S-300/400/500 News [Russian Strategic Air Defense] #1

TR1 wrote:When it comes to military I would not even be that complimentary.
He sounds very rudimentary in any military subject.
On a related subject, I can't stand how the guy speaks at all. His Russian is....not intelligent and his speech patters give me a headache.

Russia gov are pretty intelligent at stealing money, not much else though

(note the bottom photo is the Klub/Kalibr and it was sitting in front of a Mig-29SMT or Su-30 and was not associated with the 31 in the background of the photo.)

Other suspension arms - reportedly with the installation of container APK-9 can be used missile air-to-surface Kh-59. Also in the late 1990s to show up airshows udarnmaya model MiG-31 Kh-58. In the early 2000s there was a proposal to equip the shock version of the MiG-31 anti-ship missiles "Yakhont" - probably had a view of the export version of the aircraft.

The Kh-58 on the starting unit APU-58 under the wing stroke version of the MiG-31. One of the MAKS, the end of 1990 - beginning of the 2000s ( http://militaryphotos.net ). Sketch of the proposed project location RCC "Yakhont" / BrahMos on the MiG-31, the beginning of the 2000s ( http://lib . ec ).

TR1 wrote:So, anyone have an updated launcher number for S-400?

We had 64 launchers mid 2012.

TR1 wrote:
There have been deliveries since, though it is uncertain of some of the S-400 units are operating S-300PM launchers.
I guess this is still a big upgrade over PM battery.

02/13/13 SUN GET TO THE END OF 2014, 40 SELF-PROPELLED TRACKED CHASSIS FOR C-300
February 13 2013.

RIA Novosti . Almost fifty propelled tracked chassis for modernized air defense missiles (SAM) C-300 will be the Russian Armed Forces by the end of 2014, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday, a representative of the Press and Information at the Ministry of Defense of the Army (NE) Major Anton Goncharov.

"In total, the public contract before the end of 2014 in the military units to be delivered 40 self-propelled tracked chassis" - said Goncharov.

He noted that the Commander NE Col. Gen. Vladimir Chirkin to conclude a working trip to St. Petersburg visited a subsidiary of JSC "Kirov Plant" - plant "Universalmash", which just follow the progress of the company commitment to making mobile tracked chassis retrofit SAM C-300.

Previously reported that the commander NE during this trip also inspected military Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy, which trains professionals to work on missile complexes "Iskander".
http://ria.ru/

U.S. Navy uses eyes in space to take out a ballistic missile threat target.

A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-3 Block IA fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using tracking data from a remote Raytheon sensor payload on the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrator (STSS-D) satellites.

“This test further expands our confidence in the SM-3′s ability to engage targets using remote, netted sensor targeting,” said Wes Kremer, Raytheon Missile Systems’ vice president of Air and Missile Defense Systems. “Launching on remote is important because it extends the engagement range of the missile, allowing ships with the SM-3 to expand the battlespace and eliminate threats sooner.”

The MRBM target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility. As it rose above the horizon, the target was acquired and tracked by STSS-D. Threat data was then relayed through the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) system to the ship. The ship’s crew fired the SM-3 based on STSS track data and before the ship’s radar acquired the target.

“STSS-D’s unique vantage point in space allows the sensor payload to see the threat early in its trajectory and provide launch quality data sooner than nearly any other option,” said Bill Hart, vice president of Space Systems for Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems business. “We can give our naval warfighters extra time to analyze and respond, by providing target data before the ship can track the threat. That’s a tremendous advantage.”

The test proves the “launch on remote” concept, which was first demonstrated during testing in April 2011 when a U.S. Navy destroyer used track data provided by a Raytheon-made AN/TPY-2 radar deployed on Wake Island to engage and destroy an intermediate-range ballistic missile target using an SM-3 Block IA.

About the Standard Missile-3
The SM-3 guided missile is designed to destroy incoming short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats by colliding with them in space, a concept sometimes described as “hitting a bullet with a bullet.” The missile does not contain an explosive warhead, but instead destroys the threats using sheer impact, equivalent to a 10-ton truck traveling at 600 mph.

More than 135 SM-3s have been delivered to U.S. and Japanese navies ahead of schedule and under cost.
Raytheon is on track to deliver the next-generation SM-3 Block IB guided missile in 2014.
SM-3 Block IB guided missile will be deployed in both afloat and ashore weapons systems.
The test marks the 22nd successful intercept for the SM-3 program.

About the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrator Satellites
STSS-D is a research and development capability for the Ballistic Missile Defense System that can detect and track ballistic missiles and other cold objects in space. Raytheon sensors used on the payloads were developed under contract to Northrop Grumman, prime contractor for the STSS-D program.

STSS-D consists of two satellites carrying sensor payloads in a low-Earth orbit.
The satellites demonstrate the value of space-based sensors to missile defense.
The STSS-D payloads are able to detect infrared and visible light.

AlfaT8 wrote:Any thoughts, anyone.

Viktor wrote:

AlfaT8 wrote:Any thoughts, anyone.

This thread is about S-400/500 for SM-3 you should start a new one, not mix them.

GarryB wrote:the navy will be able to use a naval S-500 and satellite based sensors to the same end at sea.