Born exactly 50 years ago, the Buk air defense missile complex is still successfully completing the assigned task. No exaggeration, it is one of the most effective anti-aircraft weapons of the Army Russia – and people Ukraine.
So it is not surprising that the hunt for Buk is being carried out by both sides.
Russia does not “stand still” – the Buk-M3 variant (which entered service in 2016) is now very different from the complexes of the 1980s.
Ukraine does not have this – in fact all components of the complex are designed and manufactured in Russia by Russia – Kiev has been deprived of the opportunity to improve its air defense system, due to lack of access to technical documents, experts and technical facilities.
Buk-M3 complex with 12 anti-aircraft missile launchers.
As a result, a very sad situation is currently unfolding. The old Ukrainian Buk-1M was forced to try to engage the Russian Su-30 and Su-34, while the Ukrainian MiG-29 and Su-27 were threatened by the Buk-M2 and M3.
For comparison, surely the Buk-M3 combination has more superior points than Buk-M1.
The first is that it has been increased the ability to track targets from 18 to 36. The new radar makes the detection range of aerial targets equivalent to 1 square meter increased from 120 km to 160 km, the viewing angle is open. width from 30-40 degrees to 90 in azimuth and 70 in height.
The number of missiles that a Buk-M3 launcher can carry can be up to 12 compared to 4 missiles of Buk-M1. In addition, the new missile does not require radar to track the entire journey, the missile probe makes it possible to capture targets at a distance of 35 km and adjust the flight path on its own.
At a range of 70 to 35 km, when it is time to confidently capture the target, the missile will follow the signal emitted from the command post and radar.
A Buk-1M complex of the Ukrainian Army.
The missile bullet speed of the Buk-M3 is Mach 4 (4 times the speed of sound) compared to the Buk-M1 is Mach 3 – the maximum range and ceiling of fire is 50 and 25 km respectively 35 and 22 km .
The old Ukrainian Buk and S-300PS were also unable to intercept the more advanced Kalibr and Iskander tactical and cruise missiles and this was demonstrated by their destruction.
After disabling these air defense complexes, the Russian air force began to carry out its mission – completely unchecked by enemy air defenses, except for MANPADS (portable anti-aircraft missiles). shoulder) at low altitude.
At the same time, the more modern Russian air defense systems (and not just the Buk) quite calmly cope with any air attack that the Ukrainian side is trying to carry out.
A few hours ago the Russian Ministry of Defense published a video shot by the Orlan-10 UAV showing the moment a Russian Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile destroyed a Ukrainian Buk-M1 complex.
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