Photo: ZSU
Photo: ZSU
HISTORY
Polish system Neva SC mounted on the WZT-1 tank chassis
NASAMS system as ground-air missile. Its
range is 50 kilometers. NASAMS can also
use AIM-9X sidewinder or IRIS-T rockets.
In that case the range is 25 kilometers.
According to the reports from the Ukrainian battlefield the weapon is very efficient. During the one of the Russian attacks
in the middle of November NASAMS fired
10 rockets and destroyed 10 targets. Britain and Netherlands promised to supply additional AMRAAM missiles for these
systems. Britain promised in total 1000 AA
rockets of various types.
On November 7 the Ukrainian Secretary
of Defense, Oleksyi Reznikov, announced
also acceptance of the Aspide system
alongside the first NASAMS battery. These
are originally Italian rockets developed in
1970s. Their range is 25 kilometers. In fact
they were supplied by Spain who also, in
the middle of October, finished the training of the Ukrainian soldiers to operate
these rockets. Crotale is another older but
still efficient system. It was developed in
France in the 1960s but was continuously modernized. Its latest version is dated
Photo: Twitter / mil¬_in_ua – W M Blood
Photo: Twitter / mil¬_in_ua – W M Blood
Photo: Twitter / mil¬_in_ua – W M Blood
Photo: Twitter / mil¬_in_ua – W M Blood
red the first of four promised IRIS-T systems which was immediately deployed
in the defense of the Ukrainian cities. In
November the batch of various AA systems arrived from several countries. USA
for example delivered the first two out of
eight promised NASAMS batteries. In the
end of 1990s this system was developed
by the Norwegian company Kongsberg in
the cooperation with the American company Raytheon. AIM-129 AMRAAM missile
is used in this system. Initially it was air-air rocket, and it is its first application in
20 mm caliber cannon Zastava of Yugoslav origin which the Ukrainians upgraded
by night vision gunsight.
This Mi-8 originally belonged to 11th Brigade of the Army AF and in February, during This Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopted was captured by Russians in Chornobayivka as well
the retreat, it was abandonded at Cornobayivka airport. In November the Ukrainians in non-airworthy condition and now it was returned back to its original owners.
recovered it. Initially it should have been “red 89” in the command version.
January 2023
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