sinking of the Moskva.www.thedrive.com
Interesting.
The Russian Navy will abandon an additional series of six Project 22160 patrol ships. The series of Project 22160 corvettes will not be continued and will end with the delivery of the last ship of the series to the Black Sea Fleet. The official version, inconsistencies in their tactical and technical qualities of combat operating conditions. In particular, the military is not satisfied with the seaworthiness and armoring of ships, as well as the vulnerability of their power plants and weak anti-aircraft weapons. Most likely, the key role in the decision to abandon was played by the fact that the ships have almost no air defense, it is represented by manual MANPADS, why the ships went into series this way is not clear. Recently, the Black Sea Fleet of Russia was forced to install Tor-M2KM land-based air defense systems on ships of project 22160 to strengthen the ship's air defense. Additional air defense systems were installed at the stern of the ships of the Russian fleet "Vasily Bykov", and then "Pavel Derzhavin".
The work of the Mi-8MTPR-1 electronic warfare helicopter equipped with the Rychag-AV active jamming station in Ukraine was shown by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Rychag-AV jamming station completely “blinds” the enemy within a radius of several hundred kilometers. The Rychag system is equipped with a database that stores information about the military equipment of many armies of the world. The station selects the most effective interference for each target and can provide electronic suppression of several targets at once. In conditions of interference, the enemy's air defense systems, as well as his aircraft, are deprived of the ability to detect targets and direct missiles at them. The radiation power of the station is very high, so the cockpit is protected from it by a special grid. The cost of the Russian Mi-8MTPR-1 helicopter is about 600 million rubles. The exact data of the Lever-AV system are classified.
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Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighter Might Be on the Brink
Russia's Su-57 stealth fighter surely looks fearsome but production issues and the war in Ukraine could mean problems ahead.
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End of the road without Western tech to make it fly
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Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighter Might Be on the Brink
Russia's Su-57 stealth fighter surely looks fearsome but production issues and the war in Ukraine could mean problems ahead.
End of the road without Western tech to make it fly
Otoh Russia is probably the leading manufacturer of vacuum tubes, lol. Might need a little more space behind the dash to replace the simple smc, though, hahaha.
The Russian Ministry of Defense showed the combat work of the calculation of the 220-mm MLRS "Hurricane" in Ukraine, the calculation of the installation receives target designation from the UAV "Orlan-10". The video shows the 9K57 Uragan version mounted on the ZIL-135LM chassis and put into service in 1975. In terms of the main characteristics of the Uragan MLRS, it significantly surpassed the B-21 Grad MLRS, the area of destruction increased 10 times and amounted to 42 hectares. The main task of the Uragan MLRS is to defeat the enemy at distances from 10 to 35 km; when firing at short distances, a brake ring is put on the head of the missiles. For the first time, the installation underwent a baptism of fire in Afghanistan, thanks to it the troops were successfully withdrawn, the MLRS carried out strikes on the Mujahideen concentration areas for a day, transport-loading vehicles brought ammunition without stopping. The vehicle develops a maximum speed of 70 km/h and has a very high cross-country ability, overcoming fords 1.2 m deep. The number of shells in a salvo of one combat vehicle: 16, salvo time - 20 seconds. The calculation of the combat vehicle - 4 people.
A Russian high-speed landing craft of the Caspian Flotilla was spotted off the coast of Sevastopol, possibly Russia has again begun preparations for a landing operation in Odessa. Project 21820 Dugong air cavity landing craft went into production in 2006. The boat has a jet propulsion and is able to move in shallow water, while developing a speed of 65 km / h. The hull of the boat is made of an alloy of aluminum and magnesium and is armed with two 14.5-mm heavy machine guns and 8 Igla or Verba MANPADS. The ship can be used in stormy conditions with a wave height of not more than 3.5 meters. The boat is able to take on board, depending on the task, 2 tanks or 4 infantry fighting vehicles or 90 troops. The range of the boat is 500 miles, the crew of the boat is 6 people. Now Russia has 5 boats of project 21820, the construction of ships of this project continues.
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Once they have strapped a Tor2 into the landing bay, you will only get 4 troops onboard
Death traps on the sea
If you are going to use these, you would need complete air superiority - something Ruskia seems incapable of achieving now and anytime in the forceable future
As part of military exercises, the Algerian Air Force showed the work of Su-30MKA fighters. The pilots used Russian Kh-31P anti-radar missiles at targets simulating enemy radars. Algeria is a country that actively purchases Russian weapons, second only to India in this. Since 2007, the Algerian Air Force has received 58 Russian Su-30 fighters. The Kh-31P is an anti-radar version of the Soviet/Russian medium-range Kh-31 air-to-surface guided missile. Initially, the missile was created for the Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters of Russia. The main operators are Russia, China and India.
The crew of the Russian project 20380 Soobrazitelny corvette, as part of the exercise of the Baltic Fleet, launched a missile attack on a sea target imitating a mock enemy warship. Rocket firing was carried out using the main strike weapon of the corvette of the Uran anti-ship missile system, the rocket was without a warhead. The Uran small-sized anti-ship missile system was developed in 1995 and is equipped with Kh-35 missiles. The missile at a low flight altitude of about 10 meters flies to the target, and in the zone of action of anti-aircraft self-defense systems of ships, it drops to a height of 3-5 meters. The maximum missile firing range is 260 km, the minimum is 5 km. the missile warhead weighs 145 kg.
The crew of the Russian project 20380 Soobrazitelny corvette, as part of the exercise of the Baltic Fleet, launched a missile attack on a sea target imitating a mock enemy warship. Rocket firing was carried out using the main strike weapon of the corvette of the Uran anti-ship missile system, the rocket was without a warhead. The Uran small-sized anti-ship missile system was developed in 1995 and is equipped with Kh-35 missiles. The missile at a low flight altitude of about 10 meters flies to the target, and in the zone of action of anti-aircraft self-defense systems of ships, it drops to a height of 3-5 meters. The maximum missile firing range is 260 km, the minimum is 5 km. the missile warhead weighs 145 kg.
Russian air defense has achieved superiority over the sea, not everywhere over land, the Ukrainian army has a lot of MANPADS
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Only thing it helped was the sinking of the Moskva - air defence that day was pretty good you had to sink your own ship
If air defence was that good, why are we seeing Tor2's strapped to the helo deck of the destroyers - can find you a picture if you want?
Seriously hampers getting the sailors off if it gets hit - which they will if they dare to move into range
I would suggest they get a pontoon and chain it to the back of the ship - at least you can land the helo's
The Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the combat duty of the crew of the Nebo-SV radar and the combat work of the Buk-M3 air defense system. The calculation of the 1L13 "Sky-SV" radar station searches and detects targets and determines their nationality by sending a "Friend or Foe" request. Based on the results of the target's response, the radar crew makes a decision to destroy the target and transmits the data to the crew of the Buk-M3 air defense system. The detection range of fighter-type targets at high altitudes reaches 380 km, at low altitudes up to 65 km. The Russian radar "Nebo-SV" was put into service in 1986.
The station "Nebo-SV" has become the main means of reconnaissance of an air enemy in air defense, forming a duty radar field in the operational link of military air defense. The high combat and operational characteristics of this station have been repeatedly confirmed in various exercises and during combat duty by air defense formations. The system is also in service with Iran.
The station "Nebo-SV" has become the main means of reconnaissance of an air enemy in air defense, forming a duty radar field in the operational link of military air defense. The high combat and operational characteristics of this station have been repeatedly confirmed in various exercises and during combat duty by air defense formations. The system is also in service with Iran.
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The operational assessments of the Moskva allegedly showed lots of issues in term of actual combat worthiness.
The various modernizations and upgrades led to believe they were more similar to a succession of "slap-this-on"-s rather than a proper work of, well, modernization. Hiding misery in other words.
It may still be in the Russia-Ukraine thread, but the report alleged conflicts between various systems: old vs new and, iirc, new vs new.
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Yup, upgrading the ship you built yourself, is a tough gig.
This is why it took 2 years to replace the engines on U.K. type 45.
Because we did it properly.
The Russians hired messrs bodgit and scarper……
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Apparently for the Ruskie leadership, the placing of a vessel such as the Moskva in for overhaul and substantial upgrades, is basically the same as opening a piggie bank.
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Well, just take a look at the Kutznetzov which, for some reason, is back to dry-docks to undergo upgrades to the avionics, flight deck with the ski jump, electric equipment, and the power plant.
Hopefully (for the future crew at least) they will learn their lessons from the Moskva.
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With the exception of a couple of very carefully maintained aircraft carriers, no major western navy still has in service ships laid down in the 1970's or indeed the 1980's. The fact that Kutznetsov, Moskva etc. were kept in service speaks of the inability of Russia to construct major surface combatants. It's them being clapped out 1980's relics that is the major part of the issue. Even if there was no corruption or reallocation of funds and equipment when they were refitted, they'd still be worn out and fit for the scrapyard.
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At this point it is merely keeping them as basic launch platforms for their initial equipment.
The Moskva, for instance, might have been able to successfully fire its load of P500/P1000, which it was initially conceived for. But keeping it around for that reason is basically turning the ship into a slow and over-sized AShM launcher.
If you want to go that way, just use an Oscar II.
Nevertheless, and despite their old age, they remain sea-worthy (they float and can move by their own means), they carry weaponry, and that weaponry can, in theory, be fired.
There is also the whole symbolic aspect of things. These "giants of the sea" (all the Kirovs, Kievs, Slavas, Sovs', Udas', etc...) are the remnants of a bygone era during which they were, all things considered, regarded as serious contenders and respectable ships. Decommissioning them without anything to replace them is kind of a blow to the Naval Pride (and the Russian Navy is a very prideful institution).
We could almost make a parallel with the Akulas (Typhoon) being decommissioned and replaced by the Boreis, or the Yasens replacing most of the SSGN. Point is: there is a continuity, there is no interruption.
For Russia to get rid of the Kuznetsov would lead to Russia getting rid of its only carrier.
*I still believe Russia should have tossed the Kuz and kept at least one or two of its Kievs:
-Sea-worthy/carrier based planes (Su33 and Mig29K, let's just ignore the Su25UTG) are in very limited numbers and have been heavily criticized for having a pretty weak payload.
-the quasi entirety of the Kamovs helicopters are sea-worthy.
-"most" Mis are as well.*
The Moskva, for instance, might have been able to successfully fire its load of P500/P1000, which it was initially conceived for. But keeping it around for that reason is basically turning the ship into a slow and over-sized AShM launcher.
If you want to go that way, just use an Oscar II.
Nevertheless, and despite their old age, they remain sea-worthy (they float and can move by their own means), they carry weaponry, and that weaponry can, in theory, be fired.
There is also the whole symbolic aspect of things. These "giants of the sea" (all the Kirovs, Kievs, Slavas, Sovs', Udas', etc...) are the remnants of a bygone era during which they were, all things considered, regarded as serious contenders and respectable ships. Decommissioning them without anything to replace them is kind of a blow to the Naval Pride (and the Russian Navy is a very prideful institution).
We could almost make a parallel with the Akulas (Typhoon) being decommissioned and replaced by the Boreis, or the Yasens replacing most of the SSGN. Point is: there is a continuity, there is no interruption.
For Russia to get rid of the Kuznetsov would lead to Russia getting rid of its only carrier.
*I still believe Russia should have tossed the Kuz and kept at least one or two of its Kievs:
-Sea-worthy/carrier based planes (Su33 and Mig29K, let's just ignore the Su25UTG) are in very limited numbers and have been heavily criticized for having a pretty weak payload.
-the quasi entirety of the Kamovs helicopters are sea-worthy.
-"most" Mis are as well.*
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