Food for thought given to fans of Russian military equipment and experts in the field of air and missile defense means fresh exposure concern EKR "Almaz-Antey", presented the broad public display during the begun 26 June military-technical forum "Army-2019". In addition to receiving more than two dozen full-scale specimens of known and future air defense systems, AEW complexes and EW (including self-propelled "Tor-M2U", advanced S-350 "Vityaz", Radar range detection and targeting of T-59N6 "opponent-F", as well as complex electronic countermeasures enemy precision weapons 1K145E), high-level delegations defense ministers of Asian and South American countries, as well as representatives of the media and visitors will be able to see the unique item upgrade the ammunition of army anti-aircraft missile complex "Viking" - the self-propelled launcher 9A383E, Equipped with heavy surface-to-air missile long-range 9M83ME.
Puskovaya 9A383Э plant - the same 9A83M, but the 'sauce' integration into the family of "Buk-M3" and "Viking"
As you know, we are talking about is not a promising product "Almaz-Antey", and a modernized "near an active" military anti-aircraft missile system S-300VM "Antey-2500" - a self-propelled PU 9A83M, which in the course of updating electronic element base unit has received a firmware adaptation for use in the composition of army air defense missile system of medium-range "Buk-M3" and its export version of the "Viking", received index 9A383E. This result has been achieved primarily by synchronizing 9A383E paragraph command and control type 9S510M, as well as through the implementation of opportunities for targeting from "Bukovské" radar detectors family 9S18M2 / 3 "Dome" and additional capacity illumination purposes 9M83ME anti-aircraft missiles from "Bukovské" load tap changer of 9S36M.
Much more important in this case has verified score and missile potentials "beech-M3" and "Viking", updated by integrating new PU and interceptors, because in the spectrum of their main tasks will be to cover units Russian Ground Forces and CB customer countries (in the case of the "Viking") from massive missile and air strikes of the enemy, including the use of advanced stealth and precision weapons, super-maneuverable elements, having supersonic and hypersonic speeds. Here develops fairly mixed picture.
So, heavy anti-aircraft guided missiles 9M83ME, possessing more powerful solid-solid propellant charges (rather than at full-Zour 9M317M), flight speed 1700 m / s (6120 kmh) (versus 5470 km / h in 9M317M) and the range to hit targets about 120-130 km (versus 70 km 9M317M) They can be considered as a so-called "long arm" SAM "Viking" and "Buk-M3". These missiles will make it possible to intercept operate at medium altitudes enemy multifunctional fighter generation transition a few minutes before they enter the starting Frontiers anti-radar missiles AGM-88C / E HARM / AARGM and planning ASD GBU-39 / 53B (when starting from the heights of 7-9 km range of these means of air attack is reduced from 160 and 120 km to 120 and 75 km respectively).
Consequently, by the timely application of a long-range anti-aircraft missiles 9M83ME Object precision missile bomb weapons can achieve a 2-3 fold decrease in density attacker attire, which ultimately will reduce the likelihood of saturation throughput SART 9S18M3 and "clogging" target channel radar illumination and guidance 9S36M. Because of this all the attention of operators of fighting calculation SAM "Buk-M3" and "Viking" can be focused on the most unpredictable and missile-low-altitude airspace sectors, from which there are subtle «Shtorm Shadow» tactical missiles, AGM-158B JASSM-ER, and TFR "Tomahawk" and the AGM-86C ALCM.
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No less important advantage of the two-stage missiles 9M83ME are sufficiently high flight performance combat stage, constructed on a "bearing cone". Despite the fact, that its mass is about 2500 kg, the available overload comes to 30 meals. (at early 9M83 modification of C-300B - 20G), whereby it is possible to destroy tactical aviation, and ballistic targets, maneuvering with overloads 10-15 units.
Interceptor missile 9M83ME "sharpened" under the efficient interception purposes, having no more congestion 15 meals.
Tragically, on all the advantages of an interceptor missile 9M83ME end. The fact of equipping these missiles semi-active radar homing head completely eliminates the possibility of fire by means of air attack, lurking outside the radio horizon, or "shadow" folds terrain relief. Consequently, play a significant role in the reflection of the impact with the use of low-altitude tactical missiles JASSM-ER, KEPD 350E «TAURURS» or «Delilah-AL» data SAM unable.
With this task an excellent job already integrated into the Ammunition "beech-M3" interceptors 9M317ME, which can be equipped with not only regular semi-active RGSN 9E432, but active radar homing "Slate", developed by the Moscow Research Institute "Agat". In addition to the self-trapping of air objects in the path (of target designation from radar illumination 9S36M), information seeker can receive target information from third-party tools and radar, electronic and opto-electronic intelligence (including airborne radar complex "Barrier-AM" interceptor MiG-31BM, MRLS centimeter ground combat mode "Gamma-C1", station RTR "Valery", etc.), that is realized through integration in the inertial-navigation-Zour 9M317ME terminal system protected with two-way radio channel asynchronous data exchange line.
Not in favor of heavy missiles 9M83ME also plays a lack of command and control system (second) stage "machines" thrust vector deflection, that does not allow the rocket to implement overload in the range of 45 to 60 meals. Conclusion: product 9M83ME unable to resist promising American 330-mm short-range ballistic missiles «Deep Strike», having to perform the maneuvers with disposable missile accelerations 20-25G.
Relatives of the anti-missile "Bukov / Viking" 9M317ME a OVT systems, and therefore, able to deal with such a difficult opponent goals. Consequently, update export "Viking" or brigade sets SAM "Buk-M3 'by introducing modified" anteevskih "PU 9A383E can only be considered as more or less effective" panacea "antiradiation from massive attacks from enemy aircraft tactical, while maneuvering to counter modern hypersonic WTO elements necessary to introduce in the Ammunition Zour family 9M96DM, equipped with a much more sophisticated control system based on engine transverse link.
Eugene Damantsev
