‘Barak-8’
‘Barak-8’, also known as LR-SAM or as MR-SAM, is a surface-to-air missile system, designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVS as well as ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and combat jets. Both maritime and land-based variants of the system, developed since 2017, exist.
‘Barak-8’ was jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries and India’s Defence Research and Development Organization. The ‘Barak 8’ missile defence system is produced by Israel’s Directorate of Research and Development, Elta Systems, Rafael Advanced Defence System and India’s Bharat Dynamics limited.
Tactical-technical specifications
Mass: 275 kg
Engine: dual pulsed rocket motor
Operational range: 0.5 - 100 km
Length: 4,5 m
S-300
The S-300PMU-2 Favorit is an export modification of the Russian S-300PMU-2 air defence system (NATO designation SA-20B Gargoyle B). Introduced in 1997 and an upgrade of the S-300PMU-1, the system has an extended fire range of 200 km. The Favorit can engage targets flying from 10 m to 27 km above the surface.
The S-300PMU2 Favorit can engage targets flying from 10 m to 27 km above the surface at a speed of up to 10,000 km/h. The EPR (visibility) coefficient was reduced to a minimum of 0.02 m². The new 48N6E2 missile was introduced for the system. Unlike previous modifications, this system can engage both short-range ballistic missiles and medium-range tactical ballistic missiles.
The S-300PMU-2 system includes:
- 83M6E2 command and control system
- 6 90J6E2 SAMs
- 48N6E2 guided missiles
- technical support identical to the S-300PMU-1 system.
The 83M6E2 command and control system collects and analyses weather data from various sources, controls the combat operations of the firing units, receives orders from the air defence zone command and relevant data. It also includes the 54K6E2 command post vehicle, which automatically considers the parameters of target trajectory (distance, speed, height, direction), their affiliation, type, and degree of danger, firing conditions and ammunition set for each unit and defines the optimal distribution of targets among them.
The 54K6E2 command post vehicle is capable of controlling the S-300PMU-2, S-300PMU-1, S-300PMU, S200VE air defence systems in any combination.
The 54K6E2 can also simultaneously engage up to 72 missiles with up to 36 targets. The number of simultaneously detected targets can reach 300, while the number of simultaneously tracked targets up to 100.
It is a fully automatic three-coordinate observational locator with an S-frequency two-phase antenna mast, which provides the command post with high-quality data about air objects within a 300 km radius. The data is accessed by each air defence system through internal communication channels.
Every 90J6E2 Air Defence Complex includes:
- 30N6E2 multifunctional fire control/illumination and guidance radar
- 12 5P85SE self-propelled and 5P85TE trailer launchers
- 96L6E all-altitude detection radar.
Igla-S
Tactical-technical Specifications
Mass: 10.8 kg
Speed: 570 m/s (Mach 1.9)
Length: 1.574 m
The new generation of the Igla-S (SA-24 Grinch) boasts a heavier warhead, and an increased firing range compared to the previous variations. The tests were completed in December 2001. The Degtyarev factory started production three years later, in December 2004. The manufacturer has calculated the impact accuracy between 0.8 and 0.9.
Buk-M1
The new Belarussian modification of the 9K37 Buk medium-range surface-to-air missile system was presented under the codename Buk-MB in Minsk in May 2005.
The modernized Buk-MB air-defence complex, purchased from Belarus, was presented at the military parade held in Baku in June 2013 to celebrate 95th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The system includes 6 9A310MB launchers, 3 9A39MB transporters, 9S470MB command post and 80K6M air surveillance station.
The system was modified to employ newly produced 9M317 anti-aircraft missiles.
