Russian troops have nothing to knock out Ukrainian Neptune missiles - analysts

The findings of analysts based on the Data on the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces on the Saki Aerodrome and the comments of the Navy Commander Vice Admiral Alexei Shepapi were published on Thursday, September 21, on the website of Defense Express. The Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the Saki airfield in the temporarily occupied Crimea on the night of September 21.

The combined attack with the use of drones for "overload" of Russian air defense and modified for striking for land purposes of Neptune missiles could not be repelled, which raises doubt on the effectiveness of their air defense.

Food for reflection on the air defense systems at the disposal of the Russian army is also given details of Ukrainian attacks on the Russian Navy ship in April 2022, which was told by the Navy Commander Vice Admiral Alexei Heapple in a comment for the American edition of The Wall Street Journal. Vice Admiral said that in the spring of 2022 the Ukrainian anti-ship complex "Neptune" actually first passed the shooting for real purposes.

At that moment, the warships of the Russian Navy blocked the Black Sea ports of Ukraine and tried to plant a sea landing on the coast near Odessa. Shepapa confirmed that before the attack on the Russian flagship "Moscow" was also attacked the frigate "Admiral Essen". The frigate was seriously damaged, but was not flooded. In the attack on Admiral Essen, the fact that the crew of the frigate was used to protect against Neptune missiles not shipping systems, but radio electronic lock.

It should be noted that at the time of Moscow at the time of its flooding it was established: the analysis of the photos of the cruiser after defeat of Neptune missiles shows that none of these air defense systems was even brought to combat. Analysts believe that the detonation of anti -aircraft missiles increased the damage obtained by the flagship of the Black Sea Federation.

The probable reason that the Russians have not even tried to use ship air defense, analysts call "the inability to see" Neptune missiles. Admiral Essen Frigate included the following means: Russia states that "pin-1" is capable of knocking down air targets at a distance of 2. 5 km to 50 km and at a height of 5 m to 15 kilometers, performing rockets at speeds of once in 2 seconds.

But for some reason, the "Admiral Essen" also did not use the kinetic products of air defense, but used radio -electronic "muffins". These episodes indicate that the Russian army simply does not have on its weapons, capable of knocking down Neptune missiles. However, the final conclusions based on the facts given by the Navy Commander and the Defense Express edition are too early.