Russias Almaz-Antey Displays Components of Newly Deployed S-400 Triumf SAM System

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Russia's Almaz-Antey displays components

of newly deployed S-400 Triumf SAM system
Date Posted: 05-Sep-2007
Author: Miroslav Gyurosi Correspondent
Publication: Jane's Missiles & Rockets
Russia's S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile (SAM) system made its first public appearance at the
MAKS 2007 air show, writes Miroslav Gyurosi.
Manufacturer Almaz-Antey displayed three components of the system - the 55K6 mobile command
post fitted to the Ural-532361 8 x 8 wheeled chassis, the 92N6 multifunctional (tracking and
missile-guidance) radar fitted to the MZKT-7930 8 x 8 heavy wheeled chassis and 5P85T2 semitrailer launcher towed by a BAZ-6402 tractor.
An operational battery would have up to 12 5P85TE2 (tractor with semi-trailer) and/or 5P85SE2
(self-propelled) launchers, each carrying four missiles in transporting-launching containers.
Since all the components are mobile, a system can prepare for movement in less than five
minutes, and be ready for action less than five minutes after reaching a new deployed position.
All three S-400 items at MAKS had been borrowed from the first deployed unit. They were present
only on the opening day of the show, which was attended by Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The basic S-400 Triumf system being promoted for export would have a 55K6E command post,
91N6E long-range surveillance radar, and 92N6E multifunctional radar.
Optional hardware would include the 96L6E surveillance radar and a 40V6M transportable tower
for elevating the antenna unit of the 92N6E multifunctional radar.
It is not certain if the Russian S-400 configuration being deployed in the Moscow region includes
the 91N6, a 600 km range radar that is probably intended to send information to several S-400
batteries. The NATO designation 'Gravestone' has been reported for this radar, but has yet to be
confirmed. Each battery will have a 300 km range 96L6, 23 of which have been ordered.
Having the 91N6 radar at a higher level in the overall air-defence system would conform to the
traditional Russian tactical philosophy that each SAM battery must be able to operate
autonomously if it loses tactical information normally supplied from a higher level of the air-defence
system. For example, in the basic S-300PMU-1 system, a 64N6 surveillance radar provides data
to up to six S-300 batteries, each of which has its own 35D6 (ST-68UM) - export designation 36D6
- surveillance radars and 76N6 low-level surveillance radars.
Export customers may not share this philosophy, so centralising the surveillance function in a
small number of 91N6 radars might prove acceptable. It would reduce the system's acquisition and
running costs. The 96L6 would remain an option if a more damage-resilient air-defence system is
required.
Although the system externally resembles the earlier S-300PMU, the most obvious external
difference is that all the vehicle-mounted components are mounted on new vehicles or drawn by a
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new truck, all of which were developed and produced in Russia and Belarus.
The most important changes are internal. The electronic subsystems are all based on new
hardware, while the missile-guidance functions are handled by new algorithms. Designers
probably used new-generation phase shifters in the antenna of the 92N6 multifunction radar. The
entire engagement sequence is faster, more reliable and more resistant to jamming.
In its first phase of operational service, the system will use the 48N6-2 missile originally developed
for the older S-300PMU-2 Favorit system and the 48N6-3. The newest member of the 5V55/48N6
family of missiles, this has a longer range and an improved warhead. The transporting-launching
container of the 48N6-3 missile is noticeably different to that used by earlier 5V55/48N6 rounds,
having a heavier rim at the base of the container and a greater number of reinforcing rings.
According to Almaz-Antey, the system can detect air targets at ranges of up to 600 km and
simultaneously track up to 300 targets. The 92N6 multifunction radar covers a full 360 degrees in
azimuth and elevations of up to 14 degrees when used against aerodynamic targets. In the antiballistic missile role is has a coverage of 60 x 75 degree.
Aerodynamic targets can be engaged at slant ranges of 3 km to 240 km, ballistic missiles at 5 km
to 60 km. Altitude coverage is from 30 ft up to almost 90,000 ft. Targets at the longest ranges and
greatest heights must be engaged with the 48N6-3 missile. The highest target speed for an
engagement is 4,800 m/s.
A fully equipped battery will have 72 ready-to-fire missiles and will be able to engage up to 24
targets simultaneously, directed a two-missile salvo against each.
A total of 23 systems have been ordered by the Russian Federation in the first phase of an
acquisition programme expected to run until 2015. The initial deliveries will equip the air-defence
forces that protect the Moscow region.
The 5P85TE semitrailer launcher carries four ready-to-fire missiles. (Miroslav Gyurosi)
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Like all other components of the S-400 system, the command post can be ready to move in less
than five minutes. (Miroslav Gyurosi)
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The multifunction tracking and missile-guidance radar is designated 92N6; the export version is
the 92N6E. (Miroslav Gyurosi)
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