According to Ukrainian news, the United States has basically reached a consensus on providing Ukraine with the first Patriot air defense missile company. The relevant missile will be provided to Ukraine soon. However, when a reporter questioned the US Congress and the Ministry of Defense on this matter, the above departments said that they did not hear the news. However, as bureaucratic departments, it is normal for the US State Department and the Ministry of Defense to spread their hands and ask questions one by one. For such things, don’t look at what the United States says, just look at what Ukraine says. After all, Ukraine is a real information colander, so our judgment is that the United States is preparing to provide Ukraine with a company of patriot systems, which is true.
Since it provides such a famous system for Patriot air defense missiles, how should the Ukrainian army use it and how to exert its maximum combat effectiveness? This is a very tricky thing. First of all, the model of Patriot air defense missile system. In fact, Patriot system is not a single system, but a set of air defense system with a very high degree of universality. For example, MIM-104A/B, this is Patriot 1, and MIM-104C/D, this is Patriot 2. The most advanced one is MIM-104F, which is the famous Patriot 3MSE. The performance of each system is different. The key depends on which set the United States plans to give to Ukraine.
Let's feel that the United States has a higher possibility for MIM-104C/D. After all, MIM-104A/B is too backward, and even the United States itself may not have much reserves. The MIM-104F is too advanced, and this thing is specialized to fight the tactical missile . The biggest threat Ukraine currently faces is not tactical missiles, but various cruise missiles and small motorcycles. Using Patriot 3 to fight is simply an anti-aircraft gun to fight mosquitoes. Therefore, the United States is more likely to give Ukraine MIM-104C/D. This air defense missile has a maximum launch pitch of 160 kilometers. Its performance is similar to that of Russia's S-300PM2. It is at the advanced level of the 2010s. In addition, the United States actually deployed MIM-104C in Polish , so it is enough to just hand over one connection.
things have been handed over, what about that person? Why should we start training Ukrainian air defense missile operators now? What about air defense missiles, from the start of training to the formation of combat effectiveness, the time is calculated in years. Not to mention Patriot missiles, just one technical textbook, has more than 400 pages. After learning the technology, there are also military control and firepower control, and then live ammunition launches are required to accumulate sufficient practical experience to form combat effectiveness. If the Ukrainian army now starts to take on Patriots, it is estimated that the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been completed, and this company has not yet formed combat effectiveness, so what should we do? It's very simple. NATO is the skin-changing process. After all, it was originally the handover of hot-air . Then all the operators of this Patriot missile company were handed over to Ukraine to directly control this Patriot system in Ukraine. There is no big problem. After all, the Patriot itself is a ground air defense system and will not go to the front line. The personnel are not in danger of being captured by the Russian army. Therefore, the one who manipulates this Patriot at that time is likely to be NATO's skin-changing man.
equipment, NATO skin changer has, so I think this Patriot system can kill all sides? Then you really think of the Patriot system. The Patriot system is the theater-level air defense missile weapon system , which is not the anti-aircraft machine gun that you can use to set up your home. From entering the launch position to truly taking on combat readiness duty tasks, the work needs to be done is simply plethora. Let’s give a few examples, such as your radar , which must have a terrain shielding range. How many of these shielding ranges are there, the radar is high and low angle azimuth angles, all of which need to be pre-measured using radar, and then input them into the command computer of the Patriot system one by one. When implementing firepower control, it will automatically form a certain interception envelope, otherwise your missile may hit the shield.
For example, a launch company of Patriot missiles can theoretically have 6 to 8 launch vehicles, each company with 24 to 32 backup missiles. These 8 launch vehicles can be deployed at a long distance, for example, 40 kilometers away from fire control radar . Compared with the Soviet-made air defense system launch vehicles, it must be deployed intensively and follow specific positions. This deployment flexibility is relatively improved, but to achieve long-distance deployment, at least it must be done. There are several tasks: First, each position is to geodetic and then input a command computer at the same time. That is to say, the command radar must at least know where the missile launcher is. Otherwise, it will not even be able to illuminate the illumination guide at that time. Second, it is necessary to establish a communication channel between the launcher and the command cabin, preferably wired communication. Of course, wireless communication can also be the same, but the communication efficiency and anti-interference ability will be reduced accordingly. Otherwise, when it is launched, your command cabin will not be connected to the missile launcher at all, and this will also launch a yarn.
Of course, the biggest problem is who will indicate the target to the Patriot system? In fact, the Patriot system comes with a set of fire control radar, that is, the AN/MPQ-53 fire control radar. But what is the problem with this set of radar? It only has one main array, and since it uses a TVM guidance system, during combat, the radar can only take into account one fire control fan, with a range of about 60 to 90 degrees on the front, and the remaining 270 degrees cannot be seen. Therefore, this is a fire control radar instead of warning radar . If the opponent enters the strike from its fire control fan blind spot when the AN/MPQ-53 radar is focused on guiding in one direction, then this radar system will be blind.
Then who will provide alert for the AN/MPQ-53 radar? Obviously, the upper-level radar is needed. Moreover, since the Patriot system is a theater-level air defense system, it requires extremely high-level remote air situation support capabilities. At least the range of situational awareness must be greater than 400 kilometers, and the number of targets and trace capabilities tracked must be greater than 200 batches to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Patriot system. Therefore, Ukraine should quickly get some warning radars that can see far and follow more, otherwise the Patriot system will be very fragile based on its own fire control radar.
has a warning radar, can Patriots kill all directions now? Well, what are you thinking? Where is your data link ? From warning lightning to fire-controlled radar, data cannot be directly interacted. It needs to be uploaded to the theater-level air defense combat command post. After the fire control data processing, the air defense combat command post will be divided according to the pre-processed fire-killing zones of the air defense campaign, and the corresponding firepower distribution and firepower transfer are carried out. Patriot missile company aims the fire control radar at the target, captures the target and then launches the development and launch operations. All of this requires high-speed air data links and highly automated air defense combat command system. In this regard, the Soviet Union was an expert in that year. From the air-1 system of the National Air Defense Force to the maneuver-1 system of the frontline aviation, the design level is very high. As for how much there is left in Ukraine now, God knows. If
does not automatically intercept the data link, of course it is also possible. The air situation information is reported in the form of messages. The consultant uses manual marking operations to trace the tracks, and then uses calculation rule to calculate the best route shortcut, and then issue the corresponding interception tasks to the Patriots. In any case, Ukraine does not have many targets to intercept. For occasional low-speed targets, it is barely enough to rely on manual marking of radar soldiers.
In general, the Patriot system that the United States wants to provide has relatively advanced overall performance, good firepower, far and near boundaries, and has a high lethality for Russia's tactical aircraft and cruise missiles. It is considered to be the highest-level and highest-technical large combat weapon given to Ukraine by the United States so far. If Ukraine uses it well, it may really stop Russia's air strikes on Ukraine, which is probably like this.
