Ukrainian Special Forces Destroyed Russia's Newest Buk-M3 System

And the Nebo-U radar.

Special Operations Forces destroyed the latest Buk-M3 air defense system and also hit the Nebo-U radar station of the Russians.

The AFU Special Operations Forces report.

"On the night of September 28, the SDF of Ukraine in cooperation with the insurgent movement in the Russian Federation "Chernaya Iskra" carried out special measures. As a result, the Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system and the Nebo-U early detection radar station were turned into scrap metal in the Rostov region," the SDF said in a statement.

The cost of each of the complexes is measured in several hundred million dollars. "Buk-M3" is capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 80 kilometers, while "Nebo-U" can detect fighter jets at a distance of up to 400 kilometers. Both systems posed a major threat to Ukrainian combat aviation operations in the frontline zone and prevented Ukrainian strikes deep into the Russian Federation.

What is known about the Buk-M3

"Buk-M3 is a medium-range land-based air defense system. It is designed to engage air targets, fire at radio-contrasting ground targets and defeat surface targets. The complex is capable of engaging air targets flying at speeds of up to 3 km/s at distances from 2.5 to 80 km and altitudes from 15 m to 35 km.

The Buk-M3 is based on the Buk-M2 complex with a transition to new electronic components. It was supposed to take the complex into service in 2009, but these plans were not realized.

Then in the first half of 2013 it was planned to begin serial production of the complex, but at the end of the year the media announced that the arrival of Buk-M3 SAMs in the Russian Armed Forces is planned for 2016.

Characteristics of the station "Nebo-U"

"Nebo-U" is a Russian radar station of the meter wavelength range. The developer is the Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering. It is produced in versions for air defense forces and for ground troops.

In the air defense version, the antenna system is more complex, installation and dismantling time is much longer, the station's capabilities are wider. In the Army version, the antenna system is simplified to increase mobility.

The accuracy of altitude measurement is 400-600 meters, depending on the height of the target. The radar detects targets at 500 m altitude at a range of 65 km, and at 20 km altitude at a range of over 400 km.

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