Germany supports Skynex air defense system to Ukraine.

Germany supports Skynex air defense system to Ukraine.

65438 On February 9, 2022, Rheinmetall announced that it was providing two sets of Skynex air defense systems for an international customer, with a system value of about 65438+82 million euros, which will be delivered in early 2024. In addition, a memorandum of understanding was signed for the purchase of HX trucks, amounting to about120,000 euros.

These vehicles will be delivered together with the Skynex system. According to the information published on the website of German Business Daily, the orders for these two "Sky Action" mobile air defense systems are for Ukraine. If this news is true, this distributed system is more suitable to play a role in Ukraine's scooter-136.

Skynex air defense system was developed by Rheinmetall on 20 16. By using tactical communication network and open modular architecture, Skymaster command and control system in Elkon combines various optional sensors and air defense weapons into an efficient and wide-area automatic air defense weapon system, and also expands the ability of networking and dealing with slow and small targets and C-RAM (intercepting rockets, mortars and shells).

Skymaster command and control system is installed in vehicle/independent container cabin. The internal display and control equipment can display general comprehensive aerial images integrating radar/infrared/photoelectric information detection, carry out effective real-time threat assessment and intelligent fire control, and can be automatically intercepted or manually controlled. The saturation attack can be dealt with by configuring multiple modular sensors and fire units, and the information can be uploaded to the theater commander for continuous interception, which is integrated into the sky shield and the sky guard series air defense systems.

Skynex air defense system is equipped with Elkon X-TAR 3D search radar and VSHORAD photoelectric radar detection system for real-time detection. X-TAR 3D search radar works in X-band. Through digital beamforming technology, it strengthens the tracking of small/micro UAVs, rockets and mortars and other high-speed small targets. The antenna rotates at the speed of 40 revolutions per minute, and can receive as many as 65,438+06 stacked beams at the same time, thus forming a three-dimensional local aerial image of the incoming target. The detection distance is. It can also be used in conjunction with VSHORAD photoelectric radar detection system to form system redundancy and have better detection capability.

Skynex air defense system is equipped with Erikon Mk3 turret antiaircraft gun, SkyKnight short-range missile launching system, laser gun (HEL) and electronic warfare components that interfere with unmanned aerial vehicles. The turret of Erricon Mk3 turret antiaircraft gun is equipped with X-band radar and photoelectric turret, with an effective range of 3,500 ~ 5,000 meters. It is designed with a 252-wheel magazine with mechanical ignition and no bullet chain, and can fire 35 mm× 228 mm shells. The firing rate can be 1, 000 rounds/min, 200 rounds/min or single shot, and the muzzle velocity is 1. The car can launch the shrapnel of AHEAD smart ammunition/cluster prefabricated fragment programming fuze without installing a jack, so as to compensate for the accuracy with performance, and it is suitable for attacking cluster drones.

Skyrider missile is 2.2m long, with a diameter of 0.115m, a wingspan of 0.3m and a weight of 35kg. It is equipped with an active radar seeker, adopts 60 vertical launch systems (MLU) and adopts vertical launch, with the longest range of 10 km, and the interception distances of artillery shells and precision guided munitions (PGM) are 4 km and 6 km respectively.

The principle of attacking targets is similar to that of iron dome missiles.

Skynex air defense system is equipped with two kinds of air defense laser cannons, including a single-window laser with emission power of 20 kW installed on the container. The laser adopts spectral coupling technology and has aiming ability of 360 degrees horizontally and 270 degrees vertically.

It also includes the three-window laser of Erikon high-energy laser air defense weapon system installed on the turret of anti-aircraft gun. Through the use of beam superposition technology, its power reaches more than 30 kilowatts, and its interception ability is stronger.

If the news is true, then after obtaining this distributed air defense system, it is estimated that Ukraine will mainly carry out air defense missions around cities or key targets. This configuration will be very competent to intercept cruise missiles and scooters launched by the Russian army. Of course, I don't know what kind of configuration Germany supports, but I may still want to brush my experience in Russia and Ukraine!