Vietnam produces anti-radar camouflage nets

Factory Z176 (General Department of Defense Industry) has successfully produced camouflage nets that can prevent radar and infrared reconnaissance.

Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, enemy reconnaissance means are increasingly sophisticated and modern, so investing in research on high-tech camouflage materials has become an urgent requirement.

Over the years, Factory Z176 has focused all aspects on the task of researching, testing and successfully producing camouflage nets using new materials such as nano and magnetic materials.

If previously, camouflage nets only had anti-optical reconnaissance features, now the new product being produced by Factory Z176 has many more superior features, ensuring coverage and anti-radar and infrared reconnaissance.

The product has been tested in military exercises with good results. From that success, Factory Z176 is continuing to research technology to produce thermal imaging camouflage products for special forces and special reconnaissance forces, meeting the requirements of training missions and combat readiness of the army.

The S-300PMU1 system is camouflaged with Vietnamese-made nets.

Not only producing high-tech camouflage nets, Vietnam is currently planning to turn conventional bombs into smart bombs. In an article at the end of 2016 about the achievements of the Air Defense - Air Force Technical Institute, the People's Army Online Newspaper revealed some research directions for manufacturing new weapons products produced by Vietnam in the near future.

"In the coming time, the institute's development strategy will focus on researching, designing, and manufacturing key, strong products, such as: Continuing to test new types of radar (3D phased array radar); developing unmanned aircraft for military training and other economic and social purposes;

research and manufacture of solid rocket fuel; improve conventional bombs into smart bombs; design and manufacture short-range missile complexes using P-13M aviation missiles...", the People's Army Newspaper reported.

This is clearly good news for the Vietnamese defense industry and military, especially before posting this information, Vietnam had successfully produced the TL-01 air defense missile and the KCT-15 anti-ship missile with the help of Russia.

So after a period of implementation, the Project "Manufacturing low-altitude air defense missile TL-01" (Vietnamese version of the Igla missile produced by Russia) has achieved amazing results and is truly a great step forward in gradually becoming self-sufficient in the supply of modern weapons of the Vietnam People's Army.

According to public information, this missile assembly production line has now gone into production, starting to provide modern products, contributing to a gradual fundamental change in the quality of low-altitude air defense forces, mainly replacing the A-72 and A-87 missiles that have expired.

Before this information appeared, in early 2015, Vietnam had successfully researched and manufactured a main electronic component of the Igla missile complex type 9P516. To successfully manufacture, the research team had mastered the technology and manufactured 6 electronic blocks that met foreign technical standards; and transferred them to domestic factories for assembly into the launch mechanism.

The authors have also completed design documents and technology documents for manufacturing electronic blocks suitable for the skills of Vietnamese technicians and workers. Based on mastering the technology, scientists have also researched, improved, and localized the 9P516 type electronic block.

As a result, 2/4 of the electronic block boards have been completely localized (produced from domestic materials and components), tested for compatibility and functioned well with the prototype boards in the launch mechanism; the remaining 2 boards are being researched in the direction of using domestic components combined with foreign ones, with initial good results.

The research, design and successful manufacture of the 9P516 electronic block has high practical significance, helping to master technology, proactively source components and materials; reduce dependence on foreign experts, contributing to improving the quality of technical assurance work and combat readiness.

According to Baodatviet