Russia begins testing weapon that can blind enemy missiles
KRET Corporation is developing many new systems such as microwave weapons that can disable enemy missile seekers.
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Krasukha-2 jamming system developed by KRET. Photo:Vitaly Kuzmin. |
"The testing of new electromagnetic weapons is ongoing in laboratories and real environments. We have developed microwave weapon complexes and achieved many successes,"TASSquoted advisor to the director of the Russian Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (KRET) Vladimir Mikheyev as saying yesterday.
These weapons systems can disable enemy electronic equipment, such as communication systems and missile seekers. KRET is also researching countermeasures against similar enemy weapons. Russia is also planning to develop a small electromagnetic gun for use on 6th generation drones.
KRET is one of Russia's leading defense corporations in the field of radio-electronics. Many of KRET's modern weapons have been deployed in practice, such as the Krasukha-4 electronic warfare complex operating at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria.
Mikheyev announced last week that Russia is about to deploy to Syria modern electronic warfare systems that can control Syrian airspace and monitor military activities in a large area, including the activities of Israeli fighter jets as soon as they are on the runway./.
