Russia is going to bring a new radar station 59N6-TE to the world market of arms and military equipment. Its characteristics, including the ability to detect hypersonic targets, can really interest foreign buyers.
The main characteristics of the radar station
About, that the station will go to the international market, said the general director of "Rosoboronexport" Alexander Mikheev. What is the latest radar? Radar 59N6-TE was developed and manufactured by JSC "Federal Research and Production Center" NNIIRT ". She measures the range, azimuth and altitude of an airborne object and can detect objects, flying at a speed of up to 8 thousand km / h at a distance of up to 450 km and an altitude of up to 200 km.
The new radar station is able to work in jamming conditions, direction finding of active noise jammers. At the same time, the station can accompany up to 1 thousands of objects, recognizing eight different classes of targets.
Among the objects, which the radar can detect - hypersonic, aerodynamic and ballistic targets. The station also warns the calculation about the danger of being hit by homing missiles.. The 59N6-TE radar has equipment for identifying detected objects in the international radar identification systems Mk-XA and ATC RBS.
The radar 59N6-TE includes an antenna-hardware complex and an indicator post. placed on the KAMAZ-6560 truck chassis. Besides, The radar can be placed both on one vehicle chassis, and in the form of a stationary object.
A big plus is the possibility of placing the workstations of the radar operators at a considerable distance from the indicator post, which increases their safety. If the connection is made via fiber-optic communication lines, then the operators can be removed from the radar at a distance of up to 1 km, and if by radio, then up to 15 km.
Potential buyers - countries of Asia and Africa
As is known, Russia occupies a leading position in the world in the development of air defense systems, as evidenced by the popularity of Russian air defense systems among foreign buyers. The presented radar also meets modern trends in the development of radar surveillance and reconnaissance and, undoubtedly, will generate interest in other countries.
Since now more and more attention is paid to the development of air defense, the demand for radar stations is also increasing, especially such, that they are able to work on hypersonic targets. After all, as the weapons of attack are improved, including attack drones, cruise missiles, fifth generation aircraft, the effectiveness of air defense depends on the prompt detection of potentially dangerous objects.
Forecasts regarding the foreign demand for the 59N6-TE radar are quite optimistic. Potential buyers of the newest radar station may include Russia's traditional partners in the military-technical sphere - the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, Middle East, North Africa. So, autumn 2019 g. Radar "Resonance-NE" were sold to Egypt, some sources write about the acquisition of Russian radar systems by Algeria. This North African country is also a very long-standing and constant buyer of Russian weapons., almost the entire air defense system of Algeria is based on Soviet and Russian military equipment.
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Quite possibly, that Egypt, Algeria, and after the lifting of the arms embargo - and Iran, may be among the buyers of the radar 59N6-TE. But in addition to these traditional partners of Russia, it is possible that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will show interest in the latest development., who, in the context of difficult relations with Iran and the war in Yemen with the Houthis, need to improve the effectiveness of their air defense, including the radar component. The newest radar in this case will be a good find, allowing timely warning of attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles.
Anyway, introduction of the new radar to the international market is a great success: Russia confirms its image as one of the main manufacturers of radar systems for air defense forces. In addition, contracts for the acquisition of military equipment of this class are always beneficial in financial terms..
Ilya Polonsky
