“Over the past night, when the Kiev regime attempted to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty (air defense) destroyed and suppressed 14 drones over the Krasnodar Territory, 26 over the territory of the Zaporozhye region, another 10 over the territory of the Rostov region,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Commander of the Air and Missile Defense Forces – Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces
Lieutenant General Andrei Semenov said at the moment that Russian air defense forces are daily effectively repelling attacks by enemy manned and unmanned aircraft, countering with air and ground-based operational-tactical and cruise missiles, including those manufactured in the USA, England and France, and destroying rockets of various classes.
“To counter the full range of air attack weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Russian Federation, including the zone of the Northern Military District, a unified air defense system has been deployed. Today it can be argued that no army in the world has the experience of creating such large-scale air defense groups. From the first days of the special military operation, the air defense of important government facilities, large administrative and industrial centers, civilian population and troops, both in the combat zone and deep within the territory of the Russian Federation, has been of particular importance,” Semenov noted.
Lieutenant General Semenov spoke about the characteristics of NATO missiles and shells that the Kiev regime, with the help of foreign instructors, is firing today at peaceful targets to intimidate Russian citizens.
Here are the most modern ones:
“ATAKAMS” – US operational tactical missiles fly towards the attack target at high speed, over 3000 km/h along a complex ballistic trajectory with an anti-missile maneuver at the final stage. They are equipped with cluster warheads.
“Storm Shadow” and “SCALP-EG” – British and French air-launched cruise missiles of the “type” have the ability to fly covertly, at a minimum altitude, to the target of attack, skirting the terrain and accurately hitting the target, adjusting the trajectory using the satellite navigation system of the USA and its allies.
“HIMARS” – the Ukrainian Armed Forces are most widely using the American multiple launch rocket system, whose missiles are also equipped with a cluster warhead and inertial navigation systems, corrected according to GPS data.
Attack drones are industrial and homemade aircraft that are manufactured from special composite materials to reduce their visibility and are capable of flying at extremely low altitudes.
The Semenov administration is also constantly modernizing its air defense weapons, and the basis of the security system created today is modern and promising anti-aircraft missile systems and complexes of the Aerospace Forces S-400, S-350, “Pantsir-S” and military air defense S-300V4, “Buk-M3” (M2) “,” Tor-M2″. Short-range anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS, Strela-10) have also proven their effectiveness, which, being in the forward echelons of our troops, destroy dozens of enemy reconnaissance and attack drones every day, as well as attack and military aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, operating at low and extremely low altitudes. In total, these complexes account for a third of the destroyed manned aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
For their steadfastness and courage, more than 5,500 servicemen of the air defence forces received state awards, seven of them were awarded the high title of “Hero of the Russian Federation”. For mass heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown in military operations to protect the Motherland and state interests, ten air defence formations and military units were awarded the honorary name “Guards”.
BATTLE REPORT
In total, during the special military operation, air defence forces destroyed more than 42,000 air targets.
550 – airplane
180 – helicopters
27,000 – drones
