Russia’s Defense Ministry has received the top-notch anti-radar system Krasukha-4. The system is designed to guard against aircraft-based electronic surveillance - including that carried out by drones.
Bryansk electromechanical plant has delivered 1RL257 Krasukha-4
broadband multifunctional jamming stations to the defense
ministry, RIA Novosti reported on Sunday, citing a spokesman from
the Radioelectronic Technologies group.
The stations, which will complement Krasukha-2 units already in
use by the Russian army, will provide the military with powerful
radar jamming capability.
While technical details of the units have remained top-secret,
sources cited by Russian media have described the system as
“unique.”
Krasukha-4 is able to effectively shield objects on the ground
against radio-locating surveillance satellites, ground-based
radars, or aircraft-installed Airborne Warning and Control
Systems (AWACS), a source with knowledge of the system told
Izvestiya.
The protective jamming shield may span up to a 300-kilometer
radius, he said.
Moreover, interference caused by Krasukha-4 will render
radio-controlled missile attacks ineffective. The system has been
designed to counter attacks from enemies possessing advanced
technologies, the source added.
More specifically, the new Russian system has been described as a
tool against “flying radars,” such as the USAF E-8 Joint STARS
aircraft, or reconnaissance satellites - like the United States’
Lacrosse satellite - and a means of protection against
surveillance and combat unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known
as drones.
Media sources named the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk and the
General Atomics MQ-1 Predator as drones which Krasukha-4 could
guard ground objects and troops against.