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This far along into the war, their personnel have already figured out how to engage ATACMS with the S-300 and S-400 (although recent losses of S-400 units to AT
by justin66 2y ago
This far along into the war, their personnel have already figured out how to engage ATACMS with the S-300 and S-400 (although recent losses of S-400 units to ATACMS show they aren't doing really well at it [0] ). We already know they're jamming GPS and ATACMS is still getting through with inertial guidance. Maybe some of this newfound knowledge will benefit their engineers somehow when designing new weapons, but it's not very new stuff, and their industry is not well positioned to exploit it.
[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/06/12/ukrainian-atacms-rockets-are-blowing-up-russias-best-s-400-air-defenses-as-fast-as-the-s-400s-can-deploy-to-crimea/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/06/12/ukrainian-a...
- TheLoafOfBread 2y agoHere is direct link on drone video of S400 destruction using ATACMS. https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1czed3k/strike_with_atacms_ballistic_missiles_on/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1czed3k/stri...
- justin66 2y agoWas there a radar on that site or did they destroy a bunch of launchers that had already fired? (not sure I understand what I'm watching)
- TheLoafOfBread 2y agoVery likely radar is in the middle of the launchers, from comments: S-300/400 TEL have to stay close to the Radar for mainly two reasons. The Radar vehicle also has the generator supplying the TELs with electricity. and the even more important reason is that the radar data can only be transmited over a short distance so if the TEL is too far out it can't get data from the Radar anymore. Edit: max range for a S-300 is 120m between the TELs and the Radar and since the S-400 is actually just a S-300PM3 its probably the same or at least very similar
- justin66 2y agoAh. Quite different than the Patriot then. Thanks for explaining. I just assume the missiles they launched were trying to intercept incoming ATACMS rounds and they either failed to intercept, or they were outnumbered. Not a good day for the Russian side.