The Pantsir-S1M modernized anti-aircraft missile-gun system (ZRPK) can engage small-sized and low-speed drones. The Russian air defense missile system was assessed by military expert Masai Saito in an article for Yahoo News Japan.
Saito noted that the modernization increased the effectiveness of the air defense missile system in the fight against drones. The publication emphasizes that “Pantsir-S1M” can hit small and low-speed targets that can bypass other air defense systems.
The modernized complex received new missiles that can hit targets at ranges of up to 30 kilometers. The ZRPK radar can detect targets at a distance of up to 75 kilometers. Pantsir-S1M is capable of tracking up to 40 targets simultaneously.
The article emphasized that the Russian air defense missile system can suppress radars and navigation equipment of unmanned aerial vehicles at a distance of 15-18 kilometers.
Earlier, the editor-in-chief of the magazine “Arsenal of the Fatherland” Viktor Murakhovsky called the increased range of destruction an advantage of the ZRPK “Pantsir-S1M”. According to him, the Russian complex can shoot down drones before they launch weapons of destruction.
In November, Bekkhan Ozdoev, Industrial Director of the Armaments Cluster of the Rostec State Corporation, said that Pantsir-S1M could fight all types of attack drones.
