C-300 and C-400 may face a formidable competitor: the “straight-through” XR-SAM interceptor

Launcher 9А83М military anti-aircraft missile system C-300ВМ "Antey-2500"

For almost two decades now, we have been observing a persistent trend of dominance in the air defense segment of the world arms market of the national S-300PS, S-300PMU-2 Favorit, S-300VM Antey-2500 and S-400 "anti-aircraft missile systems" Triumph ”, as well as the American Patriot PAC-2 and Patriot PAC-3 systems. This is not surprising, because simultaneously with the range of interception of aerodynamic targets (tactical and strategic aviation) in 90-250 km, all of the above systems are also capable of processing operational-tactical ballistic missiles of the enemy, as well as high-speed elements of high-precision weapons (AGM-88E AARGM and X-58USHK anti-radar missiles) at a distance from 5 to 60 km.

In the eyes of numerous foreign customers, such anti-missile qualities are becoming increasingly fundamental against the background of events taking place in the Golan Heights and the “western wing” of the southern “de-escalation triangle” in Syria (the cities of Tasil, Nava, Qasim and Kuneitra). These territories, currently under the control of the oppositional terrorist militant group Free Syrian Army and a small ISIL bridgehead (prohibited in the Russian Federation), are used by Tel Aviv as an 25-kilometer buffer zone to maintain the distance between the fortifications of the Israel Defense Forces in the Golan and units of the Syrian Arab Army and Hezbollah in the area of ​​Inhila and Kafr Shams. At the same time, the IDF literally regularly launches rocket-air strikes against the Siberian navy brigades near the contact line. Of course, a good half of the tactical missiles and rockets launched by the Israeli military are successfully intercepted by the C1 and Beacons-M2E, which, for obvious reasons, increases the attractiveness of the more serious C-300PMU-2 system and the more advanced C-XNUMV military version "Antey-300".

Yes, a more perfect system S-400 «Triumph" has a new radar target illumination 92N6E, but to talk about superdostoinstvah its export version is still very early, since we still have not seen in its arsenal of surface-to-air missile 9M96DM / E2 equipped with unit pulsed gasdynamic Rudder control for the destruction of maneuvering ballistic missiles direct hit. For the Americans, with the MIM-104F ERINT serial missile, things are just fine, and this is a very bad sign for our defense industry: it’s time to bring the 9М96DM missiles to mind; this will unambiguously preserve the export potential of Triumf, and also allow the Vityaz C-350 project to move forward. In the meantime, you should pay attention to such a unique system as the Antey-300 C-2500BM, which Egypt has already managed to acquire in the amount of three anti-aircraft missile batteries.

It differs from the C-300PMU-2 “Favorit” air defense system by several criteria at once. Firstly, the speed of the target for this system reaches 17300 km / h against 10100 km / h in the Favorit, which means that even medium-range ballistic missiles can be destroyed. Secondly, the Antey-2500 is a more robust system, because instead of a single radar of illumination (like the C-300PMU-2 / C-400), it is used here as a target designation / guidance station 9СХNUMXМ, and individual illumination radars on each launcher 32А9М and 82А9М; due to this, it is several times more difficult to completely disable C-83ВМ than С-300ПМУ-300. Thirdly, the export version of the “Anthea” uses long-range high-speed anti-aircraft missiles of a completely different “grade” 2М9М. Their flight speed reaches the staggering 82 km / s, which, given the presence of an 2,6-kilogram warhead of directional action, causes the target markedly greater damage than the warheads of the other three-hundred-seater anti-aircraft missiles. However, all anti-aircraft missiles with solid-propellant rocket engines have a significant drawback - after burning out the solid-fuel charge of the engine, the rocket moves by inertia, undergoing aerodynamic deceleration. If you drop to a height of 150 — 10 and less than kilometers, such missiles can slow down to just 7 — 2000 km / h, after which interception of a maneuvering fighter becomes almost impossible. The rocket loses "energy".

Demonstration test launch of the promising "direct-flow" anti-aircraft guided missile XR-SAM / SFDR. The range of the product can reach 180 km

The Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) (Defense Research and Development Organization) decided to eliminate this deficiency in the project of the advanced XR-SAM / SFDR anti-aircraft missile, the first flight prototype of which was tested on 31 on May 2018 of the year. In the photo, which captures the launch of the first experimental product, you can pay attention to a powerful and “long-playing” solid-fuel accelerator that accelerates the rocket to the 2M and provides an altitude of 10 — 12 km, as well as a combat stage, which is nothing but constructive analogue of the European missile air combat "Meteor" from the concern MBDA.

The second (combat) stage, in fact, like the “Meteor”, has an additional accelerating solid-propellant engine and a marching integrated rocket-ramjet engine to maintain a high flight speed throughout the entire approach path with the target. Due to the presence of an intensity control system for supplying the gas generator to the combustion chamber, the XR-SAM can initially approach the target at a speed of 2,5 — 3,2M, saving fuel, and a minute before being destroyed, it can accelerate to 4,5 — 4,7M, which practically prevents the enemy fighter from escaping the attack, the old-fashioned way relying on the "exhaustion" of the usual solid-fuel anti-aircraft missiles.

Technological sketch of one of the variants of the simplest stationary slant launcher for XR-SAM SAM

Apparently, the sophisticated production technology of the Meteors under the new name XR-SAM was purchased by Indians from MBDA during the implementation of the contract for the supply of the Indian Air Force to the French multi-purpose fighter aircraft Rafale, for which Meteora and Sharpened. And if Delhi really succeeds in bringing this project to mass production at least as part of the national air defense, then tactical aviation of China and Pakistan, having territorial claims to India, will have a very serious threat, which cannot even hide behind the Himalayan mountain ranges, because the rocket XR-SAM has a modern active radar homing head, which turns the product into a dangerous autonomous airborne predator.

Information sources:
http://forum.militaryparitet.com/viewtopic.php?id=21141
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-progress-in-the-development-of-SFDR-XR-SAM-being-developed-by-DRDO-and-how-will-it-place-India-amongst-the-world-powers
http://rbase.new-factoria.ru/missile/wobb/c300v/c300v.shtml

Comments

[Vard]

What they won’t write ... But still ... The fact is a fact ... With the advent of the S-300, the profession of a military pilot in the west has ceased to be attractive ...

[MPN]

Quote: Vard

Why not write ...

That's for sure...

The Americans are doing just fine with the serial MIM-104F ERINT missile defense,

Yah...

[Snail N9]

XR-SAM has a state-of-the-art active radar homing head,

That's it ... and the Russians still cannot "live" without "highlighting" ....

[Andy 110]

far from everything, an insect))

[Lopatov]

And why did you decide that the RL backlight is bad?

[Snail N9]

Well, .... it seems like the future, for "autonomy .... type: 1)" Shot and forgot "-not? 2)" the answer flies in the backlight "-not?

[Lopatov]

The future lies in efficiency.
And the "autonomy" of the active radar seeker is bought too high a price. And it's not even about the money. Much lower noise immunity, smaller radius of detection, capture and tracking of the target, greater “non-working weight”, i.e. weight not directly involved in hitting the target. Etc.

[Nikolaevich I]

Quote: Spade

Much lower noise immunity,

1. In the "most modern" ARGSN, AFAR (active phased antenna arrays ..) are used, which, by definition, are highly noise-proof ... Such ARGSN is capable of monitoring the target and at the same time use part of the power in the "virtual" radio noise transmitter. ..or, to monitor the target (by plane) and at the same time the flying anti-ballistic missile, if it is in an accessible perspective of the seeker.

Quote: Spade

smaller radius of detection, capture and tracking of the target,

Everything within the “assigned” functionality! No one expects the GOS to capture the target from the "ground"! As a rule, GOS operate on a finite (!) Section of the trajectory, including and overseas .....

Quote: Spade

Larger idle weight

Yes ... it was of great importance when the ARGSN were assembled on a tube and, even, a transistor base! But when LSI and VLSI and even suBIS “dominate” (with the exception of magnetrons, traveling-wave tubes ....), you can afford a lot, even in modest sizes!

Quote: Spade

"autonomy" of the active radar seeker is bought too high a price

Maybe high, but not too .... the end justifies the means!

[Alexey RA]

Quote: Nikolaevich I

In the "most modern" ARGSN, AFAR (active phased antenna arrays ..) are used, which, by definition, are highly noise-protected ....

The problem is that the bear still has more - ground-based radar has a large array and a larger number of elements, and ground-based equipment - great opportunities. Just because the MHCs of ground-based REOs are limited by the carrying capacity and dimensions of the equipment chassis, and not by a much smaller missile.

[Spook]

I strongly support, I’ll add from myself that the noise immunity is determined by the energy parameters, as I understand it, and it is more difficult to interrupt the energy of a ground-based radar than a flying machine - this sort of analysis was about Khibiny and Donald Cook

[Genry]

Quote: Snail N9

.... it seems like the future, for "autonomy .... type: 1)" Shot and forgot "-not? 2)" the answer flies in the backlight "-not?

Autonomy is fraught with either holes in the defense or an excessive flow of missiles, when neighboring complexes of different ranges and purposes work out for one purpose.
Shot and forgot - this is for over-the-horizon missiles with a complex (expensive) active homing head, with a long flight time. Why use them against toy or improvised UAVs. Enough optical or radio guidance (the control channel is busy for a couple of tens of seconds).
A strike of the aircraft in the backlight - there is no chance. The carrier comes under the fire of long-range missiles s-300-400. And the anti-radar missile itself is easily destroyed by self-defense complexes such as "Shell", "Pine", "Air Defense Derivation."

[voyaka uh]

"the anti-radar missile itself is easily destroyed by self-defense complexes like" Shell "," Pine "////
----
Was there at least one combat example?
Here are the destruction of the locators, there were many dozens of combat cases.

[Genry]

Quote: voyaka uh

Here are the destruction of the locators, there were many dozens of combat cases.

Were there shells or similar air defense? Or are these cases of the “Desert Storm” era when anti-radar missiles were simply lured with microwaves?

[Vard]

Even during the Vietnam War, they began to use separate antennas ... for radiation and for reception ... The part of the radar that works for radiation is essentially two pieces of iron ... an antenna and a magnetron ... standing a penny ... Here it is the rocket hits ...

[Vkd dvk]

Quote: Snail N9

Well, .... it seems like the future, for "autonomy .... type: 1)" Shot and forgot "-not? 2)" the answer flies in the backlight "-not?

The backlight can be located on the hell on the cakes far away in the rear. Have you thought about this simple thing?

[Genry]

Quote: Snail N9

... and the Russians still cannot live without the "backlight" ....

Missiles on the backlight are only cheap near range .... Those that go beyond the horizon are all active, because backlighting is impossible there.

[Vkd dvk]

Quote: Genry

Quote: Snail N9

... and the Russians still cannot live without the "backlight" ....

Missiles on the backlight are only cheap near range .... Those that go beyond the horizon are all active, because backlighting is impossible there.

Very interesting observation. Over-the-horizon locators scanning over several thousand km exist, but illumination cannot be done beyond the horizon. We do not go to extremes, we are not talking about tens of thousands of kilometers.

[Genry]

Quote: Vkd dvk

We do not go to extremes, we are not talking about tens of thousands of kilometers.

Of course, you know that over-the-horizon radars operate on signals passing through the reflection in the ionized layers of the atmosphere and the surface of the planet (the beam goes along the path from the swinging mirrors). That is, they give indirect information about the target and cannot accurately indicate its location (there is no altitude coordinate at all).
Then you just need to think ...

[Vkd dvk]

Quote: Genry

Quote: Vkd dvk

We do not go to extremes, we are not talking about tens of thousands of kilometers.

Of course, you know that over-the-horizon radars operate on signals passing through the reflection in the ionized layers of the atmosphere and the surface of the planet (the beam goes along the path from the swinging mirrors). That is, they give indirect information about the target and cannot accurately indicate its location (there is no altitude coordinate at all).
Then you just need to think ...

Yes, I know. Reflected many times from the ionosphere and the Earth's surface, the radio beam has been used by radio amateurs, perhaps fifty years ago. I worked on the air many times and heard signals with a good echo, indicating that the direct signal is ahead of the reverse, going in the opposite direction through the ball. Hence, the ultra-long transmission of the signal at short waves. VHF pierce the atmosphere and go into space, there is no connection with other continents. But it is reflected from the moon. It is impossible to aim at such a distance. It is important to give the right direction and choose the time, and homing systems at a closer distance will do their job.

[Butchcassidy]

(In the voice of Garik Sukachev) I’ll recognize Damantsev’s article by the title ...

[EnGenius]

Again to the topic of ramjet. Yes, it has its advantages, but there are significant disadvantages. The acceleration step accelerates to the desired speeds to start ramjet operation - this is good in an air-to-air rocket, when the modes of use of such a rocket are more understandable, and the application height of 10 + -5 km makes it possible to maintain speed on the marching section and a constant medium, which provides the necessary traction characteristics and ramjet operation mode. Respectively for similar operating modes, ramjet can be used in strategic and tactical cruise missiles, as well as in hypersonic missiles flying in the stratosphere. Thus, it makes little sense to use ramjet as interceptors for ballistic missiles - due to the need to launch them from the earth to the border of space, the nature of the atmosphere changes significantly from dense to rarefied layers and ramjet operation becomes difficult to implement. As a result, the author first writes about the interception of ballistic missiles, and then about the interception of aircraft. In fact, it turns out almost a three-stage rocket of enormous length and dubious prospects. But the main thing is to praise the LDPE. In essence, it's just crutches to make an air-to-air missile for an air defense missile with the dubious ability to intercept ballistic missiles.

[Nikolaevich I]

The Krug, Kub (Square) air defense systems with ramjet (solid fuel) were already in service with the air defense systems of the SA. With significant advantages of such a scheme, significant shortcomings were revealed ... for example, at high angles of attack the ramjet operation became unstable .. The introduction of ramjet engine was perhaps a necessary measure due to the lag of the USSR in the development of high-energy solid propellant rocket engines ... (as well as the use of rocket propellant rocket engines ...). When there were successes in the development of rocket propellant rocket engines, they refused from ramjet engines with a solid fuel gas generator ... In the second half of the last century anti-aircraft missiles a ramjet (oil) were armed with NATO ... ( "Bomark", "Bloodhound", "Sea Dart" finally ...) In some countries, even more SAM remain in service, but all new development is equipped with SRM.

[KVIRTU]

The "Akash" Indians recently adopted, SAM as a "Cuba", BMP-2 chassis, modern radar only. Budgetary, i.e. mass option. It’s clear that the rocket’s maneuverability is so-so, they won’t fall, they’ll scare it, they will disrupt the attack, something’s already :)

[Vadim851]

There is a significant drawback - ramjet greatly increases the visibility of a missile attack, but the idea is good.

[Nikolaevich I]

Just the solid propellant rocket engine significantly increases the thermal signature of the rocket in the active area .....

[Vadim851]

Since the solid propellant rocket engine does not work for long and the aircraft is flying by inertia, and when the rocket engine is not working, it is more difficult to notice the rocket. The ramjet runs the entire flight, and the closer the missiles to the target, the more visible.

[Operator]

A direct-flow solid-fuel engine is nothing compared to an octogen rocket engine in a promising mixture with ammonium dinitramide.

[merkava-2bet]

The namesake himself invented from the bulldozer or is there suchan octogen engine in a promising mixture with ammonium dinitramide.

[Operator]

From the bulldozer (yours).

[merkava-2bet]

I plan that this is fiction or reality, as far as I read books on rocket fuels, there are explosives there, and I just heard the myth or truth that the 53T6 PRS-1 has “controlled detonation” in the solid propellant rocket engine. Enlighten.

[Operator]

The composition of the solid rocket fuel used on the Soviet ICBM RT-23 UTX and SLBM R-39 Sturgeon:
OPAL - octogen with ammonium perchlorate and aluminum (1 stage);
TTF-56 START - with aluminum hydride (2 stage);
AP-65 - with ammonium dinitramide, ADNA (3 stage).

The oxidizer ADNA was created in the USSR in the 1971 year; in the West, the technology for its production appeared only at the end of the 1980-s along with chemists who emigrated from the Soviet Union.

ADNA has the highest oxygen content among all ammonium salts. In the composition of ADNA there are completely no ballast substances that are not involved in combustion or heat generation.

The only drawback of ADNA is the explosion hazard when heated above 127 degrees Celsius during the polymerization of mixed solid fuel checkers. The technology of controlled polymerization is still expensive, which hinders the widespread use of ADNA as an oxidizing agent.

We need to work on a technological problem.

[kuz363]

Chatterbox is a godsend for the spy. Wait for you to come from the FSB

[Santor]

Author Damantsev ... You can not read .... A lot of numbers like a bucket, and most importantly - everything is based on the agency OBS and "official" data .. well, well, the Caliber missiles officially flew at 330 km.

[top_war_shit]

some kind of crazy article about 500 and then about diarrhea

[TermNachTer]

All this is interesting and sometimes even enticing, but when I recall the Native American Tejas, two questions immediately arise. When it will be? And will the real parameters be the same as written on paper?

[naspret]

I'm new here. Was the military review always like that, or has it slipped?

[Charik]

When reduced to an altitude of 10-7 kilometers or less, such missiles can slow down to only 2000-1500 km / h, after which it is practically impossible to intercept a maneuvering fighter. And who said that this rocket needs to be intercepted by fighter bombers and even these speeds are enough either let bk take off and go to base

[Charik]

oo everything is understood, the Hindus put the V-V rocket on a wooden block, and what’s not on an elephant - it would be mobile

[Charik]

Well, yes, a V-V rocket with an extra step, but they argue for 300 for some reason?

[Severok]

Question - why does everyone forget about elementary physics and such a subject of mechanical engineering as Sopromat !? When a fighter detects the launch of a given rocket (XR-SAM / SFDR), it can easily help to avoid an energetic maneuver of the machine, which the rocket cannot repeat at a speed of 2 MAX or higher. This intercept speed is important when intercepting BALLISTIC targets. And this is China and Pakistan. Well, still pi-nd-wasps. A curtain.

[pafegosoff]

Is this worm maneuvering? Well, maybe when he shoots forward flow.

[av58]

If there is an Indian development and an Indian performance, then everything needs to be divided by 10, and the result obtained should be sent to a landfill. Examples: LCA aircraft, attack helicopter, Arjun tank, and aircraft assembled and manufactured by Indian companies under license.