The best anti-aircraft missile systems in the world. The best air defense and pro systems. The most mobile - Topol-M

Thanks to huge profits from the sale of oil and gas, a large-scale modernization of the Russian military is in full swing, and as Vladimir Putin promises, military spending will be increased by $ 770 billion from 2014 to 2020.

At first glance, this is a huge amount, and it is true, the Russian military budget doubled from 2006 to 2009 from $25 billion to $50 billion, but this is only a tenth of the budget of the United States military, which is about $600 billion. in a year.

An interesting feature of Russian military production and possible cause its lagging behind the American is that it is more dependent on the conditions of capitalism and less supported by the state.

Private enterprises export weapons and enter into contracts with foreign powers to further improve the weapons program.

Thus, it is unlikely that Russia and the United States will enter into a new cold war, as some experts suggest, but the modernization of the Russian military will remind America that it is not the only player in the military market, and, in the end, this is only for the better.

ZRK S-400 "Triumph"

So, the Russian S-400 can become the best complex air defense in the world.

The S-400 is a highly modernized version of the highly successful S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.

While the use of the S-400 is limited and its predecessor remains the leading Russian complex air defense.

A very successful S-300 air defense system

The S-400 has a detection range of 250 miles (about 600 km), which is at least twice that of the US Patriot MIM-104.

Three different missiles are used for different ranges, maximum speed exceeds the speed of sound twelve times. The radar can track 100 targets at the same time.

This complex poses a threat to even the most elite attack aircraft.

S-500 is the best air defense system in the world

The S-500 will definitely be the best air defense system in the world. The S-500 is a more advanced version of the S-400, designed to intercept ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), among other purposes.

It will be based on the S-400 but reduced in size. Radar systems have been improved over the S-400 and much of the equipment will be carried over from the S-300 series. It is assumed that this will be a highly mobile complex. All the details are not yet known, but it is already clear that the S-500 will be an important player in the global arms market.

Most interestingly, it is not designed to protect against US ballistic missile attacks. Since China produces its ICBMs, then anti-aircraft missile system The S-500 is most likely meant to hedge against any deterioration in relations between Moscow and Beijing, or in the event that Chinese ICBMs are acquired by less predictable countries.

Today, August 29, at an air force base in California, States, the latest secret American technology, the Delta IV spy satellite, was launched. The object is the most powerful rocket in the history of mankind. Its height is 71 meters, engine performance is 17 million horsepower, and one launch of the monster cost the United States one million dollars.

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America has always been different special treatment to global organizations and their large-scale events. Therefore, the owners of the most powerful rocket in the world decided to launch it on August 29 - the International Day against Nuclear Tests. The funny thing is that the States never admitted what the purpose of developing, building and launching the Delta IV is.

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Men's online magazine MPORT remembers that not only the States have over powerful weapon. There are many more countries in the world that can also boast of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Find out what you, a peaceful inhabitant of planet Earth, should be most afraid of?

The most mobile - Topol-M

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Manufacturer - Russia, the first launch was carried out in 1994. Starting weight - 46 and a half tons. It is considered the basis of Russian nuclear weapons.

The most protected - Yars RS-24

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Producer - Russia, first launch - in 2007. Flight range - 11 thousand kilometers. Unlike Topol-M, it has multiple warheads. In addition to warheads, Yars also carries a set of breakthrough means. missile defense, which makes it much more difficult for the enemy to detect and intercept it. This innovation makes the RS-24 the most successful combat missile in the context of the deployment of a global American system PRO. And you can even place it on a railway car.

The heaviest - R-36M Satan

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First launch - 1970, weight - 211 tons, flight range - 11,200 - 16,000 kilometers. Missile systems placed in mines cannot be too light by definition. Satan just broke the record of all heavyweights.

The most accurate - Trident II D5

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Manufacturer - USA, first launched in 1987. Weight - 58 tons, flight range - 11,300 kilometers. Trident is based on submarines, and is capable of hitting protected ICBM silos and protected command posts with the highest possible accuracy.

The fastest - Minuteman LGM-30G

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Manufacturer - USA, first launch - 1966. The mass of the rocket is 35 and a half tons. Range - 13,000 kilometers. It is believed that this missile is one of the fastest ICBMs in the world and can accelerate to more than 24 thousand kilometers per hour in the terminal phase of the flight.

The most sophisticated - MX (LGM-118А) Peacekeeper

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Manufacturer - USA, first launched in 1983. Weight - 88.44 tons, flight range - 9600 kilometers. Heavy intercontinental ballistic missile Peacemaker - just the embodiment the latest technologies. For example, the use of composite materials. It also has a higher accuracy of hitting, and - which is especially characteristic - increased "survivability" of the missile under conditions of nuclear impact.

The very first - R-7

However, in fact, there is no magic here for either side. The strategic level of mutually beneficial partnership in such a sensitive area as the supply of arms and military equipment, is an everyday reality for our countries, a kind of routine, but without any negative connotation. And so far, neither other countries that are making great efforts to penetrate and gain a foothold in the Indian market for military products, nor individual disagreements between Russia and India on some joint programs (here, in particular, we can recall the project to create medium transport aircraft MTA, the cancellation of which has recently become known).

TO INDIA WITH "TRIUMPH"

No matter how much someone would like to destroy the alliance between Moscow and Delhi in the field of military-technical cooperation, this cannot be done. The basis of the combat power of the Indian Air Force, Ground Forces and Navy is Russian weapons: S-30MKI multifunctional fighters, the main battle tanks T-90 aircraft carrier "Vikramaditya" with an air group consisting of MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters. And this list continues to grow. Currently, a contract is being prepared for the supply of India with long-range anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 developed by the Concern VKO Almaz-Antey.

An intergovernmental agreement for the supply of S-400 Triumph air defense systems to India was signed during the Russian-Indian summit in October 2016. As Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Vladimir Drozhzhov noted during the Aero India 2017 aerospace show, Russia expects that the corresponding contract will be concluded by the end of 2017. Pre-contract negotiations are currently underway.

During the days of Aero India 2017, Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey East Kazakhstan Concern for Foreign Economic Affairs, was asked why the S-400 is of such great interest in the market of high-tech military products. The answer was simple: this moment The S-400 is the best long-range air defense system in the world." This fact is confirmed not only by the preparation of an appropriate contract with India, but also by the already concluded agreement on the supply of Triumphs to China (a contract with China, as the director for international cooperation and regional policy State Corporation "Rostec" Viktor Kladov, is currently at the production stage). China has clearly made very significant progress in developing modern systems weapons, but still prefers to sell security-sensitive national security programs in cooperation with Russia.

For obvious reasons, any details of the upcoming contract with India for the supply of S-400 air defense systems are not disclosed. It is only known - and Vyacheslav Dzirkaln confirmed this during India 2017 - the systems will be delivered to India in finished form, there is no talk of any localization of their production.

And in order to satisfy Delhi's demand for technology transfer when purchasing foreign-made weapons in accordance with the current last years“Make in India” principle, it is proposed to organize an after-sales service system in the country based on the REDICOM mobile complex, developed by Granit GPTP, which is part of Almaz-Antey. “We offer the option of equipping the capacities already available in India for after-sales service of our equipment with the subsequent transfer of the necessary documentation and equipment, which would enable Indian partners to work independently,” said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln. “The Concern has the right to train foreign specialists in carrying out service work,” said the Deputy General Director of Almaz-Antey.

The mobile repair and diagnostic complex "REDICOM" is designed for maintenance and refurbishment of anti-aircraft missile systems and complexes, as well as radar equipment at the places of its operation. The equipment of the complex, located in unified container bodies, allows servicing and repairing digital, digital-analog, analog radio-electronic equipment, mechanical and hydraulic units and assemblies, life support systems, chassis. The placement of workshops in unified container bodies equipped with a full range of life support systems (air conditioners, heating, filter and ventilation units) allows solving the tasks assigned to the complex in virtually any climatic zones and weather conditions.

Workplaces in the workshops are equipped with automated control and diagnostic systems, which reduces the time required to detect a malfunction in electronic equipment. Possibilities are provided for storing sets of spare parts and accessories for repairs.

The complex is universal and can be used to repair almost any equipment, both domestic and foreign. In the latter case, the operator only needs to provide technical documentation for weapons and military equipment, on the basis of which Granit specialists will develop test programs for the diagnostics of electronic equipment.

In addition to the developer of the REDICOM complex GPTP Granit and the creator of the S-400 air defense system NPO Almaz, its subsidiaries presented their products at the joint stand of the Concern VKO Almaz-Antey: JSC IEMZ Kupol, JSC UMP, JSC VNIIRA, PJSC NPO Strela, PJSC Radiophysics - developers and manufacturers of land and sea-based air defense systems, automated systems control, radar stations and complexes for airspace control and ground reconnaissance.

In general, at the Aero India 2017 exhibition, the exposition of the Almaz-Antey Concern VKO focused on the modernization and repair of specialized military products common in Southeast Asia. Thus, IEMZ "Kupol" presented a program for upgrading the OSA-AKM air defense system to the level of the OSA-AKM1 air defense system, and UMP - the modernization of the Tunguska anti-aircraft missile and gun system to the level of "Tunguska-M1" and anti-aircraft self-propelled unit"Shilka" to the level of "Shilka-M4".

Currently, the Concern is preparing to expand its product range, which is offered for export. In particular, work is underway to issue a passport for the export appearance of the Buk-M3 air defense system. By appearance(not to mention the significantly expanded combat characteristics) due to the placement of missiles in transport and launch containers, the new complex differs markedly from its predecessors. As Vyacheslav Dzirkaln noted, “the developers of the product, specialists from the Tikhomirov Research and Development Institute, came up with a proposal to give the export version of the complex a separate name. The proposed name is associated with the name of the first generation of air defense systems in export performance. The Concern VKO Almaz-Antey expects that the wide popularity of the Buk complexes abroad will contribute to the successful promotion of the Buk-M3E air defense system on the foreign market. According to our data, in terms of combat effectiveness among medium-range mobile complexes, there are no equals to the Buk-M3 complex.

Among other samples of military products presented by the Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" at Aero India 2017, it should be noted the radar complexes for the protection of objects and borders, in particular, the multi-purpose radar "Sova" developed by the Tula NPO "Strela" interested representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the border service of India .

“In addition to what we present at this exhibition, anti-aircraft missile systems and complexes, this year great attention we paid attention to civilian products, - said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln during Aero India 2017. - The concern is a trendsetter in the field of automated air traffic control systems (ATC), therefore, many meetings and negotiations are held here on this particular topic.”

The Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern, in particular, noted that the Indian side is interested in the supply of ATC systems developed and manufactured by the Concern, airfield surveillance systems (A-SMGCS), primary and secondary radars, systems and means of communication, navigation , meteorological support. “Various proposals are being considered for the modernization of the technical means of the air navigation system of the Republic of India, the organization of joint production under the state program “Make in India”. At the moment, the possibility of equipping Indian airports with ATC AS equipment produced by the Concern is under study. In addition to the Indian side, such countries as Myanmar, Vietnam, Iran, Indonesia are also showing interest in our equipment,” said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln.

It is important to note here that Almaz-Antey plans to further expand its line of high-tech civilian products. The Concern's development concept provides that civil instrumentation, radio electronics, the creation of automated control systems, autonomous power plants, the development of energy-saving technologies and technologies for processing and disposal for the needs of housing and communal services, medicine, transport, communications, security and industrial production will be of strategic importance in this segment .

That is, the speech this case we are not talking about the production of, for example, consumer electronics and other consumer goods - attempts to reorient the defense industry towards stamping pans already took place in the 1980-1990s. and demonstrated their complete failure, bordering on sabotage. Each segment of the industry should do its own thing, especially since the transfer of high technologies from the military to related civilian areas is a technique that has already been worked out in world practice and has repeatedly proven its effectiveness.

INDIAN FIGHTER TENDER - NEW SERIES

The main aviation intrigue of the Aero India 2017 air show was the situation around India's planned purchase of a large batch (200 units) of single-engine fighters - a legacy of the MMRCA program that was never implemented to the end. Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar revealed some details of this project during the exhibition.

The fighter jets are to be assembled in the country as part of the "Make in India" concept with extensive technology transfer.

As Manohar Parrikar told local media, two companies are currently leading the project - the American Lockheed Martin with the F-16 bloсk 70 (F-16V) and the Swedish Saab with the JAS 39E / F Gripen. The minister also spoke about the F / A-18E / F Super Hornet of the American company Boeing, although this heavy twin-engine vehicle clearly does not fit the conditions of the upcoming tender. Whether this statement is a mistake or a variance inherent in India is not yet clear. In any case, the F / A-18E / F has already participated in the famous tender under the MMRCA program, in which multi-functional medium-class fighters were also supposed to participate.

According to Manohar Parrikar, the selected aircraft will be assembled at an India-based facility purpose-built for the project under the proposed strategic partnership. Once the aircraft model has been selected, India will select exclusively Indian private companies as subcontractors for a certain period of time.

Answering journalists' questions that a decision had already been made to move the F-16 assembly plant to India, the defense minister said that he himself learned about this from the media, although he did not deny the fact that such negotiations were indeed conducted with the Barak administration. Obama. The Donald Trump administration, in his opinion, may have a different point of view on this and other programs, and the Indian leadership is ready to discuss them, realizing that any deal of this magnitude must be in line with US policy priorities.

Be that as it may, but during Aero India 2017, the Swedish company Saab launched an unprecedentedly vigorous activity to promote its fighter to the Indian market. Representatives of the company announced the maximum possible transfer of technology to India, and also promoted the deck version of the Gripen at the exhibition for new Indian aircraft carriers, work on the creation of which has already begun.

The project to create a marine version of the JAS 39E / F has not yet left the paper stage, although, according to Saab representatives, the construction of a flight model of the fighter will begin “very soon”. Since the Swedish fleet does not have aircraft carriers, the first flight of the sea Gripen will take place from the deck of an aircraft carrier of a "third country". The main candidate for this role is the United States, since it is unlikely that the Swedes will be able to reach an understanding on this issue with Paris, which expects to independently sell its deck-based Rafale M to India.

In addition to promoting the JAS 39E / F to the Indian market, Saab offers an increase in combat capabilities as either a separate or additional option. light fighter Tejas of Indian design. The Swedes are ready to integrate their own radar on board this aircraft, similar to that installed on the Gripen, and also to equip Tejas with a hanging container with a small-sized radar with phased array, which allows the use of all-aspect air-to-air missiles from the fighter.

Russia will also participate in tenders to supply India with 200 new fighters and carrier-based aircraft for promising aircraft carriers. Our contenders are MiG-35 and MiG-29K/KUB. As Vladimir Drozhzhov said during Aero India 2017, the Russian proposal for the first tender was submitted even before the official start of tender procedures.

The most combat air defense system: S-75 air defense system

Country: USSR
Adopted: 1957
Rocket type: 13D
Maximum target engagement range: 29–34 km
Target speed: 1500 km/h

John McCain, who lost the last US presidential election to Barack Obama, is known as an active critic of Russian foreign and domestic policy. It is likely that one of the explanations for such an irreconcilable position of the senator lies in the achievements of Soviet designers half a century ago. On October 23, 1967, during the bombing of Hanoi, the plane of a young pilot, who came from the family of hereditary admirals John McCain, was shot down. His "Phantom" got an anti-aircraft guided missile of the S-75 complex. By that time, the Soviet anti-aircraft sword had already caused a lot of trouble for the Americans and their allies. The first "test of the pen" took place in China in 1959, when local air defense, with the help of "Soviet comrades", interrupted the flight of a Taiwanese high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft created on the basis of the British Canberra bomber. The hopes that the more advanced air reconnaissance aircraft, the Lockheed U-2, would be too tough for the red air defense system were also not destined to come true. One of them was shot down by S-75 over the Urals in 1961, and the other a year later over Cuba. On account of the legendary anti-aircraft missile created at the Fakel ICD, many other targets were hit in various conflicts from the Far and Middle East to the Caribbean, and the S-75 complex itself was destined long life in various modifications. We can safely say that this air defense system has gained fame as the most widespread of all air defense systems of this type in the world.

The most high-tech missile defense system: Aegis system ("Aegis")

SM-3 missile
Country: USA
first launch: 2001
Length: 6.55 m
Steps: 3
Range: 500 km
Height of the affected area: 250 km

The main element of this shipborne multifunctional combat information and control system is the AN / SPY radar with four flat headlamps with a power of 4 MW. The Aegis is armed with SM-2 and SM-3 missiles (the latter with the ability to intercept ballistic missiles) with a kinetic or fragmentation warhead. The SM-3 is constantly being modified, and the Block IIA model has already been announced, which will be capable of intercepting ICBMs. On February 21, 2008, an SM-3 missile was fired from the cruiser Lake Erie in the Pacific Ocean and hit the emergency reconnaissance satellite USA-193, located at an altitude of 247 kilometers, moving at a speed of 27,300 km / h.

The newest Russian ZRPK: ZRPK "Shell S-1"

Country Russia
adopted: 2008
Radar: 1RS1-1E and 1RS2 based on HEADLIGHTS
Range: 18 km
Ammunition: 12 missiles 57E6-E
Artillery armament: 30-mm twin anti-aircraft gun

The complex is designed for close protection of civilian and military facilities (including long-range air defense systems) from all modern and advanced air attack weapons. It can also protect the defended object from ground and surface threats. Air targets include all targets with a minimum reflective surface at speeds up to 1000 m/s, maximum range 20000m and height up to 15000m, including helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles aircrafts, cruise missiles and precision bombs.

The most nuclear anti-missile: 51T6 "Azov" transatmospheric interceptor

Country: USSR-Russia
First launch: 1979
Length: 19.8 m
Steps: 2
Starting weight: 45 t
Firing range: 350–500 km
Warhead power: 0.55 Mt

The second-generation (A-135) anti-missile 51T6 (“Azov”), which was part of the missile defense system around Moscow, was developed at the Fakel Design Bureau in 1971-1990. Its tasks included the transatmospheric interception of enemy warheads with the help of an oncoming nuclear explosion. Serial production and deployment of "Azov" was carried out already in the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR. The missile has now been decommissioned.

The most effective portable air defense system: Igla-S MANPADS

Country Russia
designed: 2002
MANPADS "Igla-S"
Destruction range: 6000 m
Defeat altitude: 3500 m
Target speed: 400 m/s
Weight in combat position: 19 kg

According to many experts, Russian anti-aircraft complex, designed to destroy low-flying air targets of various types in conditions of natural (background) and artificial thermal interference, surpasses all analogues existing in the world.

Closest to our borders: SAM Patriot PAC-3

Country: USA
first launch: 1994
Rocket length: 4.826 m
Rocket weight: 316 kg
Warhead weight: 24 kg
Target engagement height: up to 20 km

Created in the 1990s, a modification of the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system is designed to deal with missiles with a range of up to 1000 km. During the test on March 15, 1999, a target missile was destroyed by a direct hit, which was the 2nd and 3rd stages of the Minuteman-2 ICBM. After the rejection of the idea of ​​the Third position area of ​​the American strategic missile defense system in Europe, Patriot PAC-3 batteries are deployed in Eastern Europe.

Most common anti-aircraft gun: Oerlicon 20 mm anti-aircraft gun

Country: Germany - Switzerland
Designed: 1914
Caliber: 20mm
Rate of fire: 300-450 rds / min
Range: 3–4 km

Automatic 20mm anti-aircraft gun The Oerlikon, also known as the Becker gun, is the story of one extremely successful design that has spread throughout the world and is still used today, despite the fact that the first example of this was created by the German designer Reinhold Becker during the First World War. . The high rate of fire was achieved due to the original mechanism, in which the shock ignition of the primer was carried out even before the end of the chambering of the cartridge. Due to the fact that the rights to the German invention were transferred to the company SEMAG from neutral Switzerland, both the Axis countries and the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition produced their versions of the Oerlikons during World War II.

The best anti-aircraft gun of World War II: Anti-aircraft gun 8.8 cm Flugabwehrkanone (FlAK)

Country: Germany
Year: 1918/1936/1937
Caliber: 88 mm
Rate of fire:
15–20 rds/min
Barrel length: 4.98 m
Maximum effective ceiling: 8000 m
Projectile weight: 9.24 kg

One of the best anti-aircraft guns in history, better known as the "eight-eight", was in service from 1933 to 1945. It turned out to be so successful that it became the basis for a whole family of artillery systems, including anti-tank and field ones. In addition, the anti-aircraft gun served as a prototype for the guns of the Tiger tank.

The most promising air defense-missile defense system: the S-400 Triumph air defense system

Country Russia
Designed: 1999
Target detection range: 600 km
Number of simultaneously tracked target routes: up to 300 km
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets - 5–60 km
Ballistic targets - 3-240 km
Height of defeat: 10 m - 27 km

Designed to destroy aircraft - jammers, radar detection and control aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, strategic and tactical aircraft, tactical, operational-tactical ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets and other modern and advanced air attack weapons.

The most universal system PVO-PRO: S-300VM "Antey-2500"

Country: USSR
Designed: 1988
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets - 200 km
Ballistic targets - up to 40 km
Height of defeat: 25m - 30 km

The mobile universal anti-missile and anti-aircraft system S-300VM "Antey-2500" belongs to a new generation of anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems (PRO-PSO). Antey-2500 is the world's only universal missile defense and air defense system capable of effectively fighting both ballistic missiles with a launch range of up to 2,500 km and all types of aerodynamic and aeroballistic targets. The Antey-2500 system is capable of simultaneously firing at 24 aerodynamic targets, including subtle objects, or 16 ballistic missiles flying at speeds up to 4500 m/s.

Barak is an Israeli ship-based anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) designed for air defense of ships against anti-ship missiles and guided bombs.

A ground version of the Barak-8 system has also been developed.

Manufacturer - a consortium of firms IAI and RAFAEL. Adopted by the navies of Israel, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Venezuela, Chile, Azerbaijan. The cost of the Barak air defense system is $24 million.

The launch of Barak anti-aircraft missiles is carried out from a vertical launch installation. After launch, the rocket performs a vertical climb for 0.6 s, and then turns to a combat course.

When intercepting, the air defense system uses a multi-purpose radar station surveillance, tracking and guidance manufactured by ELTA Systems.

Advanced Barak air defense systems can shoot down enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, guided bombs, unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopters within a radius of up to 20 km in difficult weather conditions at any time of the day. The sector of defeat is 360 degrees.

The Indian Navy successfully conducted the first tests of the Barak air defense system installed on board the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (formerly Admiral Gorshkov) in the Arabian Sea - the missile intercepted and destroyed a real, low-flying, high-speed target.

In addition, Barak air defense systems are installed on other ships of the Indian Navy - the Viraat aircraft carrier, destroyers type "Calcutta", "Delhi", "Rajput", frigates of the type "Shivalik", "Godavari", "Brahmaputra".

No other country can compete with the Israeli Barak air defense system in this class of air defense.