Russia claims to have developed secret 'superweapon' capable of switching off foreign satellites and enemy weapons
- Krasuha-4 system can suppress cruise missile's guidance systems
- Ground tests expected to begin within months
- Weapons will be mounted on jets and warships
Russia has claimed to have built a revolutionary new weapon system that can render enemy satellites and weapons useless.
Its
Russian makers say it is a 'fundamentally new electronic warfare
system' which can be mounted on ground-based as well as air- and
sea-borne carriers.
However, it has refused to reveal how the system works.
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Experts claim a
revolutionary new weapon that can jam enemy missile guidance systems and
satellites is set to enter testing this year. An earlier version of the
system, called Krasuha-4, is shown here.
HOW IT WORKS
The firm has released no details of the system.
However, on its website, the firm hints at the product, which it is believed is codenamed Krasuha-4.
'Mobile
electronic warfare systems 'Krasuha-4' suppress spy satellites,
ground-based radars and airborne systems AWACS (Airborne Warning and
Control System).
'Complex
'Krasuha-4' fully covers an object from radar detection at 150-300
kilometers, and may also cause damage to enemy radar electronic warfare
and communications systems.
'The
complex functioning is based on creating powerful jamming at the
fundamental radar frequencies and other radio-emitting sources.'
It
is described as 'a fundamentally new electronic warfare system capable
of suppressing cruise missile and other high-precision weaponry guidance
systems and satellite radio-electronic equipment.'
'The
system will target the enemy's deck-based, tactical, long-range and
strategic aircraft, electronic means and suppress foreign military
satellites' radio-electronic equipment,,' Russia's Radio-Electronic
Technologies Group (KRET) Deputy CEO Yuri Mayevsky told Russian news
agency TASS.
To
comply with international weapons laws, the system will be mounted on
ground-based, air-and seaborne carriers and not on satellites.
'It
will fully suppress communications, navigation and target location and
the use of high-precision weapons,' said adviser to the KRET first
deputy CEO Vladimir Mikheyev.
'The system will be used against cruise missiles and will suppress satellite-based radio location systems.
'It will actually switch off enemy weapons.'
The system's ground component will be tested soon, he claims.
'Ground tests are now going on in workshops. '
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Russian rocket system 'Buk-M2' on display during the MAKS 2011 airshow in the town of Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia.
'At the end of the year, the system's component will leave the factory gates for trials at testing ranges,' he said.
Earlier
this month, the Russian military test-fired a short-range anti-missile
system, which successfully destroyed a simulated target at the
designated time.
'The
launch was aimed at confirming the performance characteristics of
missile defense shield anti-missiles operational in the Aerospace
Defense Forces,' the Russian defense ministry said at the time.
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