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| Rooshun gunners to operate new AD system in Syria |
| 2015-09-12 |
| Ukrainian media said Friday that Russian specialists will be operating the ZRPK "Carapace" AA system sent to Syria two years ago. The ZRPK “Carapace” is a short range AAA and SAM system they say can down low flying cruise missiles such as the US Tomahawk. There are several versions including one in use by the Russian Navy and one cold weather version that is either deployed in the arctic or soon will be. The Rooshuns say the vehicles electronics/radar can track and classify as many as 100 aerial objects. News reports published two years ago indicated that the Russian naval vessels can tie in their communications and radar data injto Syria's air defense net in order to counter low flying threats, presumably including the ZRPK "Carapace" AA system. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 One of the Mod's compared this system's Leitmotif to that of the T-28 landship. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-09-12 13:10 |
| #1 Gotta be sure and keep a lid on capacities and capabilities. Might need to be used to defend Mother Russia sometime, and there's no reason to give away the whole project here. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-09-12 10:24 |