Source: Surging News
Author: Xie Ruiqiang
Russian and Ukraine's conflict staged a missile offensive and defensive war, Ukraine's "Patriot" air defense missile war in Russia "dagger" high -speed supersonic missile.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on May 17 that the "dagger" missile attack on Kiev on the 16th hit and destroyed a multi -functional radar station and five "Patriot" air defense system launch devices, and unknown U.S. officialsIt said that Ukraine's "Patriot" air defense system that is in use may be damaged by Russia's attack, but has not been destroyed.
"A carefully planned strike action"
According to Reuters on the 17th, two unknown US officials said that Ukraine's "Patriot" air defense system that is in use may be damaged due to Russia's attack, but has not been destroyed.An unnamed US official quoted preliminary information that the United States and Ukraine were already discussing the best way to repair the system. At present, it seems that the system does not have to be transported out of Ukraine.The official added that the United States will have a better understanding of the relevant situation in the next few days, and the information will be updated at any time.
The Ukrainian Air Force spokesman denied it on the 17th for the Russian army destroying the "Patriot" air defense system, but did not disclose whether it was damaged to the outside world.Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuri Instal told Ukraine TV: "I want to say: Don't worry about the fate of" Patriot "." "Patriot" is a system.Two missiles can be destroyed. "
The U.S. -style "Patriot" air defense anti -missile system of the Ukraine Equipment, the "dagger" hypersonic missile of the Russian "dagger" of the Russian "dagger", has aroused high attention from the outside world.
As the most active anti -missile system, "Patriot" is the most watched weapon in a variety of air defense systems assisted by Ukraine in the West. The entire system includes radar, launch device, command control and power supply system.It is reported that the "Patriot" system is one of the series of advanced air defense devices provided by Western countries to Ukraine, which aims to help Ukraine to resist Russia's air strikes on its key infrastructure, power facilities and other locations.
December last year, the United States announced that it would provide Ukraine with military assistance worth 1.85 billion US dollars (S $ 2.4 billion), including the "Patriot" air defense missile system. In January this year, Germany also announced that it would provide Ukraine with the "Patriot"" ".U.S. CNN (CNN) previously reported that Ukraine received at least two "Patriot" anti -missile systems, a set from the United States and a set from Germany.
The "Patriot", which has been successfully developed in the 1980s, has been improving, mainly including PAC-1, PAC-2 and PAC-3."What model is the system.At that time, it was generally analyzed that the two countries may not provide Ukraine with the most advanced PAC-3, which is likely to be the PAC-2 family.However, from the perspective of the missiles of the "Patriot" missile fell in the missile and defense operation, Ukraine has obtained an advanced PAC-3 missile.
Military expert Han Dong told Peng Mei News that from the photos circulating on the Internet, Ukraine is equipped with the "Patriot" PAC-3 CRI missile. Although it is not the latest model of the PAC-3 family (the latest model is PAC-3MSE), but compared to the PAC-2 missile, the anti-missile performance has been further improved, which also proves that the Western military aid "lower blood" is also proved.in accordance with.
According to the Ukrainian military, in order to destroy the Urban's "Patriot" system, the Russian army launched a violent attack from multiple aspects on the 16th: a "dagger" high -speed missile was launched from a fighter, and it fired from the Black Sea "The "caliber" cruise missiles and the "Iskander" -M tactical ballistic missile launched from land, attacking the total number of missiles from the north, south and east, and the total number of missile launch is 18, of which six are "dagger" missiles.shoot down.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also released the news on the 16th: "In the early morning of this morning, the Russian armed forces used empty and sea -based long -range high -precision weapons to settle in the Ukraine team and ammunition, weapons and weapons and weapons and from Western countries.Military equipment storage has launched a centralized blow. The purpose of the blow has been achieved, and all specified settings have been destroyed. "
For the Ukraine's description of the six "dagger" missiles, the Minister of Defense of Russia responded on the 16th, and Haguko said that the number of Russian "dagger" missiles reported by Ukraine was Russia.The number of launch is three times.
"Comprehensive information of all parties, the Russian army carefully planned to destroy this 'Patriot' missile position, and used cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles and tactical ballistic missiles to conduct saturated strikes from different directions.There are ballistic missiles that take high altitudes, and there are also low -altitude cruise missiles, "analysis of military expert Zhang Xuefeng said." The purpose is to let the Ukraine air defense take care of each other, and there are electronic bait converted from cruise missiles to participate in the war. " "The Patriotian" missile position not only has the military purpose of weakening the Ukraine's air defense capabilities, but also political purposes. Because the aid 'Patriot' system is regarded by the West as a firm support for Ukraine.Russia expressed dissatisfaction to the West. "Han Dong analyzed.
The War Zone, a US military website, said that the "Patriot" missile system is not a myth. Like other anti -missile systems, the "Patriot" will fail.
Before that, the "Patriot" and "dagger" had a record of fighting.The Ukrainian Air Force posted on the social platform on May 6 that on the evening of May 4th, local time, the Ukraine shot down a KH-47 "dagger" high -SE echocontays launched from MiG-31K in Russia.On May 9th, the Pentagon of the United States confirmed that Ukraine used the "Patriot" air defense anti -missile system to intercept the "dagger" high -end -speed missile launched by the Russian army.The Russian military has not responded to the news.
Evolution of offensive and defensive war
The Russian army used advanced land attack missiles such as "dagger" and "caliber" to attack Ukrainian targets. The Ukraine used the "Storm Shadow" cruise missile and the "Thunder" -2 ballistic missile to fight back.
In the past year, in the past year, in terms of the use of long -range missiles to crack down on land, the Russian -Ukraine conflict has basically showed a trend on the side, that is, the Russian army has various types of long -range missiles.The Ukraine lacks such missiles and has few counterattacks. However, as Britain provides Ukraine with a "storm shadow" missile, some new changes have appeared.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 16th that the air defense system equipment intercepted seven "storm shadows" long -range cruise missiles, three "Ham" anti -radar missiles, and seven "Hemaas" rockets in one day.In addition, 22 UAA drones were destroyed.
When using the "Storm Shadow" missile, the Ukraine also uses weapons such as anti -radiation missiles and air -firing bait. This more complicated tactic can improve the missile ability of the missile.There must be a recovery, "Zhang Xufeng said.
On the 13th, four military planes in the Russian army crashed near the Russian and Ukraine border. Some analysts believed that the four military aircraft were shot down by Ukraine.Comprehensive news from the websites of the Russian and American "politicians" websites, the crashing Russian military aircraft are a Su-35 fighter, a Su-34 fighter, and two Mi-8 helicopters.The border between Wu is about 50 kilometers and the staff on board have died.
CNN reported on the 11th that Britain provided Ukraine with a "storm shadow" cruise missile. The missile is a remote cruise missile with stealth ability.Launch.The range of the "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles exceeds 250 kilometers, which is almost the same as that of the U.S. -system "Army Tactical Missile" (ATACMS) required by Ukraine for a long time.
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said that Russia has a negative attitude towards UK with a "storm shadow" cruise missile, and Russia will take necessary response measures.
On the 12th, the Ukraine Su-24 fighter fighter and MiG-29 fighters who fired the "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles were shot down.Sources said that the Ukrainian Air Force fighter plane to launch a missile strike for the Polipak polymer product company and Milam meat processing plant in Lugusk.It is used to combat civil targets.The Ukraine has not responded to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In addition to the "Storm Shadow" missile, Ukraine also began to use a tactical ballistic missile called the Ukraine version of "Iskhandel" -M. Before the missile appeared, the Ukraine used a small range of only 120 kilometers.The "dot" -U tactical ballistic missile attacks.
According to a military observation magazine reported on May 8, Russia's air defense forces on the Crimean Peninsula intercepted two Ukraine "Thunder" -2 ballistic missiles on the 6th."Thunder" -2 is a new type of tactical ballistic missile developed by Ukraine in 2014. The technology is connected with the Russian "Eskander" -M, and its appearance is similar. The maximum range of missiles is 500 kilometers.The test work was completed in 2022. The outbreak of the Russian -Ukraine conflict may affect the setting work, and it was not only on the battlefield until March this year.
"With the arrival of Western aid cruise missiles and air defense missiles, and the" Thunder "-2 missiles are put into use, the missiles of both Russia and Ukraine will be more intense." Han Dong believes.
