In Russia, invented a remedy against the Drones of the Armed Forces, but it will not be on the front: an expert
ua Valery Yakovenko, to find out whether in Russia, in view of sanctions, the leakage of personnel and a lack of resources, to put "Ripyakha", as they say, "on the conveyor". In 2021, the company "Basic Technologies" from Moscow introduced several versions of the small wave "wave" designed to search for small UAVs to be beaten with fire or radio technical means. In the spring of 2022, it began small -scale production of complexes and even sold several pieces to unnamed customers.
A little later, the employees of the Basic Technologies went to work on the Sister Armed Plant in Mityshchi, where one of the waves were finalized and collected by a radar called "Ripyakh". According to the Reverse Side of the Medal (RSOTM) pro-Russian telegram channel, the plant produced several experienced prototypes that sent testing to Ukraine. It is unknown what kind of tests were conducted and what they ended, but the channel published a photo of "Ripyakha".
Later, RSOTM stated that the stations were handed over to the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and installed in two sections of the front, and the Russian military report to the manufacturer on the experience gained. The developers claim that when creating Ripyach radar, modern technologies and accessories were used, and they increased their characteristics and efficiency, reduced dimensions and energy consumption.
The complex consists of a radar station, an active phased antenna lattice (Afar), a tripod tripod, a battery for 8 hours, and a control panel. The total weight is 25. 5 kg, so "rapese" can be easily transported, and the deployment takes about 5 minutes. The new radar radiates narrow radio rays in the frequency range of 92-95 GHz and conducts a circular scanning of azimuth with an angle of space up to 20 °. It detects drones with an effective scattering area up to 0. 01 square meters.
m at a distance of 10 km and at height up to 5 km, if they move at a speed of up to 150 km/h. Automation accompanies up to 256 objects, updating the data every 1. 25 C and transferring them to the operator's computer. Unmanned technology expert, the founder of the Drones. ua project, Valery Yakovenko, in a comment to Focus, noted that Russian propagandists regularly publish information about ambitious projects, but they should often be understood as "on the contrary".
UAVs are devoted to a great share of such messages. "The war for the freedom of the democratic world in which Ukraine is protected from the occupiers from Muscovy, many called the" war of drones ", where drones are used very actively on both sides. The difference is that drones in Ukraine are much more, so it is not surprising that the Russians They try to somehow correct this situation, or creating certain technological complexes, or simply distributing materials about it, ”the expert said.
As Yakovenko explained, the fight against drones has two directions: detection (detection) and suppression. Detect drones with standard electronic reconnaissance technology - capture electromagnetic signals at certain frequencies that emit aircraft. Now this approach in the world is rarely used to find small drones, but it can work to find large UAVs.
Ripyakha developers have stated that their station works as a radar: they emit radio waves at certain frequencies, and then measure how they are reflected from objects. According to the expert, it is not yet possible to confirm whether the devices actually work. "The complex specified in Roszma's publications describes part of the necessary technological applications, and we do not see the complexity of this work.
Given the frequency of publications in the style of" analogues "from the PRs of the occupiers, we do not see in the existing instrument of decisions, whose efficiency could be proved or scaffolding ", - Valery commented. In Russia, it is difficult to produce high -tech equipment because of sanctions that have limited the supply of components.
According to the expert, even if the Russians manage to create a prototype or predatorial sample of the device, shortage of parts will not allow to build production lines and deploy full -scale production. Earlier, they wrote that the Russians began to defend their infrastructure from the Drones of the Armed Forces with the help of "Serp-VS" stations. They should detect and suppress UAVs up to 3 km away. The first such stations were installed on a number of fuel and energy facilities.