BUK SAM system Thread

Wartime practice also stress two round salvos for non-cooperative targets,

franco wrote:

miketheterrible wrote:Franco, do you have any info about military installations in the Kuril Islands/Sakhalin?

Yes, specifically?

franco wrote:And are woman in the region hot?

Probably not , this place would be as cold as Fort Mac
I once spoke to a Canadian who worked over there on a contract in the gas fields and he couldn't believe how much snow there was in the winters.

I once spoke to a Canadian who worked over there on a contract in the gas fields and he couldn't believe how much snow there was in the winters.

GarryB wrote:

I once spoke to a Canadian who worked over there on a contract in the gas fields and he couldn't believe how much snow there was in the winters.

A Canadian couldn't believe how much snow they had... that is like an Irishman telling you they drink a bit too much... or a British Politician saying they were a bit too kinky and perverted for his tastes...  

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SAM "Buk-M3" has confirmed the ability to destroy drones in mountainous conditions


The newest anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Buk-M3" has confirmed its ability to hit drones in high mountains. Reported by "News" with reference to the military department.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the Buk-M3 complexes were tested during the exercises of the 67th anti-aircraft brigade of the 58th combined-arms army of the Southern Military District in the mountains of North Ossetia. Air defense systems have shown the ability to destroy small drones in mountainous conditions, even in the presence of intense radio interference. At the same time, it is noted that the detection of drones took place at a long distance.

The new Buk-M3 air defense missile system carries 6 anti-aircraft missiles in special containers instead of 4 like the Buk-M2. Also, the complex adopted a new high-speed missile 9M317M with a homing head. It is capable of intercepting high-speed aerial targets at a distance of up to 30 km or shooting "beyond the horizon." This allows you to direct it to the target using early warning aircraft (AWACS), fighters or any other air reconnaissance aircraft up to unmanned aerial vehicles. One air defense system is capable of simultaneously firing at up to 4 targets, a division - up to 36 targets flying at speeds of up to 3 km per second at ranges from 2,5 to 70 km. The probability of defeat is not less than 0,95–0,97.

SAM "Buk-M3" - a medium-range military air defense complex of the fourth generation. Designed to combat maneuvering aerodynamic targets, fire at radio-contrast ground targets and defeat surface targets in conditions of intense fire and electronic countermeasures.

https://en.topwar.ru/180551-zrk-buk-m3-podtverdili-sposobnost-unichtozhat-bespilotniki-v-gornyh-uslovijah.html

And Buk M3 has a decent altitude range (114,829 ft) allowing it to take out high altitude drones where other systems in Russian service wouldn't be able to hit, some of the high altitude drones can fly 60-80k ft thats out of range for Pantsir to engage, and you wouldn't want to waste S-300/400 on a drone.

GarryB wrote:

And Buk M3 has a decent altitude range (114,829 ft) allowing it to take out high altitude drones where other systems in Russian service wouldn't be able to hit, some of the high altitude drones can fly 60-80k ft thats out of range for Pantsir to engage, and you wouldn't want to waste S-300/400 on a drone.

Very important consideration.