Russian air defense systems S-300 Favorit and S-400 Triumph can “miss” a lone kamikaze drone because of the insignificance of the latter, says TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.
According to the author, in the same case, “Buk-M3” “can also be silent”, and “omnivorous” “Tor-M3” and “Pantsir-C1” can be “too lazy to strain.” According to Litovkin, even if all of the above systems “miss” the target, the latter will still be destroyed by the “Igla” or “Verba” complex, which “will receive target designation in a chain from all radars of more powerful systems and will be able to use relatively inexpensive, but extremely effective means of destruction “.
The author is confident that a layered air defense system and modern electronic warfare (EW) are capable of providing reliable protection against an attack from a swarm of drones. “But it’s like into the forest: the further you go, the more trees there are,” the author writes.
In October, bmpd's LiveJournal blog reported that the S-400 Triumph set an accuracy record. Referring to the Ministry of Defense, the authors write that in 2020, during the exercises held at the Ashuluk (Astrakhan Region) and Telemba (Buryatia) training grounds, practical missile firing of ten anti-aircraft missile regiments equipped with the S-400 Triumph was carried out. 63 missiles were used to destroy 51 targets.
In October, it was reported that on October 16, during tests of the Turkish S-400 Triumph, three missiles successfully intercepted three targets. According to The Drive, the targets of the Turkish air defense systems were British-made Banshee drones.
