Head of military air defense Leonov: military air defense shot down more than 160 planes and helicopters

MOSCOW, December 26 – RIA Novosti. During the special operation, the Russian military air defense shot down more than 160 aircraft and helicopters, 3,000 unmanned aerial vehicles and more than 1,700 missiles and rockets, which was more than 60% of the total loss of enemy air targets. declaration Alexander Leonov, head of military air defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

He said that among the targets shot down were American HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and HARM anti-radar missiles.

According to him, to counter the warheads of ballistic missiles, AWACS detection and control aircraft, the military air defense was equipped with S-300V4 anti-aircraft missile systems. There are also deliveries of medium-range air defense systems “Buk-M3”, “Tor-M2”.

Leonov also talked about the completion of development work on the Gibka-S project, the development of a reconnaissance and control vehicle for a platoon commander, and an anti-aircraft artillery combat vehicle, an installation of MANPADS placed on it, capable of autonomous operation at any time. time of day.

Also, according to the head of military air defense, an analysis of the characteristics of the American HIMARS and MLRS systems was carried out, after which the S-300V4, Buk-M3 and Tor-M2 were finalized. These complexes struck 65% of all destroyed enemy air assault weapons. The general noted that the Igla and Verba portable anti-aircraft missile systems accounted for one-third of the destroyed manned aircraft of the Ukrainian army.