"Ideal means for the destruction of UAVs": NATO appreciated the Russian anti-aircraft missile system "Pantsir-S"
The Russian anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPK) "Pantsir-S" is called the "ideal tool" for combating drones. NATO came to this conclusion.
The NATO Air Force Joint Center of Excellence, led by US Air Force Europe and Africa Commander Jeffrey Lee Harrigian, has released a report on the organization of air defense. Studying the air defense systems, the authors of the document admitted that the Russian Pantsir-S air defense missile defense system is the best weapon to defeat all types of drones.
The report says that the data of the air defense missile system was originally created for point object protection from enemy aircraft and helicopters, as well as to cover long-range air defense systems from high-precision weapons... The characteristics incorporated into the complex allowed the Pantsir to successfully fight drones.
Due to these characteristics, "Pantsir-S1" is ideal for combating the entire range of small and tactical military drones, and also allows you to close the gap existing in regular air defense units between special systems to counter large-sized UAVs and counter systems for mini-drones
- stated in the report.
The report explicitly states that due to its ability to destroy all types of drones, the Russian air defense missile system on the battlefield "poses a threat" and becomes a priority target that must be destroyed before the start of operations.
As an example, the report cites the operation of the Turkish army in the Syrian province of Idlib to destroy the only ZRPK "Pantsir". It is noted that the Turks called the complex a priority target requiring immediate destruction, since the air defense missile system posed a real threat to drones.
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