In February 2024, the S-500 anti-aircraft missile system underwent a full range of measures to counter hypersonic weapons. And for the first time in history, he fired a combat training unit from the very good Sineva ICBM. Photo by the Russian Ministry of Defense The story of a mysterious and unidentified nuclear device, allegedly lifted into orbit by one of the Russian spacecraft, has become one of the main sensations in the field of strategic weapons of the current year. In the United States, the National Security Council even met on this issue at the end of February. True, this meeting did not bring clarity and in general everything gave rise to a feeling of exaggerated feelings, such as unproven interference of Russian intelligence services in the American elections. But the winter and early spring of 2024 were not without high-profile events in the field of grand strategy. Just the day before, the entire military world was shocked by news from Russia, which really claimed to be a sensation. The Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile, during multi-level tests as a means of countering hypersonic weapons, fired the warhead of a real intercontinental ballistic missile, and not just any old one, but an active and very dangerous Russian Sineva. ICBM. The actual launch of Sineva from the surface into the Arctic ice. The development of the R-29RMU2 Sineva ICBM will become an even more advanced Liner missile. But Sinva is already an amazing design. Photo by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Lately we have been a little spoiled by various military innovations to truly appreciate such an event. Let’s just say that the current tests, which were closely monitored by the North Atlantic Alliance, which assembled a fairly large group of ships in the North Sea, for the first time actually demonstrated the possibility of shooting down ICBMs with mobile ground-based devices. For example, tests of American SM-3 rockets in the 2000s were carried out with used satellites, the orbit of which was calculated in advance to within a millimeter. Then the destroyed old American satellites left piles of debris and some questions in orbit. For example, would such a system work with warheads launched from random locations in the world’s oceans, rather than along a predetermined route? And how effective can the US missile defense system be in this situation, in the event of a massive missile launch? And by the way, the Americans no longer conducted such tests, although by all indications they were only at the beginning of the path to creating reliable weapons against ICBMs. Allegedly, the Pentagon did not want to create mountains of space debris in orbit. Yes. This Almaz-Antey infographic contains all the information about the main parameters of the S-500 Prometheus. Image of Almaz-Antey. Well, there were no reservations or conventions in the Russian tests. The area from which the launch would take place was only approximately known. The Project 667BDRM Dolphin nuclear submarine Tula withdrew its Sineva from the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean, and the S-500 intercepted the training monoblock shortly before it approached the target at the Chizha training ground. in the Arkhangelsk region. The R-29RMU2 Sineva missile is a deep modernization of the R-29 family of Soviet sea-based ICBMs. This is one of the last “salutes” to the Soviet weapons program, the production of which was restored in Russia after the US withdrawal from the ABM Treaty. “Sineva” is a very advanced missile – one of the highest achievements in the field of missiles for nuclear submarines of the Soviet Union in general and the State Missile Center named after Viktor Petrovich Makeev in particular. Underwater launch “Sinevo” from one of the seas of the Arctic Ocean. Photo by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation In the new millennium, the missile received a number of innovations related specifically to the accuracy of hitting and defeating missile defense positions. So the S-500 Triumph and the nuclear submarine Tula did not have any gifts, beacons on missiles and other nonsense that American rocket scientists used when testing the SM-3. Another advantage of the Prometheus is the mobility of its launcher and radar. Unlike the stationary missiles involved in the defense complex of the Moscow industrial region of the S-235 complex, Prometheus can appear anywhere in our vast country. Many people like to joke about the “analog network,” but here we are really dealing with a unique weapon. One of the modifications of the S-500 Prometheus complex. Picture “Almaz-Antey” So we can say that the Americans were not afraid in vain. An ICBM missile can now certainly be shot down by a mobile anti-missile system. No one in the world has such weapons, as well as hypersonic glide units of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Now only Russia has both a shield and a sword in the field of hypersound. And judging by how slowly and persistently work is going on to create special weapons in the hypersonic race, this will probably not happen in the near future. No high-profile launches or events, other than the first combat use of the Zircon, have occurred in this area for a long time. Diaries of the Green Regionhttps://dzen.ru
Shield and sword in the field of hypersound, or Prometheus Orbital Strike. Western experts are shocked that the S-500 shot down the real Sineva. Green Country Diaries
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