The secret weapon off the coast of Syria. How Russian sailors listen to the US Navy ships
- Mr. President, we will have to rename the 6 fleet to 5.
- Yes Yes. I understood.
Again urgent call.
- Sorry, Mr. President. Now in 4.
Wherever they go, they are followed. The destroyers "Gravely" (Gravely), "Barry" (Barry), "Mahan" (Mahan), "Remedzh" (Ramage) and "Stout" (Stout) never for a second fall out of the attention of our sailors - not a single action of the Navy The United States does not go unnoticed by the ships of the Russian squadron off the coast of Syria.
Unique domestic equipment allows you to "see through" the Sixth Fleet through and through - the Russian Navy’s ships are able not only to record the launch of Tomahawk cruise missiles, but even determine the start of preparations for their launch. All radio communications and satellite communication lines, the operation of detection equipment, electronic warfare and combat information systems of all ships of the Sixth fleet under our control, Russian sailors have a clear idea of the situation on board American destroyers and are able to predict in advance the actions of a “potential enemy” in changing the characteristics of electromagnetic fields.
The task is completely non-trivial.
Among the orgy of the buzz and cod from the work of many radio electronic means of ships of the US Navy, combined combat information management system "Aegis":
- Multifunctional radar AN / SPY-1;
- station identification "friend or foe" AN / UPX-29;
- a set of technical means LAMPS III, allowing to integrate the helicopter into the anti-submarine defense system of the ship;
- automated subsystem for troubleshooting and localization of malfunctions on board the ship Mk545;
- the automated subsystem SWG-1 for controlling the fire control of the Harpoon missile;
- Mk86 automated artillery fire control subsystem;
- automated MK99 anti-aircraft fire control subsystem;
- automated anti-submarine control subsystem weapons Mk116;
as well as AN / SPS-64 and AN / SPS-67 navigation radars, AN / SPG-62 target illumination radar, AN / SQQ-89 hydroacoustic complex equipment, Phalanx self-defense systems, LINK-4A communications equipment, LINK 11, LINK 16,
Russian sailors should FIX THE MAIN THING - the moment of switching on the SWG-3 subsystem blocks.
At that instant, the missile control panel in the Aegis destroyer BIC will flash and pulsate with blood-red fire, computers and data lines will come to life - the latest instructions and coordinates of the launch site will flow to the homing heads of the Tomahawk cruise missiles.
SWG-1 panel for control of Harpoon anti-ship missiles
Strictly speaking, the SWG-3 system is only an intermediate link - the flight routes and targets for the Tomahawks are chosen in advance, ashore, in specialized training centers for flight missions in Norfolk and Camp Smith (Hawaii). The ship’s equipment only allows you to load ready-made digital relief maps along the flight route that are necessary for the operation of the TERCOM navigation system, as well as a “photograph” of the target for the DGisMek optical guidance system in the final part of the trajectory. Damn it, “Ax” works like a cheap killer from a second-rate Hollywood action movie!
Additionally, Robots-kamikazes need information about the coordinates of the starting point - otherwise the gyroscopes of the inertial system will not be able to bring the Tomahawk to the area of \uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbthe first correction over the enemy coast (reliefometric TERCOM is useless when flying over the sea - the water is the same everywhere). All this data is sent to the GOS of the cruise missile directly at the launch point.
SLCM "Tomahawk" comes out of the bow DUP Mk41 destroyer USS Farragut (DDG-99)
The activation of the SWG-3 electronic units, accompanied by the inclusion and final verification of the Mk41 launchers, gives grounds for an unequivocal conclusion: inside the destroyer of the US Navy, preparations began to launch the Tomahawks. The war will begin in the coming hours!
But how to determine this critical moment? How to penetrate the impregnable citadel of the "Crusaders and World Zionism" and inspect the most secret places on the US Navy ship, which even many of its crew members do not have access to?
Deaf walls of the boards without a single window. Underdeck launchers, hidden from the eye of an outsider. Located in the depths of the ship combat information center. The stationary phased AN / SPY-1 radar antennas ... external inspection of the Aegis destroyer will do nothing, but the electromagnetic waves, moving at 300 000 km / sec, will penetrate beyond the walls of the deaf and “unleash” all the secrets of the US Navy.
But let me! After all, the Russian Federation currently does not have radio-electronic intelligence centers in the Middle East, similar to the recently closed REC Lourdes in Cuba or the Echelon global radio-spying network owned by the US National Security Agency.
The answer is simple: electronic interception systems are located directly aboard Russian ships, vigilantly guarding the coast of Syria.
S.S.V. Funny Death of the Enemy
В stories naval wars, there are many examples where battles were won due to high-quality intelligence work. Knowledge is power! The information obtained by intelligence is one of the most important aspects of strategy and tactics; it provides an opportunity to reveal concrete plans and types of threats from the enemy in advance.
Systematic observation and tracking of potential enemy forces in peacetime is one of the main conditions for efficiency and ensuring high combat readiness of the modern navy.
The development of radio electronic equipment, radio communications and radars in the navy has necessitated constant monitoring of enemy ships not only in the visible, but also in the radio wave range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Radio interception of communication channels at all frequencies. Telemetric intelligence - you need to be aware of all the weapon novelties of the “potential enemy”. Radiotechnical Intelligence - determination of the belonging and characteristics of radio emission sources on board enemy ships. Measurements of physical fields, compilation of acoustic and electromagnetic "portraits" of ships and submarines.
Extremely important and responsible work, which determines the efficiency of the entire Navy.
Specialized reconnaissance ships exist in many fleets of the world, but this class has received special development in our country. Hiding behind the unassuming designation of the CER (communications vessel), reconnaissance ships (RZK) became one of the main arguments of the USSR Navy. Cheap, numerous and ubiquitous - a hundred large and small sea spies who flooded the oceans, did not leave the "probable enemy" a chance to be alone. Not a single step of the American fleet could not go unnoticed from the gaze of the Soviet commander in chief.
A helicopter from the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier is inspecting the Kuril CW-208 reconnaissance ship. Pacific, 2005 year.
The simplest improvisations on the basis of outdated destroyers, trawlers and transport ships — the “knights of cloak and dagger” did not need super speed and super-weapons, their security was ensured by the political and military might of the Soviet Union. To attack such a “pelvis” would be to put the world on the brink of nuclear war. The only thing that the Americans could have done in such a situation was to attack the CER with oaths or stupid jokes:
The American crews were very condescending to the attention of these “floating craft” and made fun of clumsy “spies” more than once.
Once in May 1967 in the Mediterranean, such a "fisherman" tried to get closer to an aircraft carrier. F-8 immediately rose from its deck, which made an approach to the “target” and ... released a brake flap, from the niche of which rolls of toilet paper fell on a Soviet ship! ..
Once in May 1967 in the Mediterranean, such a "fisherman" tried to get closer to an aircraft carrier. F-8 immediately rose from its deck, which made an approach to the “target” and ... released a brake flap, from the niche of which rolls of toilet paper fell on a Soviet ship! ..
- from www.airwar.ru
Unlike real 007 agents, domestic maritime intelligence officers did not use stealth technology and other spy devices - indeed, why all efforts to reduce visibility, if the “probable enemy” is literally a couple of steps away - he can wave his hand from the deck.
Hiding behind the Soviet flag, small unarmed CERs boldly approached carrier-assault groups, nuclear cruisers and squadrons of US Navy destroyers — the Yankees only gnashed their teeth from anger, but according to accepted international rules they could not even make diplomatic claims. The observation takes place in neutral waters - the Russian ship has the right to be where it pleases. Attempting to break away from the annoying guest, having developed the 30-node move, was deliberately doomed to failure - after a few hours of a furious race, the next “communication vessel” arose right on the course.
The K-324 submarine wrapped the secret American TASS antenna on the propeller and lost its turn. Of course, CER-506 Nakhodka was the first to arrive at the scene of the incident - a small reconnaissance aircraft drove 10 of the US Navy for 24 hours trying to get the remains of a secret antenna from the water. In the background - USS Peterson (DD-969). Sargasso Sea, 1983 year
In addition to the function of the repeater and the station of electronic reconnaissance, domestic CERs solved the tasks of controlling the sea communications, recording all movements of the ships of the “likely enemy”. A flock of CERs for weeks accompanied the American carrier-based groups — one could arbitrarily make fun of small “spies” and throw toilet paper into them, but in the event of the start of real hostilities, CERs could simply “hand over” the Yankees into the hands of warships of the Soviet Navy, transferring the coordinates of the American squadrons on strike cruisers and submarines.
The little scout will inevitably die the death of the brave, but the retribution will be fierce - in a short time Soviet missiles will fly into a given square and kill everything they meet on their way. The Yankees will not have time to run far away anyway - the data transmitted by the CER before death will be relevant for several more hours.
It was a sentence to the "elusive" and "invulnerable" AUG - the Soviet fleet, thanks to its numerous communications vessels, reliably "held a gun at the temple" of the US Navy.
CER-535 "Karelia" tightly "stuck" to the atomic cruiser "Texas", 1988 year
A lot of time naval scouts spent near the US Navy and NATO test sites, carefully watching the shooting and launching of missiles. Each new ship of the “probable enemy” came under close attention of the CER - having approached an extremely short distance, our sailors set about a careful study of the next masterpiece of American design thought - the Lega escort cruiser, California atomic, Egis Ticonderoga cruiser ....
Electromagnetic fields were measured, the sensitive equipment of the Prokhlada electronic intelligence complex began to identify sources of electromagnetic radiation on board a foreign ship.
We knew literally everything about them!
... As time went on, the fleet changed irreversibly. Nowadays, domestic CERs are noticeably sounded in size. There is no trace left of the vulgar appearance of the converted ore carriers, tugboats and trawlers - modern Russian Navy intelligence officers of the specialized building turned into graceful ships with even more impressive capabilities of their radio engineering complex.
The presence of such ships off the coast of Syria quite a bit "strains" our Western friends:
In the Mediterranean Sea there are two Russian reconnaissance ships, filled with the latest electronic equipment. Russian RZK fix not only missile launches of any type, but even the preparation of the Tomahawks for launch, which is conducted inside the ship.
- Lt. Col. US Air Force retired, military analyst Rick Francona, a statement made on CNN live
Indeed, in a situation of possible military intervention by the United States in the internal affairs of Syria, this situation threatens the failure of the entire operation - the Yankees will lose before they make the first move. Russian sailors will instantly detect the process of preparing for the launch of "Tomahawks" on US Navy ships and report this "upstairs". Obviously, these data will fall on the table of the Syrian military command earlier than the commander of Aegis-destroyer inserts the key into the launch pad of the cruise missiles.
Surely many of you have speculated about the direct impact on the homing head of American missiles - a powerful microwave pulse that can damage the fragile rocket electronics of a false radio command for self-destruction (the newest RGM-109E Tactical Tomahawk could reprogram in flight) or something like that ...
The author does not have such information, but one cannot doubt the ingenuity of the Russian Kulibins. It is possible that there is such an option.
Deck drone UAV X-47B
In this regard, the situation with the US Navy's unmanned aerial vehicles seems to be curious - how will the electronic intelligence ship of the Russian Navy affect the actions of American UAVs? The answer seems obvious - an attempt to "attack" CERs with toilet paper rolls from an unmanned strike drone The X-47B will end badly for the Yankees - the super-aircraft will suddenly go out of control of the operators and softly “land” on the water. Just as happened with the American RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned drone in Iranian airspace (according to one version, the Iranians “landed” the RQ-170 with the help of the Russian Avtobaza electronic warfare complex).
But who knows - what if the same equipment is installed on board domestic CERs?
The launch of a large reconnaissance ship "Yuri Ivanov".
St. Petersburg, Northern Shipyard, September 30 2013 of the year
St. Petersburg, Northern Shipyard, September 30 2013 of the year
The head communication vessel of the 18280 project, designed to counter the naval component of the US missile defense system. Full displacement - 4260 tons. Crew - 120 man. Cruising range - 8000 miles at speed 16 nodes. According to the plan, the second ship of this project - "Ivan Hurs" - will be laid on November 14 2013.
CER-520 "Meridian"
Combat Information Center (BIC) Ajis-destroyer
Loading a Tomahawk Container in a Mk41 Launcher Cell
Aegis Destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)
The article used materials from the book The Naval Institute for World Naval Weapons Systems, 1997-1998. Posted by: Norman Friedman
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