Современность; Локальные конфликты; Евреи и Израиль;
Израильский эксперт нахваливает ракету "Искандер"
Вот такое сообщение в Джейнсе. Мол, Искандер - первая ракета, разработанная с учетом необходимости преодоления западной ПРО ТВД, и ее нахваливает ведущий израильский ракетный эксперт. Кроме того, приведен ии индекс и характеристики для неэкспортной версии для армии РФ - дальность 480 км и вес БЧ 700 кг. Ну и конечно опасения насчет того, что можеет попасть к негодяям, для чего упомниается возможность "био и химической боеголовки"
RUSSIA'S LATEST BALLISTIC MISSILE ON THE MARKET IS 'FIRST EVER DESIGNED
TO COUNTER WESTERN DEFENCES'
Russia's powerful Iskander-E* short-range ballistic missile is designed
to defeat Western ballistic missile defence systems, particularly the
Patriot air-defence system used by Israel etc, Uzi Rubin (former
director of Israel's Missile Defence Agency) has told Jane's Defence
Weekly. Rubin concluded that Iskander-E "is the first ballistic missile
ever to include built-in countermeasures against the West's growing
range of deployed theatre missile defence [TMD] systems."
Jane's Defence Weekly reports that many factors suggest the
non-conventionality of the weapon system. It appears to forego
conventional chaff, flare and anti-radar signals and instead employs
manoeuvring at both launch and attack phases, a low and direct
trajectory and a low radar signature produced by what Russian reports
called "a special composite". Rubin - a world-leading specialist on
missile systems - notes how puzzling these details will be to Western
missile defence specialists.
The Iskander-E has a maximum range of 280 km and a payload of 480 kg to
comply with the limits laid down by the Missile Technology Control
Regime (MTCR) are 300 km range and 500 kg payload. These are reductions
on Russia's own service version '9M72 Tender' that can hold a 700kg
warhead or reduce this to 480kg to boost range to 400km. In each case
these missiles can be used to carry be nuclear, chemical or biological
warheads.
Nations such as Syria (in 2004) and Iran (in 2001) were reported to have
shown interest in purchasing this weapon - which is currently available
to the market - however this seems an unlikely event and was denied in
each case. Russia appears to be courting its market by revealing many
of the missile details in a 21 February 2005 broadcast on Moscow's
Channel 1 television news programme. "Missileers are usually wary of
showing their hands regarding countermeasures," said Rubin. "I can only
interpret the Russians' bout of transparency as a marketing effort
toward customers who face theatre missile defence systems."
