Lockheed Martin Video Appears To Show Simulated Attack On Russian S-400 System
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has released a video
showing PrSM long-range precision-strike missile system carrying out a
simulated attack on what appears to be a Russian S-400 air defence system
The three-minute
video, released on
Friday on the company’s official YouTube account, showed a computer-simulated
attack of the U.S. Army’s next-generation, long-range precision-strike missile
on the enemy’s Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) site.
The Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM, is a new surface-to-surface weapon
system that will deliver enhanced capabilities to attack, neutralize, suppress
and destroy targets using missile-delivered indirect fires out to 499+
kilometers. PrSM provides the Joint Force Commander with increased range,
lethality, survivability and missile load out, as noted by the company.
Lockheed Martin’s PrSM missile contains an insensitive munition (IM)
propulsion system and IM energetic payload capable of defeating the PrSM
target set. It also features an open systems architecture design for maximum
affordability and flexibility, is modular for future growth and HIMARS and
M270 compatible.
Perhaps the key part of the video is the scene showing an aerial view of the
“target” that has been identified as the position of the Russian-made S-400
SAM that included 5P85TE2 self-propelled launchers, 92N6 multi-role fire
control radar, 91N6E acquisition and battle management radar and 5T58-2
missile transporter.
According to the
Air Power Australia‘s website, the S-400 (SA-21) system is the most recent evolution of the
Russian S-300P family of SAM systems, initially trialled in 1999. The
principal distinctions between the S-400 and its predecessor lie in further
refinements to the radars and software, and the addition of four new missile
types in addition to the legacy 48N6E/48N6E2 used in the S-300PMU2 Favorit.
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