Protection against small targets is needed
In recent days, the Crimean peninsula has been attacked using unmanned aerial vehicles by, most likely, sabotage groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Previously, this was not the case. According to local authorities, the air defense systems covering the peninsula repelled the attacks. What could be the reason for such enemy activity, and whether it is a real threat to us, military expert Yevgeny Linin told MK.
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– The Kiev authorities are not independent today. Everyone understands this. Politicians follow the commands of the West, and overseas they want to see at least some results of the actions of the armed forces of Ukraine, to make sure that the assistance that the West provides to Zelensky is not in vain.
The counteroffensive near Kherson failed, the AFU cannot hold positions near Donetsk, they are also unable to create a real threat in the Zaporozhye direction, and therefore a massive attack of unmanned aerial vehicles on the Crimean peninsula was prepared. We must understand that this is more of a PR campaign for all sorts of arresters and other Ukrainian propagandists. This cannot be considered a real military victory.
What do we observe in reality? The APU accumulated a large number of drones, launched them, and some of them were able to reach the target unnoticed. Then the air defense system began to work.
It is worth noting that the Crimean air defense is a deeply layered system, it is almost impossible to fly unnoticed. No country in the world has faced such a massive attack by military drones from different directions and is not able to repel such attacks as effectively.
– Unmanned aerial vehicles have a limited radius of application. The so-called kamikaze drones fly for several tens of kilometers. If, for example, we consider a range of 50 kilometers, then it must take off from somewhere in the Crimea, which is unlikely. Or from passing ships masquerading as civilians. Also, in my opinion, it is unlikely.
Nikolaev, which is still under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the closest in a straight line to the Crimean Peninsula, is located at a sufficiently large distance that drones must overcome over the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, covered by the air defense complexes “Tor” and “Tor 2”.
Perhaps drones can take off from the territory of Odessa. Thus, they immediately come out over the sea at a low altitude, where their detection by radar surveillance is difficult.
– There will certainly be attacks, because for Ukraine, as I have already said, this is the only chance to show that they can take at least some steps against Russia. Those air defense systems that are used in Crimea have already shown their effectiveness in practice. Additionally, radar detection systems are currently being enhanced to detect precisely small-sized targets. These are the stations that are used in the Tor and Pantsir complexes, which will increase the number of simultaneously escorted targets and increase the effectiveness of air defense.
Donetsk, DNR.