The recent decades of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Naka region have reignited the war. The fighting lasted for more than half a month, resulting in huge casualties between the military and civilians of the two countries, although many countries including the European Union and Russia have launched strong Good offices, but both Azerbaijan and Armenia are determined to win against Naka. There is little room for concession between the two sides. Moreover, Azerbaijan has introduced a variety of advanced weapons. The situation is obviously superior and it is ready to take the disputed area in one fell swoop. Therefore, there is no sign of a complete stop.
In the war between the two countries, fighter jets, attack aircraft, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, scout fighters, cruise missiles, suicide aircraft, etc. were dispatched, as well as a variety of long-range rockets. Among them, the most surprising thing is, Armenia’s Russian-made S-300 air defense missile system was easily destroyed by an Azerbaijani drone during normal combat readiness. This makes people feel incredible. The Russian artifact suddenly fell off the altar. What is going on.
is such an inconspicuous low-speed little guy. It destroyed the famous S-300 air defense missile. It is amazing. Everyone knows that this is an advanced long-range missile developed by Russia during the Cold War. The maximum speed is Mach 5. It can hit fighter jets of hundreds of kilometers and SCUD missiles with speeds of thousands of kilometers. This missile has a long range and a large coverage area. In addition to Russia, it has also become the backbone of China and many countries' strategic air defense forces. S-400 continues to be sought after by countries all over the world, and China is also ordering in large quantities.
The drone used in Azerbaijan is a very inconspicuous low-speed propeller-propelled aircraft HAROP. The length of the aircraft is only 2.5 meters, which is less than one-third of the length of the S-300 missile. The wingspan is 3 meters and the wings can be folded. The flying speed of the aircraft is very low, the maximum speed is about 200 kilometers per hour, and the flight can be considered very slow. However, this aircraft has a unique advantage. The cruise time is particularly long. It can cruise continuously for 6 hours. The flying altitude is not high, but the range is up to 1000 kilometers.
The first-generation Hubei UAV, which has also been introduced and produced in China, has good practical effects and some shortcomings. The unique design of this aircraft is the sensor. As the second-generation anti-radar UAV developed by Israel, the aircraft is In addition to the original passive radar seeker, it also adds a photoelectric ball, equipped with forward-looking infrared and color CCD cameras, which can provide 360-degree coverage. This unique design also greatly enhances combat performance, even in When the enemy uses an electronic bait, under the observation of the photoelectric ball, the horse's feet will be immediately exposed.
and the aircraft also adopts a human-in-the-loop design. The rear operator can operate and observe in real time through the data link. Normally as a reconnaissance aircraft remote control, the operator makes up for the low intelligence of the traditional Hubei UAV. Weakness, you can use a more flexible flight trajectory to avoid enemy air defense systems and fighter jets, this is the biggest advantage.
This is the warhead of the HAROP suicide drone. You can see that it is filled with steel balls
as a unique suicide drone. HAROP still has many features. This aircraft uses a unique prefabricated fragment warhead. Some reports are 23 kg, but the data can be seen on the fuse label that has never exploded. The total weight is 15.2 kg. The charge is 5.7 kg. The explosive type is PX139. This drone uses two methods to detonate, one The anti-radar mode detects and detonates at the distance of the radar wave emission source, and the other is the normal attack mode, which uses the photoelectric ball to find and lock the target, and directly flies over and detonates.
In terms of performance, the S-300 air defense missile flies 5000 kilometers in an hour, while the HAROP aircraft can fly less than 200 kilometers. It can be said that there is no comparison. Why does the S-300 air defense missile have no response when it is turned on and it is easily hit? In this scene, this scene is exactly the same as that of Yemen's Houthi armed drones attacking Saudi targets, and Patriot missiles have no response.
Faced with a low-speed drone attack, the S-300 was unable to fight back. The main reason is that the S-300 missile, like the Chinese Red Flag-9 and the American Patriot air defense missile, is mainly designed to attack the incoming high-speed. Flying fighter bombers, as well as some ballistic missiles and anti-aircraft missile search radars, are normally automatically filtered for low-speed targets. For low-speed, slow-flying, and small targets, they are not designed to attack targets.
In the same scenario, the consequences of replacing large-scale air defense missiles in any country are the same. Technically speaking, this is not a problem with S-300 air defense missiles. In the Russian army, S-300 must cooperate with short-range air defense missiles to defend low altitude. Targets, such as armored air defense missiles, but in other countries, there is no such complete supporting measures, and they are at a loss when they are attacked.
