Pantsir-S system is
designed for close-range air protection of civilian and military objects.
MOSCOW, January 29.
/TASS/. The Russian Pantsir-S air defense missile system took down some 100
drones around the world over the course of its service, says Valery Slugin -
the chief air defense designer KBP JSC, a division of Rostec’s High Precision
Weapons JSC.
"About one
hundred, maybe more," Slugin said in interview for TASS. "That
includes Syria and other regions."
Slugin reminded that
there are two Pantsir divisions deployed in Syria: the Russian one, located at
Hmeimim airbase, and a Syrian one.
He admitted that
jury-rigged terrorist drones repeatedly used to attack the Hmeimim base gave
the system some trouble.
"Initially, the
terrorists tied up to 10 bombs to their drones, which made them perfectly
visible on a radar. Later, they reduced the ordnance number to just two, and
significantly reduced the drone’s speed. We had to apply some effort to teach
the systems how to take down such targets," the designer said.
According to the
Russian Ministry of Defense, the last attempt to attack Hmeimim base with drones
happened on January 19. All aerial targets were destroyed at a safe distance
from the Russian base.
Pantsir-S system is
designed for close-range air protection of civilian and military objects,
around the clock, in any weather and radio-electronic environment. The system
is armed with 12 guided missiles and two 30mm autocannons.
Source: ITAR-TASS
29-02-2020
