1L269 Krasukha-2/4

Krasukha-2 and -4 at Engineering Technologies 2014
TypeElectronic Counter Measure system
Place of originRussia
Service history
In service2014–present
Used byRussian Federation
Production history
DesignerKRET corporation
ManufacturerKRET corporation,
BAZ (for wheeled platform of Krasukha-4)
Produced2010–present
Variants1L269 Krasukha-2
1RL257 Krasukha-4
Specifications

Operational
range
  • Krasukha-2: 250 km
  • Krasukha-4: 300 km

The Krasukha (Russian: Красуха; English: Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade) is a Russian mobile, ground-based, electronic warfare (EW) system. This system is produced by the KRET corporation on different wheeled platforms.[1] The Krasukha's primary targets are airborne radio-electronics (such as UAVs) and airborne systems guided by radar. The Krasukha has multiple applications in the Russian Armed Forces.[2]

Krasukha-2

The Krasukha-2 is a S-band system designed to jam Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft such as the Boeing E-3 Sentry at ranges of up to 250 kilometres (160 mi).[2] [3] [4] The Krasukha-2 can also jam other airborne radars, such as those for radar-guided missiles. The missiles, once jammed, then receive a false target away from the original to ensure that the missiles no longer pose a threat. The Krasukha-2 guards mobile high-priority targets such as the 9K720 Iskander SRBM.[2]

Krasukha-4

The Krasukha-4 is a broadband multifunctional jamming station mounted on a BAZ-6910-022 four-axle-chassis. It complements the Krasukha-2 system by operating in the X-band and Ku-band, and counters airborne radar aircraft such as the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTAR) Northrop Grumman E-8.[4] The Krasukha-4 has enough range to effectively disrupt low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and can cause permanent damage to targeted radio-electronic devices.[5] Ground based radars are also a viable target for the Krasukha-4.[1]

Operators

Operational history

Krasukha jammers were reportedly deployed to support Russian forces in Syria.[10] They have reportedly been blocking small U.S. surveillance drones from receiving GPS satellite signals.[11] During the Turkish intervention in the Syrian civil war, the complex apparently destroyed a Bayraktar drone by causing it to lose control, subsequently crashing.[12] The Israeli Defense Force had problems in 2021 with the Krasukha S-4 GPS denial system.[13]

In July 2018, an OSCE monitoring mission drone recorded a 1L269 Krasukha-2 among other electronic warfare equipment deployed near Chornukhyne, Ukraine.[14]

In 2018, Russia’s Krasukha-4 microwave cannon reportedly grounded an American AH-64 Apache attack helicopter in Syria by damaging its electrical circuits. [15]

In 2020, Krasukha was reportedly operating around the Russian military base at Gyumri in Armenia to counter the use by Azerbaijan of Turkish-made Bayraktar armed drones as well as Israel-made Harop loitering munition (suicide drones).[16]

The first export contract was officially signed in August 2021.[17]

Krasukha-4 models are also being employed in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Ukrainian forces captured one of these devices in the field near Kyiv. A photograph posted to social media claims to show part of the system, which has been separated from its truck mount and shows some damage.[18][19] The unit was then sent to the United States for examination.[20]

On 9 August 2023, a source in the Russian defense industry told the state news agency TASS that several Southeast Asian nations and an Eastern European country have ordered the Krasukha and Sapphire EW systems.[21]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 ""Electronic warfare complex "Krasuha-4""". KRET. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "1L269 Krasukha-2". Deagel.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. "KRET has fulfilled the state defense order for the delivery of Krasuha-2". Rostek. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Fields of silence and broken cycles: Russia's electronic warfare". Global Defence Technology. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. "Krasukha-4". Deagel.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  6. Secret-difa3 (13 December 2013). "Tout sur la défense au Maghreb: L'Algérie se dote d'un système de brouillage innovant". Tout sur la défense au Maghreb. Retrieved 13 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. "ЦАМТО / / Эфиопия получила из России комплекс радиоэлектронной борьбы 1РЛ257 «Красуха-4»". ЦАМТО / Центр анализа мировой торговли оружием (in Russian). 30 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  8. دفاع و امنیت (4 August 2019). "سامانه مرموز جنگال در ایران +فیلم". mashreghnews.ir/service/defence-news. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  9. "GNA Turkish UAV airstrike on Electronic Warfare System Krasukha south to Sirte last night Sirte".
  10. Axe, David (21 October 2017). "The jammer can disrupt an enemy's own signals, potentially preventing ground-based controllers from steering their drones via satellite". Vice News. Russia deployed Krasukha systems to Syria in an effort to form a sort of electronic shield over Russian and allied forces in the country.
  11. Varfolomeeva, Anna (1 May 2018). "Signaling strength: Russia's real Syria success is electronic warfare against the US". The Defense Post. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  12. "Published a photo of the Turkish Bayraktar TB2, shot down, presumably by the Russian complex "Krasukha"". avia-pro.net. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  13. Egozi, Arie (16 April 2023). "Israeli solutions against the most advanced Electronic Warfare systems". Defence Industry Europe.
  14. OSCE. "Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 10 August 2018". osce.org. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  15. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3214251/scientists-shrink-chinas-starlink-killing-microwave-weapon-new-power-source
  16. Bryen, Stephen (26 October 2020). "Russia knocking Turkish drones from Armenian skies". Asia Times. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  17. "Russia inks deals at Army 2021 forum on delivery of latest electronic warfare systems". TASS. 25 August 2021.
  18. "Ukraine: We managed to identify this bizarre "container", captured today by the UA forces near Kyiv".
  19. thedrive.com 22 March 2022: Ukraine Just Captured Part Of One Of Russia's Most Capable Electronic Warfare Systems
  20. Nicholls, Dominic (23 March 2022). "Russian military secrets could be laid bare after Ukraine captures electronic warfare systems". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  21. "Southeast Asian nations ordering field-tested anti-drone EW systems from Russian makers". TASS. 9 August 2023.
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