The Russian Ministry of Defense completed a series of exercises to counter drones in the mountains. As reported in the military, military personnel practiced tactics for repelling strike drone attacks in difficult conditions.
The war in Nagorno-Karabakh last year showed, that the use of attack drones in mountainous conditions can cause significant damage to the enemy. In this regard, the Russian Ministry of Defense has developed tactics for the use of anti-aircraft systems and electronic warfare to neutralize this threat..
As they write “Notifications” citing military sources, a series of anti-drone exercises were conducted in the Caucasus Mountains and Crimea. Air defense and electronic warfare units tested theoretical and tactical developments for the first time, exercises are considered successful, efficiency confirmed.
One of these exercises took place at the Kobu-Bashi mountain range in Karachay-Cherkessia. As part of the exercises, the combined detachment of the mountain motorized rifle formation of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District managed to repel a massive attack of drones. celebrated, that jamming stations R-330ZH were used for this “A citizen”, anti-aircraft gun-missile systems (ZRPK) “Tunguska-M1” and SAM “Strela-10”. The soldiers managed to destroy all the targets.
Formerly air defense, built taking into account the experience of the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as fighting in Syria, was successfully worked out as part of strategic exercises “West-2021”.