Russia Missile and Air Defence programs

[TR_123456]

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has carried out target detection training to test the readiness of its S-400 air defence systems deployed in Crimea against the backdrop of NATO's Sea Breeze drills in the Black Sea, spokesman for the Black Sea Fleet Capt. 2nd Rank Alexei Rulyov said on Tuesday.
The 2021 edition of the annual military exercise Sea Breeze kicked off in the northwestern part of the Black Sea on Monday, with the Russian Navy monitoring the movement of participating ships. The drills, which involve about 5,000 soldiers and 32 warships from 32 countries, will run through 10 July.

"The crews of aircraft and helicopters of the Black Sea Fleet and the air force formation of the Southern Military District conducted training with battalions of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and units of the Pantsir self-propelled missile and gun systems during a readiness check of the duty forces and air defence systems of the Crimean Peninsula", Rulyov said.

The S-400 missile defence system.

In addition to Su-24, Su-27, and Su-30SM jets, Mi-8 and Ka-27 helicopters were used as control targets for air defence units.


The NATO-led Sea Breeze exercise has been co-hosted annually by the United States and Ukraine since 1997. The alliance says the exercise provides unique training opportunities to enhance readiness, improve collaboration, and interoperability.

Russia Checking S-400 Systems in Crimea Amid NATO's Sea Breeze Drills

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has carried out target detection training to test the readiness of its S-400 air defence systems deployed in Crimea against the backdrop of NATO's Sea Breeze drills in the Black Sea, spokesman for the Black Sea...

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[Isa Khan]

According to information published by Tass on July 5, 2021, Russia’s Almaz-Antey concern has developed its newest Palma naval anti-aircraft gun-missile (AAGM) system. The presentation of the new weapon took place at the International Maritime Defence Show 2021 held in late June in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The Palma is configured as a single combat module, with gun and missile armament mounted on a single pedestal. According to Rosoboronexport arms exporting company (a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec), the new air defence weapon carries two AO-18KD 30 mm close-in automatic guns, two four-cell banks with Sosna-R laser beam-riding short-rang surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and an optical-electronic sensor suite.

The Palma uses its artillery component to engage aerial targets at distances between 0.2 km and 4 km, while the SAMs are capable of engaging aerial targets at a range of up to 10 km. The system has a target engagement altitude of up to 3 km (for the artillery component) or up to 5 km (for the missiles). The guns produce a rate of fire of up to 10,000 rounds per minute.

The Palma’s ammunition load integrates 1,000 30 mm cartridges and eight ready-use missiles. The station’s reaction time reaches 3-5 seconds. A combat module of the Palma weighs 6,900 kg and can be mounted on small surface ships.

The new air defense weapon is integrated with a day/night all-weather two-channel optical-electronic fire-control system (FCS). The FCS and the sensor suite feature fully automated combat processes, decent jamming resistance, and lack of electromagnetic emitters.

According to Rosoboronexport, the Palma is capable of engaging anti-ship missiles at extremely low altitudes, and low-size surface targets and rigid-frame inflatable boats. The system is believed to have relatively high effectiveness against shipborne unmanned aerial vehicles (including combat ones).

The Palma naval AAGM system has already been integrated with the export-oriented Project 22160E guided missiles corvette. The ship is reported to carry a combat station of the system.

Project 22160 is a series of large patrol ships being constructed for the Russian Navy. The vessels are primarily intended for duties such as patrol, monitoring and protection in open and closed seas. The first ship was laid down in February 2014 and by December 2016 five ships were under construction. The first ship joined the Russian Navy in December 2018.

JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" is a Russian state-owned company in the arms industry, a result of a merger of Antey Corporation and NPO Almaz, unifying some of the national military enterprises, in particular, the developers of anti-aircraft defence systems. The organisation is headquartered in Moscow and is the world's 8th-largest defence contractor measured by 2017 defence revenues.

Russian firm Almaz-Antey unveils Palma air defense system

Russia’s Almaz-Antey concern has developed its newest Palma naval anti-aircraft gun-missile (AAGM) system during the International Maritime Defence Show 2021.

www.navyrecognition.com

 

[Test7]

The combat readiness exercise involved over 300 items of military hardware and around 1,000 personnel

S-400 ‘Triumf’ surface-to-air missile system
© Kirill Kukhmar/TASS


YEKATERINBURG, July 15. /TASS/. The teams of S-300 ‘Favorit’ and S-400 ‘Triumf’ surface-to-air missile systems of Russia’s Central Military District assumed combat positions in new areas during large-scale maneuvers in seven Russian regions in the Volga area, the Urals, Siberia and southern Russia, the District’s press office reported on Thursday.

The drills were held in the Samara, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk Regions and the Republic of Khakassia, the press office specified.
"The personnel of air defense units and formations stationed on the territory of seven Russian regions conducted marches to new positioning areas of their combat alert, equipped basic, reserve and dummy combat positions," the press office said in a statement.

"In the course of their combat training, the teams of S-300 ‘Favorit’ ad S-400 ‘Triumf’ air defense systems practiced the defense of administrative facilities and territories from a hypothetical enemy’s air attack weapons. Pantsyr-S anti-aircraft missile/gun launchers were employed to shield the air defense systems while the S-300 and S-400 squads assumed reserve positions after notionally employing their weapons," the statement says.

The combat readiness exercise involved over 300 items of military hardware and around 1,000 personnel that included combat teams and officers of command posts of the Central Military District’s Air Force and Air Defense Army, the press office specified.

Russia’s S-300 and S-400 air defense systems​

The S-300 ‘Favorit’ surface-to-air missile system is designated to defend the state’s vital facilities and its armed forces against massive strikes by existing and future aircraft, strategic cruise missiles, tactical and theater ballistic missiles and other air attack weapons across the entire range and speeds of their combat employment, including under intensive active and passive jamming.

Russia’s S-400 Triumf is the latest long-and medium-range surface-to-air missile system that went into service in 2007. It is designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, and can also be used against ground installations. The S-400 can engage targets at a distance of up to 400 km and at an altitude of up to 30 km under intensive enemy fire and jamming.

The Central Military District is the largest in Russia. It is based on the territory of the Volga, Urals and Siberian integrated federal districts and 29 Russian regions. Structurally, the Central Military District also includes some overseas facilities: the 201st military base in Tajikistan, the Kant integrated military base in Kyrgyzstan and units stationed on the territory of Kazakhstan.

Anti-aircraft gunners deploy S-400 missile launchers in Volga, Urals and Siberia drills

The combat readiness exercise involved over 300 items of military hardware and around 1,000 personnel

tass.com

 

[TR_123456]

The first launch from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate within the state trials is planned for the first part of August

MOSCOW, July 18. /TASS/. State trials of Russia’s newest Zircon hypersonic missile from a surface carrier will begin in August 2021, a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS.
"The first launch from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate within the state trials is planned for the first part of August. The second part of August will see flight trials of Zircon from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine," the source said, adding that the state trials were previously planned for May or June.
According to the source, the Severodvinsk will perform the first launch from a surface position, firing at a surface target. Another source told TASS that the Admiral Gorshkov will perform 4 launches. NPO Mashinostroyeniya, the developer of the missile, did not comment on this information.
Earlier, a source told TASS that flight trials of the Zircon from the Admiral Gorshkov have ended successfully.


On July 10, a source told TASS that Project 22350 frigate Admiral Golovko will become the first carrier of these hypersonic missiles.

Zircon hypersonic missile state trials to commence in August

The first launch from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate within the state trials is planned for the first part of August

tass.com

 

[Isa Khan]

The Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov has successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from the White Sea against a ground target located on the coast of the Barents Sea.​

Martin Manaranche 19 Jul 2021

Russian Ministry of Defence press release

According to objective control data, the Tsirkon missile made a direct and a successfully hit on the target at a range of over 350 km. The flight speed was about 7 Mach.

The tests confirmed the tactical and technical characteristics of the Tsirkon missile.

It is planned to equip the Tsirkon system with submarines and surface ships of the Russian Navy.

Russian's Hypersonic Missile Tsirkon Hit For The First Time A Ground Target - Naval News

The Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov has successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from the White Sea against a ground target located on the coast of the Barents Sea.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Isa Khan]

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released video footage that showing the test launch of the newest S-500 surface-to-air missile system.

For the first time, the Russian military reveals its new air defense system based on a 10-wheel drive military truck chassis BAZ-69096.

According to a press release issued Tuesday by Russian Defense Ministry, the S-500 system successfully intercepted a fast-moving ballistic target at the Kapustin Yar range.

“The S-500 state-of-the-art missile system has carried out a test launch at the Kapustin Yar training range to intercept the fast-moving ballistic target. According to data recorders, the target was hit,” the military agency noted.

The ministry underlined, “the test launch conducted as part of the test trials confirmed the missile system’s tactical and technical performance characteristics and high reliability of Russia’s air defense military hardware.” “We plan that the first S-500 system will be procured to the Moscow Region’s air and missile defense unit after a full cycle of tests is completed,” the ministry added.

According to open source, the new air defense system would be able to detect and simultaneously engage up to 10 ballistic hypersonic targets that are flying at a speed ranging from about 11,000 mph to 16,000 mph.

https://defence-blog.com/russia-shows-its-new-s-500-air-defense-system-in-action/?fbclid=IwAR13Rb4-2_kxFEg5s2vkIQsCXzfArvE4LDskyCQXbWuF11ladT4jhfM90FE

 

[Bogeyman]

Russia To Test-Fire Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile To Maximum Range Soon​

Russia’s Tsirkon (NATO reporting name: SS-N-33) hypersonic missile will be test-launched to its maximum range from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate (Admiral Gorshkov class) soon, a source in the defense industry told TASS at the MAKS 2021 airshow.​

By TASS Russian News agency


The source said:

“During the ongoing flight development tests, the Tsirkon hypersonic missile will be test-launched to the maximum range against a seaborne target soon,”

According to the source, the recent test-launch of the Tsirkon missile from the frigate against a ground target was also performed during the missile’s flight development tests.


The missile demonstrated exceptional accuracy, hitting the bull’s eye, the source said.


The NPO Mashinostroeniya Company, which is the developer and manufacturer of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile, refrained from commenting on this information.


Russia’s Defense Ministry said on July 19 that the Admiral Gorshkov frigate had successfully test-launched a Tsirkon hypersonic missile against a ground target. The missile flew at a speed of Mach 7 and covered a distance of more than 350 km (217 mi).


According to the Defense Ministry’s press office, the Project 22350 lead frigate launched the missile from the White Sea. The ground target was located on the coast of the Barents Sea. The Tsirkon system is planned to be mounted on Russian Navy submarines and surface ships, the press office added.

Russia to test-fire Tsirkon hypersonic missile to maximum range soon - Naval News

Russia’s Tsirkon (NATO reporting name: SS-N-33) hypersonic missile will be test-launched to its maximum range from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate (Admiral Gorshkov class) soon, a source in the defense industry told TASS at the MAKS 2021 airshow.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Isa Khan]

MOSCOW, July 29. /TASS/. Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Almaz-Antey on shipment of the first batch of the S-500 Prometey air defense systems, a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS.

"The Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with VKO Almaz-Antey on shipment of over 10 Prometey systems to the Aerospace forces. Serial shipments will begin in the first half of 2022," the source said.

The source also disclosed that "state trials of the S-500 currently proceed at a proving ground in southern Russia." The trials are expected to wrap up in late 2021.
According to the source, the current variant is ground-based.

"If necessary, it can become a naval one," he added.

Russian Defense Ministry signs contract on first 10 S-500 air defense systems — source

Serial shipments will begin in the first half of 2022

tass.com

 

[TR_123456]

Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky noted that such advanced and upgraded armaments were being developed to achieve supremacy in the aerospace, which is a vital condition for ground and naval groupings of forces to conduct combat operations successfully

MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. Russia is developing the Kh-95 new long-range hypersonic missile for its Aerospace Force, Chief of the Military Academy of the Russian General Staff Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky wrote in an article published in Military Thought magazine on Tuesday.
"Today supremacy in the aerospace is a vital condition for ground and naval groupings of troops (forces) to conduct combat operations successfully," the article reads.
"For this purpose, Russia is developing and accepting such advanced and upgraded armaments, military and special hardware for service in its Aerospace Force as the Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber, the Kinzhal airborne hypersonic missile system and long-range air-launched precision weapons, in particular, the Kh-95 hypersonic missile," Zarudnitsky wrote.

Russia developing new Kh-95 long-range hypersonic missile

Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky noted that such advanced and upgraded armaments were being developed to achieve supremacy in the aerospace, which is a vital condition for ground and naval groupings of forces to conduct combat operations successfully

tass.com

 

[Selivan]

the С-400 missile system has long been adopted by Russia.
used during the war in Syria, repelled an attack by American cruise missiles.
therefore, in March 2020, Russia began supplying these weapons to Turkey, despite American protests, since Turkey is a NATO member
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Now Russia is preparing a new C-500 complex for armament

 

[Selivan]

as you know, the most powerful nuclear weapon of the Soviet Union was the Satan missile ....
but, with the collapse of the USSR, we need to create a new rocket.
Parts of Satan were produced in Ukraine, but now Ukraine is a "failed territory-bankrupt", which is under the rule of corruption, as well as inspectors from NATO ....
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therefore a new Sarmat missile was created ...
- multiple nuclear warheads
- variable trajectory.

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I found it funny to read WIKIPEDIA "there is not a single Sarmat rocket launch ..."


and what's that?
maybe YouTube is lying?

 

[Saithan]

Kalashnikov, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-run high-tech company Rostec, will integrate the Vikhr-1 anti-tank missile into Kronstadt’s long-range drone (Orion-E) by the end of the year.

Vikhr-1, a modernized version of the 9K121 Vikhr, was exhibited for the first time at Army 2020.

Maximum range of the anti-tank missile is up to ten kilometers and the missile cruise to the target over 600 m/s.

Vikhr-1’s tandem HEAT warhead can penetrate 750mm RHA (Rolled Homogenous Armor) behind the ERA block.

Vikhr-1 Anti-Tank Missile to Kronstadt’s UAV - C4 Defence

Kalashnikov, a subsidiary of Russia's state-run high-tech company Rostec, will integrate the Vikhr-1 anti-tank missile into Kronstadt's long-range drone (Orion-E) by the end of the year.

www.c4defence.com

 

[Turko]

Shoigu announced the creation of the S-550 air defense system

November 9, 2021, 22:28

Sergei Shoigu spoke about the meetings in Sochi

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a special emphasis on the importance of the advanced development of air defense and missile defense systems, the Russian minister noted.

In Russia, work is underway to create a new S-550 air defense system. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a conference call with the leadership of the Russian armed forces in Moscow, Interfax reports on Tuesday, November 9.

According to Shoigu, from November 1 to 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a series of meetings in Sochi with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and enterprises of the country's defense-industrial complex.

“Measures were considered to adequately respond to changes in the situation near the Russian borders. Much attention was paid to improving the country's aerospace defense system. S-500, S-550, "the message says.

Until now, it has not been reported about the development of the C-550 system. There is also no data on its characteristics.

Шойгу заявил о создании системы ПВО С-550

Президент России Владимир Путин сделал особый акцент на важности опережающего развития систем ПВО-ПРО, отметил российский министр.

korrespondent.net

 

[Saithan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1461736022895521799

Russia testing hypersonic missiles as Tension with NATO rises

 

[Saithan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1464885749812183045

Tsircon/Zirkon is to be fitted into Fregat and submarines. Range of 1000km and up to 28km altitude with 400kg warhead. Mach 8-9

 

[Turko]

Russia has tested the Zircon hypersonic rocket

29 November 2021

Россия испытала гиперзвуковую ракету Циркон

Стрельба была произведена из акватории Белого моря по морской мишенной позиции, находившейся на удалении более 400 километров.

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The shooting was recognized as successful

The shooting was fired from the waters of the White Sea at a naval target position located at a distance of more than 400 kilometers.

The Russian military launched the Zircon hypersonic missile from the frigate Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Gorshkov. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense on Monday, November 29.

"The shooting was carried out from the waters of the White Sea at a naval target position located at a distance of more than 400 kilometers," the message says.

It is argued that, according to objective control data, the flight of the hypersonic missile corresponded to the specified parameters, and the target was hit. The shooting was recognized as successful.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted that the previous test firing at a naval target position was successfully carried out by the crew of this frigate two weeks ago.

Recall that Russia regularly reports on the allegedly successful launches of the Zircon rocket. In early October, it was first launched from a nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea.

It was also reported that on November 20, the United States conducted three test launches of hypersonic weapons. All of them are recognized as successful. The Pentagon intends to deploy hypersonic weapons to the military in fiscal 2023, which begins next October.

Russia produces deadly 'unstoppable' 6,670mph Zircon hypersonic war missile

It has been identified by Moscow’s state-controlled TV as Vladimir Putin’s weapon of choice to wipe out American cities in the event of an atomic conflict and follows successful tests

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Zapper]

 

[Soldier30]

The upgraded strategic Russian Tu-160M bomber will be the world's first aircraft armed with reverse launch missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said. In January, the first Tu-160M built from scratch made its debut flight.

 

[Domobran7]

So, what advantage do reverse launched missiles offer? To me, it seems that it would merely reduce the missile's range. Unless the aim is to take out SAMs that are trying to ambush aircraft after it had tried to leave.

 

[Soldier30]

So, what advantage do reverse launched missiles offer? To me, it seems that it would merely reduce the missile's range. Unless the aim is to take out SAMs that are trying to ambush aircraft after it had tried to leave.

You can quickly attack targets that suddenly appear from behind