Päätin muistin virkistämiseksi hakea, millaista ulottumaa S-300 järjestelmän ohjuksille on väitetty maasta-maahan käytön osalta.
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The S-300 is in fact less effective than the same 9M528 missile from the Smerch MLRS. The warhead of an air defense missile system is always fragmentation or fragmentation rod. High-explosive action, even for hitting air targets, is minimal, the main damage comes from striking elements. If we take the warhead of the 9M55F Smerch missiles - 258 kg, of which 95 kg of explosives and 1100 submunitions weighing 50 grams each. And a rocket of the 5V55 family - there the warhead has a weight of 133 kg, of which 47 kg of explosives. The number of fragments is also many times less.
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The most common missiles for S-300 anti-aircraft systems are 5V55, which have a range of up to 75 km, and a warhead weight of 133 kg. The proven range of launching 5V55 missiles against ground targets is 120 km and these missiles fly along a ballistic trajectory (obviously, we are talking about some new, previously unknown modification). That is, by deploying S-300 launchers on the territory of Belarus, the Russian military can target Ukrainian cities on the conditional Kovel-Sarny-Korosten-Kyiv line, and initially Ukrainian air defense system was powerless against them. The specifics of the operation of such a missile is that it creates a cloud of damaging elements. In the case of the 5V55 rocket, these are 133 kg of steel cubes approximately 1 × 1 × 1 cm in size each, flying tens of meters from the epicenter of the explosion.
Compared to the 5V55 missiles, the 48N6DM missile has a larger warhead and flight range - 180 kg and 250 km against air targets, respectively. Director of Defense Express Sergey Zgurets claims that the proven launch range of 48N6DM as a ground-to-ground missile is from 230 km and it also flies along a ballistic trajectory, covering a distance of 200 km in one to two minutes. This zone of destruction allows shelling such cities as Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Lutsk and even Lvov from the territory of Belarus. How many of these missiles are left in the Russian army is still unknown.
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The Russians often launch old S-300 missiles in Ukraine, which need to be disposed of. And they have many. There are about 7,000 of them. Instead of spending money on disposal, they are simply released across our territory. Counting how much they used them, then these missiles will last them for another 3 years. At the same time, in September 2022, the main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine noted that Russia would have enough missiles for at least three years to strike at the territory of Ukraine.
Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, spoke about this in the podcast of Ukrayinska Pravda "(Not) a Safe Country" on 09 September 2022. “The number of missiles depends on what the Russian Federation is currently using. We calculated: S-300 are missiles that have been in storage for more than 30 years, and most of them for 35-40 years. This is actually a missile that needs to be removed from service. They are being processed. There are about 7,000 of them. Instead of spending money on disposal, they are simply released through our territory. If you count how much they use them, then they will have enough of these missiles for another 3 years."
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Eli ohjuksesta riippuen ulottumaksi kerrotaan joko 120km tai 230km, tosin tuo lyhyempi on yleisempi.
Ryssä on iskenyt Kharkovan kaupunkiin hyvin tiuhaan näillä ohjuksilla, joten jos piirtää ympyrän jonka keskipiste on Kharkovan kaupungissa (toki joutuu arvaamaan sen paikan) niin saa karkeasti sen alueen, jolta ohjukset on täytynyt laukaista.
Lainasin myös GUR:n Skibitskyn kommentin (9.9.2022) jonka mukaan ohjusten arvioidaan riittävän kolmen vuoden ajaksi, jos käyttö jatkuu samansuuruisena ja jos arvio ohjusten määrästä on oikea. Tästä nähdään että kolme vuotta tulisi täyteen 9.9.2025 eli noin yhden vuoden ja viiden kuukauden kuluttua.
