Made in Ukraine - the project of a rocket multifunctional complex of the modular type "Sapsan"
In 2011, the military department of Ukraine stated that the military budget allows it to purchase 10 units of domestic tanks Oplot, modernize 24 tanks to the Bulat level, modernize and repair 21 aircraft, five helicopters, 40 engines for aircraft, more than 600 units of ground equipment. In addition, money in the amount of 430 million hryvnias was allocated for the creation of the Haiduk type corvette, 345 million hryvnias for the construction of the An-70 transporter, 205 million hryvnias for the creation of a single automated control system of the Armed Forces and 105 million hryvnias for the multifunctional Sapsan RK of a modular type. This is practically the first time in many years when Ukraine has invested significant money in the creation and purchase of weapons.
Creating a multifunctional OTRK "Sapsan" begins in the 2006 year, when the NSDC decides on the start of construction of a wide-range domestic missile system. However, there was virtually no funding for the project, and only in 2009, the developers received almost 7 million dollars for the draft design. Most of these funds were transferred to Yuzhnoye Design Office, a smaller part of the NSAU as the project coordinator. Tests of the newest Ukrainian complex “Sapsan” were scheduled for 2013 year, but due to the underfunding in the last three years, the test dates are gradually postponed. According to the NSAU General Director, if today there is enough money to complete the development of Sapsan, we are talking about the amount of 450 million dollars, the Ukrainian armed forces will be able to receive multifunctional missile systems in three years. The design bureau Yuzhnoye has not created such a class of complexes and missiles for them for a long time, but the power and personnel remained with which the task can be solved before the 2015-2016 of the year.
MF OTRK "Sapsan" was created on the ground from its predecessors, the projects "Thunder" and "Borysfen." Borysfen was developed by the Yuzhnoye design bureau since 1994, as a short-range and medium-range OTRK, the Thunder is practically an export-enhanced version of OTRK, operating on 80-290 kilometers. But due to the lack of funding, the lack of foreign customers, organizational and staff problems, work on these projects was stopped. Today, the designers have tried to “Sapsan” has absorbed all the best from them, and applied a number of unique technologies in the project.
Expert Opinions
V. Badrak, Director of CIAKR, a Ukrainian non-governmental research organization, stated that the creation and commissioning of the Sapsan OTRK MF will ensure an increase in the military-patriotic spirit, an increase in the moral and psychological state of the Ukrainian military personnel, since Ukraine practically did not buy domestic systems during its independence weapons.
The director of military programs, N. Sungurovsky of the Razumkov Analytical Center, has a different opinion on the creation of Sapsan, “if we don’t have foreign customers, the project will be at least unprofitable. There is no urgent need for Ukraine in such a complex ”.
A number of experts also have doubts about the need of the Ministry of Finance of the Sapsan OTRK. On the territory of Ukraine, now there is no equipped testing ground for testing, and this is, as a result, additional costs for its creation.
Editor-in-chief of the English-language Russian magazine about weapons Moscow Defense Brief suggested that Ukraine has little chance of bringing the project to production. The question is not about the designers of Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, who, under favorable conditions, can bring the project to its logical conclusion, the question is more political, because the Sapsan MF OTRK will not be convenient for Russia or NATO when it is created. And he has practically no chance to compete with the Russian OTRK Iskander, because he has already been created, is being produced, is available in the army and is constantly being improved.
Russia
In 2010, there was an alternative to the creation of the Sapsan OTRK MF - some Ukrainian officials favored the purchase of Russian Iskander-E OTRKs. This alternative is beneficial for Russia both economically and in terms of competition - after such an acquisition, there can no longer be any talk of creating such a complex with missiles. Today, Russia has a technological advantage in many areas and Ukraine can neither economically nor technologically produce and upgrade a wide range of military equipment and weapons.
NATO
NATO’s military initiatives are also not beneficial for the North Atlantic Alliance. If we take NATO, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia not so long ago, then one of the conditions for their entry was the dissolution of their missile units. And the insistence of the United States on Ukraine to eliminate Scrat OTRK, according to the agreements on INF and the accession to the international MTCR, led to the fact that Ukraine scrapped Scud missile systems, which were not in principle under the signed documents. But the issue price was only 2.4 billion dollars, the amount of the contract that Ukraine paid to Iraq for the supply of Ukrainian tanks. Getting the biggest contract ever history Ukraine's supply of weapons has not been without the help of the United States. The rearmament of the Iraqi army comes from the funds allocated by the government of America under the rearmament program of the Iraqi army.
Ukraine
But despite the pressure, the opinions of well-known experts, alternative ideas for acquiring foreign OTRK, Ukraine found the strength to decide on the creation and acquisition of the MF OPSK "Sapsan". After all, who and what would not say, and the existing ones on the armament of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine OTRK and the MLRS almost completely exhausted the resource. Requires or modernization of weapons or its replacement. Modernization will not work - components and rockets do not produce in Ukraine, and besides, the diversity of military equipment already cannot afford the military budget of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The existing Tochka-U complexes by 2016 will completely exhaust the resource.
Prospects
The development, creation, and commissioning of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of a single, but multifunctional RK of the Sapsan type for Ukraine is now an economically correct and optimal solution. The complex will be able to replace a number of anti-aircraft, anti-ship and anti-missile systems. In solving the problems of the production of the Sapsan complex, well-coordinated work of almost 200 companies and enterprises will be required, which will make it possible to create additional jobs.
MF OTRK "Sapsan" today for Ukraine - a test for survival, the failure of the project will become a real threat to become forever dependent on technologically developed countries, will lead to a strong weakening of the external and internal image of Ukraine, which can not protect their citizens from possible military aggression. Ukraine, like Russia, has invaluable experience in creating missiles and military equipment, today it is truly the first step in creating Ukrainian missiles. And I want to believe that the future complex will make healthy competition to Russian samples, thereby pushing for the further development and modernization of rocket complexes.
MF OTRK "Sapsan"
In its performance characteristics, the multifunctional Sapsan confidently surpasses the Tochka-U OTRK. According to reports, the probability of hitting targets will be at least 87 percent, CEP no more than 20 meters with a range of up to 280 kilometers. Efficiency will ensure low vulnerability and high mobility of the complex. Sapsan will be based on the KrAZ chassis, and the missiles in containers will not require expensive maintenance in operation. If we compare it with the Russian counterpart Iskander-E, the complex will be more compact (21 ton against 42 tons), mobile and slightly more accurate (QUO up to 20 meters against 30 meters). The cost of the complex, according to the developers, will be significantly lower compared to the Russian Iskander complex, the estimated cost of which is 300 million dollars. The developers also noted that the development of the MF OPSK Sapsan will cost much less than the development of Iskander OTRK - 450 million dollars against one billion dollars. Expected time of admission to the APU - 2017 year. Preliminary 200 units are expected to be ordered by the Sapsan MF unit. In January, 2012, the military department of Ukraine reported that the Sapsan is still planning to provide a container with a BR. The prospect of a complex with PKR at this hour is unknown.
Preliminary specifications:
- The composition of the complex 2-3 SPU;
- weight of SPU 21 ton;
- chassis - KrAZ;
- time to start the 2-20 minutes;
- rocket armament: non-nuclear, long-range anti-aircraft, medium-range anti-ship missiles;
- range of action: BR 30-280 km, XUR 10-150 km, CRP 5-90 km;
- start TPK mortar.
Information sources:
http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-597.html
http://www.ng.ru/world/2009-09-14/8_venesuela.html
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://republic.com.ua/article/24437-Ukrainskiy-Sapsan-budet-kruche-rossiyskogo-Iskandera.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPyIMhDy_bs
Creating a multifunctional OTRK "Sapsan" begins in the 2006 year, when the NSDC decides on the start of construction of a wide-range domestic missile system. However, there was virtually no funding for the project, and only in 2009, the developers received almost 7 million dollars for the draft design. Most of these funds were transferred to Yuzhnoye Design Office, a smaller part of the NSAU as the project coordinator. Tests of the newest Ukrainian complex “Sapsan” were scheduled for 2013 year, but due to the underfunding in the last three years, the test dates are gradually postponed. According to the NSAU General Director, if today there is enough money to complete the development of Sapsan, we are talking about the amount of 450 million dollars, the Ukrainian armed forces will be able to receive multifunctional missile systems in three years. The design bureau Yuzhnoye has not created such a class of complexes and missiles for them for a long time, but the power and personnel remained with which the task can be solved before the 2015-2016 of the year.
MF OTRK "Sapsan" was created on the ground from its predecessors, the projects "Thunder" and "Borysfen." Borysfen was developed by the Yuzhnoye design bureau since 1994, as a short-range and medium-range OTRK, the Thunder is practically an export-enhanced version of OTRK, operating on 80-290 kilometers. But due to the lack of funding, the lack of foreign customers, organizational and staff problems, work on these projects was stopped. Today, the designers have tried to “Sapsan” has absorbed all the best from them, and applied a number of unique technologies in the project.
Expert Opinions
V. Badrak, Director of CIAKR, a Ukrainian non-governmental research organization, stated that the creation and commissioning of the Sapsan OTRK MF will ensure an increase in the military-patriotic spirit, an increase in the moral and psychological state of the Ukrainian military personnel, since Ukraine practically did not buy domestic systems during its independence weapons.
The director of military programs, N. Sungurovsky of the Razumkov Analytical Center, has a different opinion on the creation of Sapsan, “if we don’t have foreign customers, the project will be at least unprofitable. There is no urgent need for Ukraine in such a complex ”.
A number of experts also have doubts about the need of the Ministry of Finance of the Sapsan OTRK. On the territory of Ukraine, now there is no equipped testing ground for testing, and this is, as a result, additional costs for its creation.
Editor-in-chief of the English-language Russian magazine about weapons Moscow Defense Brief suggested that Ukraine has little chance of bringing the project to production. The question is not about the designers of Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, who, under favorable conditions, can bring the project to its logical conclusion, the question is more political, because the Sapsan MF OTRK will not be convenient for Russia or NATO when it is created. And he has practically no chance to compete with the Russian OTRK Iskander, because he has already been created, is being produced, is available in the army and is constantly being improved.
Russia
In 2010, there was an alternative to the creation of the Sapsan OTRK MF - some Ukrainian officials favored the purchase of Russian Iskander-E OTRKs. This alternative is beneficial for Russia both economically and in terms of competition - after such an acquisition, there can no longer be any talk of creating such a complex with missiles. Today, Russia has a technological advantage in many areas and Ukraine can neither economically nor technologically produce and upgrade a wide range of military equipment and weapons.
NATO
NATO’s military initiatives are also not beneficial for the North Atlantic Alliance. If we take NATO, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia not so long ago, then one of the conditions for their entry was the dissolution of their missile units. And the insistence of the United States on Ukraine to eliminate Scrat OTRK, according to the agreements on INF and the accession to the international MTCR, led to the fact that Ukraine scrapped Scud missile systems, which were not in principle under the signed documents. But the issue price was only 2.4 billion dollars, the amount of the contract that Ukraine paid to Iraq for the supply of Ukrainian tanks. Getting the biggest contract ever history Ukraine's supply of weapons has not been without the help of the United States. The rearmament of the Iraqi army comes from the funds allocated by the government of America under the rearmament program of the Iraqi army.
Ukraine
But despite the pressure, the opinions of well-known experts, alternative ideas for acquiring foreign OTRK, Ukraine found the strength to decide on the creation and acquisition of the MF OPSK "Sapsan". After all, who and what would not say, and the existing ones on the armament of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine OTRK and the MLRS almost completely exhausted the resource. Requires or modernization of weapons or its replacement. Modernization will not work - components and rockets do not produce in Ukraine, and besides, the diversity of military equipment already cannot afford the military budget of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The existing Tochka-U complexes by 2016 will completely exhaust the resource.
Prospects
The development, creation, and commissioning of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of a single, but multifunctional RK of the Sapsan type for Ukraine is now an economically correct and optimal solution. The complex will be able to replace a number of anti-aircraft, anti-ship and anti-missile systems. In solving the problems of the production of the Sapsan complex, well-coordinated work of almost 200 companies and enterprises will be required, which will make it possible to create additional jobs.
MF OTRK "Sapsan" today for Ukraine - a test for survival, the failure of the project will become a real threat to become forever dependent on technologically developed countries, will lead to a strong weakening of the external and internal image of Ukraine, which can not protect their citizens from possible military aggression. Ukraine, like Russia, has invaluable experience in creating missiles and military equipment, today it is truly the first step in creating Ukrainian missiles. And I want to believe that the future complex will make healthy competition to Russian samples, thereby pushing for the further development and modernization of rocket complexes.
MF OTRK "Sapsan"
In its performance characteristics, the multifunctional Sapsan confidently surpasses the Tochka-U OTRK. According to reports, the probability of hitting targets will be at least 87 percent, CEP no more than 20 meters with a range of up to 280 kilometers. Efficiency will ensure low vulnerability and high mobility of the complex. Sapsan will be based on the KrAZ chassis, and the missiles in containers will not require expensive maintenance in operation. If we compare it with the Russian counterpart Iskander-E, the complex will be more compact (21 ton against 42 tons), mobile and slightly more accurate (QUO up to 20 meters against 30 meters). The cost of the complex, according to the developers, will be significantly lower compared to the Russian Iskander complex, the estimated cost of which is 300 million dollars. The developers also noted that the development of the MF OPSK Sapsan will cost much less than the development of Iskander OTRK - 450 million dollars against one billion dollars. Expected time of admission to the APU - 2017 year. Preliminary 200 units are expected to be ordered by the Sapsan MF unit. In January, 2012, the military department of Ukraine reported that the Sapsan is still planning to provide a container with a BR. The prospect of a complex with PKR at this hour is unknown.
Preliminary specifications:
- The composition of the complex 2-3 SPU;
- weight of SPU 21 ton;
- chassis - KrAZ;
- time to start the 2-20 minutes;
- rocket armament: non-nuclear, long-range anti-aircraft, medium-range anti-ship missiles;
- range of action: BR 30-280 km, XUR 10-150 km, CRP 5-90 km;
- start TPK mortar.
Information sources:
http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-597.html
http://www.ng.ru/world/2009-09-14/8_venesuela.html
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://republic.com.ua/article/24437-Ukrainskiy-Sapsan-budet-kruche-rossiyskogo-Iskandera.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPyIMhDy_bs
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