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По информации из западных источников. (+)
>Встречалось утверждение, что такие комплексы использовались российскими федеральными силами в чечне. Можно ли узнать общие детали(год, количество пусков)и подтвердить фотоматериалом?
В основном я об этом встречал в буржуйских изданиях. В частности, об этом упоминает хорошо известный Билл Гертц в сообщении от 12 октября. Для полноты - привожу и другие сообщения, где говорится об общей статистике ракетных пусков. Ну а насчет достоверности - это уж Вам судить.
Если СКАДы все еще хранятся на складах, я признаться не вижу причины, почему бы их не могли применить. Кроме того, дальность СКАДов около 300 км в отличие от Точки-У (120 км), поэтому американская СПРН могла их отличить.
С наилучшими пожеланиями,
Е. Мясников
Washington Times
October 29, 1999
Inside The Ring
Notes from the Pentagon
By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times
Missile terror
Pentagon intelligence agencies detected Russia's use of ballistic missiles last week against the Chechen capital of Grozny in what is turning out to be a bloody terror campaign by Moscow against Chechnya. No administration spokesman, however, has conceded knowing about the missile attacks.
U.S. Defense Support Program satellites, which monitor missile launches around the world, spotted and tracked two Russian short-range ballistic missile launches from the Russian city of Mozdok some 60 miles northeast of Grozny. The missiles are believed by intelligence analysts to have been SS-21s, which have a range of between 47 and 75 miles.
The missiles slammed into a crowded Grozny marketplace and a maternity ward on Oct. 21, killing at least 143 persons, according to reports from the region. The Russians claimed the missiles were targeted against militants, but the attack killed scores of civilians.
The Clinton administration, as it has done for years in seeking to shore up the government of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, had only muted criticism of the attacks. Presidential spokesman Joe Lockhart said the "loss of life" caused by the Russians was troubling and that the administration had "expressed it concerns" to Moscow. No mention was made, however, about the use of short-range missiles against the Chechens.
Washington Times
November 12, 1999
Inside The Ring
By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times
Missile terror II
Outrage is growing inside the Pentagon over the refusal of the Clinton administration and private peace groups to condemn ongoing Russian ballistic missile attacks against the Chechen capital of Grozny. We reported earlier in this space how Pentagon satellites tracked two short-range missiles that hit a crowded market and a nearby maternity ward Oct. 21, killing 143 persons.
Now comes word that the Pentagon has tracked 61 Russian short-range ballistic-missile attacks on Chechnya since Sept. 30 when Russian military forces began large-scale military attacks on Chechen rebels.
The missiles have carried high-explosive warheads -- no chemical munitions have been detected and all originated from a single base: Russia's Mozdok air base some 60 miles northeast of Grozny. They included SS-21s and longer-range Scud Bs. One particularly deadly missile strike occurred early Sunday when six SS-21 Scarabs were launched and landed in and around Grozny.
The missile attacks on civilian targets are viewed by the Pentagon as terrorist strikes because of their inaccuracy. The target circle of a Scud B -- the area where a launched missile is likely to land -- is 10 city blocks and that for the SS-21 is one block.
A senior Pentagon official told us he is disgusted that not only is the pro-Moscow Clinton administration silent, but leftist peace groups are as well.
"Where's Greenpeace on this atrocity? Where's Doctors Without Borders? Where's the Union of Concerned Scientists?" the official said.
"Why is the Clinton administration silent?" he said. "The National Security Council knows this. Why is the Clinton administration saying nothing about people launching ballistic missiles on a capital? If the United States did this, there would be an outrage."
Strobe Talbott, the deputy secretary of state, has been briefed on the missile attacks but has done nothing and said nothing to the Russians to stop it. "Why isn't he saying anything to the Russians to stop this atrocious outrage?" the official said.
Washington Times
November 26, 1999
Missile terror update
The Russian missile onslaught against Chechnya continues indiscriminately to target Chechen civilians. As of midweek, Russian forces had fired 107 short-range ballistic missiles into the Chechen capital of Grozny, not only from Mozdok, but from two other nearby missile firing locations as well. The last missile attack took place Sunday when three SS-21s Scarabs were fired from Mozdok, located about 60 miles from Grozny.
Other missiles used include Scuds. "The slaughter is continuing," said one Pentagon official. "It's an ugly picture out there."
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright said on Wednesday that the administration's soft line will continue. The administration will not pressure Moscow to stop the war by threatening to cut off Western aid and cash. "The last thing I think that we should be doing is trying to turn Russia back into an enemy. . . . We should do everything we can to develop a relationship that is rational, that serves both our countries' national interests," she said.