Growth of characteristics and completion of work. Modernization of the A-135 system

Radar station "Don-2N". In recent years, it has been repeatedly reported about its modernization.

Over the past several years, a program has been carried out to modernize the strategic missile defense of Moscow and the Central Industrial Region according to the modern A-135M project. The system components undergo the necessary updates without being removed from combat duty, after which they receive new capabilities and increase their characteristics. Recently, new details of the current modernization have become known.

According to the latest data

Due to the special importance of work on the A-135M and other missile defense systems, they are carried out in secrecy, but officials regularly disclose certain interesting data. New details of the current project were announced by the commander of the 1st Air and Anti-Ballistic Missile (Special Purpose) Army, Lieutenant General Andrei Demin, in an interview for Krasnaya Zvezda published on July 21.

Talking about the modern defense of Moscow and the Central Industrial Region, the general mentioned the S-50M air defense system, various radio-technical and anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as fighter and helicopter controls. aviation... In addition, they remembered the existence of the A-135M missile defense system.

Now the A-135M is undergoing a modernization process according to a new project. According to the general, these activities are nearing their successful completion. Based on the results of the work performed, the main tactical and technical characteristics will double in comparison with the basic configuration.

Transportation of a container with an anti-missile missile from the A-135M, April 2021

The quality and range of detection and tracking of ballistic targets will be increased. The duration of the continuous operation of the system and its reliability will increase. In addition, the upgrade increases the hitting range of found and selected targets. However, the commander did not name the specific characteristics of the updated system.

In parallel, testing of new weapons and retraining of personnel continues. At the Sary-Shagan test site, anti-missile missiles from the A-135 are still being launched. At the same time, products of the old types are no longer used, and now only modern samples are used. For obvious reasons, specific models and indices are not provided.

Growth indicators

Lieutenant General A. Demin did not name specific figures and indicators, limiting himself only to general formulations. However, such data are also of great interest. They complement the already known picture and clarify the goals and objectives of the current modernization of the A-135M system. In addition, it becomes possible to assess the characteristics and capabilities of the updated missile defense.

PRS-1M rocket launch, April 2021

A twofold increase in the main characteristics of detection means - the range and effectiveness of search and tracking - has been declared. Apparently, we are talking about improving the Don-2N radar station, which is the main surveillance tool in the A-135.

According to previously published information (its reliability is unclear), such a radar in its initial configuration is capable of detecting an ICBM warhead at ranges of at least 3,5-3,7 thousand km. Target location accuracy - angular minutes in coordinates and up to 10-15 m in range. It is not hard to imagine what the Don-2N station will be able to do based on the results of modernization with a twofold increase in the main characteristics.

It is believed that in the 135s, only one type of interceptor missile remained in the A-1 system, known as the PRS-53 or 6T100. This product was created as a short-range intercept missile capable of attacking targets at ranges of no more than 35 km and altitudes of no less than 40-XNUMX km. The defeat of the target is carried out using a nuclear warhead.

Over the past few years, test launches of the upgraded anti-missile missile have been regularly carried out at the Sary-Shagan test site. The product, known under the designations 53T6M and PRS-1M, is equipped with a new engine, which gives it increased flight characteristics. Also, various sources mention the update of control systems and the rejection of a special warhead.

All these measures ensure the growth of tactical and technical characteristics. How much did the range and altitude of interception, the accuracy of hitting targets, etc. have grown? - unknown. It is quite possible that General Demin had in mind a twofold increase in the range of anti-missiles. If so, the PRS-1M missiles will be able to control a larger area without the need to build new firing positions.

Two systems

It should be recalled that as part of the development of the strategic missile defense system of Moscow and the Central Industrial Region, not only the modernization of the existing A-135 system is being carried out. It is known about the development of a new A-235 system, the components of which will have to complement the existing facilities and ensure an increase in the overall effectiveness of missile defense.

The exact composition of the A-235 under development, also referred to as Nudol, is unknown. At the same time, among all its components, the greatest attention of domestic and foreign media is attracted by means of destruction - a new anti-missile missile with its own launcher.

According to various reports, a key component of the A-235 will be a promising self-propelled launcher carrying two new-type anti-missiles. This will make it possible to quickly transfer fire weapons to the desired positions and, with minimal effort, change the configuration of the missile defense system in accordance with the current situation. At the same time, the new anti-missile missile will show improved flight performance, which has already been confirmed in several test launches.

The alleged appearance of the launcher of the A-235 system

The presence of different means of detection and control, as well as at least two missile systems, will seriously increase the overall potential of the strategic missile defense. The armed forces will have at their disposal a more flexible means capable of effectively responding to various threats. At the same time, all its components will show increased performance in comparison with current products.

At the final stage

In 2019, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense revealed general plans for the modernization of the strategic missile defense. It was stated that the current program would be completed by 2022. In the future, these plans were repeatedly confirmed, and no change in the timing was reported. At the same time, officials regularly pointed to the successful implementation of new stages of work, and now we are talking about the imminent completion of the modernization as a whole.

For obvious reasons, basic information about the principles of modernization, characteristics and capabilities of the updated components is not yet published. However, the Ministry of Defense regularly discloses various details. Such information is of great interest, and also allows you to gradually build up the big picture. So, thanks to the latest reports, it is possible to understand the approximate level of characteristics of the updated A-135M and its value for the country's defense.

Thus, despite the lack of details, the overall situation looks optimistic. In the near future, thanks to the receipt of all new components, Moscow's missile defense will be reinforced again. And the next steps in this direction will be the completion of work on the modernization of the A-135M and the subsequent adoption of the new A-235.

Comments

[rocket757]

For obvious reasons,

... And what, we need / will discuss ??? Again and again ...
the system is, it performs its function ... so be it.

[Peter is not the first]

You can discuss, for example, what the picture from the article of the model launcher "Nudol":

Strikingly matches the S-500 launcher from a recent video test of the system:

Either the Nudol and the S-500 are one and the same, or they have never revealed to us the true appearance of the Nudol launcher.

[rocket757]

As an option, not proposed by me, by the way .... those tasks provided for the creation of a product with mass and dimensional characteristics allowing the use of the same launch container.
Universal launcher for different types of missiles ...
So / not so ... however, a variant of increased secrecy may take place.

[Peter is not the first]

And the Nudol launch container does not fit into the above-mentioned launchers in terms of dimensions:

Although it can be assumed that the container shown in the video with the launches of the Nudol missile was made not according to the missile, but according to the dimensions of the shaft into which it is lowered:

and the rocket is smaller than it seems to us, and then it will be able to fit into a dual-container launcher, universal with the S-500. Launcher unification is also good.

[rocket757]

This is logical and practical, up to a certain limit ... a single complex of transportation, control, and missiles of different types and performance characteristics. This is fine.

[neri73-r]

Quote: Peter is not the first

Strikingly matches the S-500 launcher from a recent video test of the system:

Does not match, BAZ is smaller than MZKT, both in size and weight.

[Boa kaa]

Quote: Peter is not the first

view of the "Nudol" launcher.

Oh and make a fool of our brother (s)
As far as I know, NUDOL is a silo-based missile. And we see only its TPK, which is inserted by the "cartridge" into the "barrel" of the silo.

Quote: Zufei

An article about ABM systems.

More precisely, about the missile defense system of the capital and the Central industrial region of the country ... And it looks like this:

And for those who are interested in the performance characteristics of our "anti-missiles", I will give a table from open sources:

Well, this is how the AM GBI looks like:

Sincerely.

[Tugarin]

Quote: Peter is not the first

strikingly matches the S-500 launcher from a recent video test of the system

In my opinion, they are generally different. But your thought is clear

[Zufei]

An article about ABM systems. Linnik - Ryabov: 1 - 0

[antivirus]

Apparently you need depth? strategic? and the outskirts should be neutral (inside the red line). for the calmness of the missile defense system.
These "little things" cost a lot of money, and to break through them or get close (from Kharkiv) for super fast and close destruction is already a victory for the Americans.
not about SP2 and the GTS of the outskirts of the dispute - about the price of neutrality of Pinchuk and Akhmetov .... "and the decontamination of the Dnieper and Volyn region after the war"

[voyaka uh]

The system has a weak link - the giant stationary radar Don-2.
He himself must be protected in the first place.
One hit of a warhead into it - and there is no system.
It's time to switch to mobile or semi-mobile radars.

[Starover_Z]

Quote: voyaka uh

One hit of a warhead into it - and there is no system.
It's time to switch to mobile or semi-mobile radars.

Duplicate, not transition entirely. In recent years, many different radar complexes have been built, with each computing complex. It remains to combine them into a single computing system and "tie" to a dedicated supercomputer, which does not have to be located near a large city.
Maybe you should do this?

[zwlad]

The defeat of the target is carried out using a nuclear warhead.

It is interesting to shoot down a nuclear warhead using nuclear warheads. This is how many nuclear weapons are needed for the entire missile defense system.