ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S USE OF SEA-BASED CRUISE MISSILES COMPLEХЕS «CALIBER» ON GROUND TARGETS DURING THE WAR WITH UKRAINE, CONCLUSIONS AND PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

• Andrey Katsan

  Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

• Vadim Kanischev

  Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

• Aleksandr Rasstrygin

  Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The article presents the results analysis of russian federation's use of sea-based cruise missiles «Kalibr»-3M-14 against ground targets during the war with Ukraine. The specifications of russian cruise missiles of various purposes and basing are given, among which special attention is given to the 3M-14 cruise missile. According to the results of the analysis the conclusions about the peculiarities of the use of such missiles on the ground infrastructure of Ukraine are made, some fragments of the use of cruise missile «Kalibr» on the infrastructure in Kiev are given. The results of scientific and technical examination of fragments of «Kalibr» cruise missiles which were examined by the institute specialists as to the applied radio-element base, its compliance with the modern level, availability of foreign-made radio-elements, including the states which imposed embargo on military radio-element base supply to russia, are briefly described. The issues of necessary development and application of various means and protection measures, especially important military and civil infrastructure facilities from the mentioned cruise missile type were discussed. It is noted, that now in Ukraine there are no similar domestic cruise missile models, but it is emphasized, that the availability of anti-ship missile system «Neptun», which effectiveness against sea targets has been confirmed on the example of the destruction of the cruiser «Moscow» and which is now able to destroy objects of coastal infrastructure, can become the prototype of the future domestic cruise missile medium-range especially important objects of military and civil infrastructure from the type of cruise missile if the corresponding modernization.

1. Aleksandr Rasstrygin, Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

   Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

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