Some time ago, Ukrainian President Zelensky was calling on Western countries to provide him with advanced weapons and equipment. In response, according to CNN, the Biden administration will officially announce the provision of "Patriot" air defense missiles to Ukraine as soon as this week. However, the US response seems a bit too hard, because Zelensky hopes to "get more powerful weapons to shoot down Russian missiles and drone ", but using the Patriot air defense missile to attack drones is like a cannon to hit mosquitoes.
Use Patriot to fight drones?
Not only that, the US also stated that after the plan is approved, the Patriot missile will be delivered to Ukraine soon, and it is expected that the time will be within the next few days. Some media pointed out that a "Patriot" missile company must be equipped with 90 officers and soldiers, and the training time usually takes 6 months. Even if the Ukrainian army is going to Germany for relevant training, it will take as long as half a year, which is obviously too late. Therefore, the outside world speculates that the person who operates the "Patriot" missile in Ukraine by then may be the US military or his "alliance", which is the American "hidden bell".
Now training Ukrainian military operators is definitely too late to
If the guess is true, this will be a major change in the Ukrainian battlefield in the next few days. For this reason, Russia also made a public statement on the 13th that if Washington transports the "Patriot" missile to Ukraine, Russia will "response". As for the means of response, it can only be free guesses from the outside world.
In fact, the "Patriot" air defense missile is not an "ancient magic weapon". Not only is its interception success rate boasting, but it has also been destroyed. For example, in the Iraq War in 2003, because the "Patriot" often had "obs" incidents of accidentally hitting friendly aircraft. For this reason, on March 24 of that year, a US Air Force F-16CJ fighter jet was locked by the "Patriot" system, in order to avoid being shot down, it decisively launched an AGM-88 anti-radiation missile first, destroying the "Patriot" radar .
Patriot system EPP-III power station
, and Russia has anti-radiation missile . Whether it is the tall and mighty KH-31P or the small and exquisite Kh-58Shk, it is enough for the "Patriot" to drink a pot. It really doesn't work. There is also the "Dagger" hypersonic missile, which directly hits it with one shot. However, Russia also needs to know that fighting the "Patriots" is not the rate of fire of the missile , nor the amount of charge of the warhead, but the entire electronic confrontation. In this regard, Russia has no chance of winning.
or just go to the dagger directly
Therefore, if the Patriot missile really enters Ukraine, although it is a killer to the "small motorcycle" drone, it is a huge threat to the three carriages of Russian manned fighters, especially the Tu-22M3, Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers. Its latest model interceptor PAC-3MSE combat range is three times that of the PAC-3. Even the detection range of the active "Patriot" radar can no longer fully support the performance of this latest missile. The Russian strategic bomber has the risk of being shot down as soon as it took off from the airport.
Russian strategic bomber that caught fire
PAC-3MSE interceptor bomb
Compared with PAC-3MSE air defense missiles, what is more important is the radar system of the "Patriot". Once it enters Ukraine, it will turn the previous detection of satellites and drones "membrane yarn" into hand-to-hand detection against Russia. All Russian fighter jets, drones and missile attacks will be transparent in one direction, and it will not be possible to escape the eyes of the "Patriot" and will further lose the initiative on the battlefield.
Patriot's AN/MPQ-53 radar
AN/MSQ-104 Battle and Firepower Control Station
Patriot's OE-349 antenna
In the Ukrainian battlefield, the United States has stepped over the red line again and again, not only providing a large number of advanced weapons and equipment to the Ukrainian army, but also a large number of instructors, intelligence personnel, and even mercenary in the event. Now if the "Patriot" is really deployed to Ukrainian territory and constantly cutting sausages, will it cut its own fingers?
