Leleka drone helps the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy Pole-21 electronic warfare system (video)
The Pole-21 system suppresses satellite navigation over an area of up to 150 square kilometers, preventing the use of precision weapons.
The Ukrainian military used a drone to destroy the Russian Pole-21 electronic warfare system in Kherson region. This was reported on Facebook by the Aerial Reconnaissance public organization.
Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance officers launched a Leleka drone over the occupied part of the Kherson region and discovered several electronic warfare systems located in one of the settlements. A group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine called “Lesniki” (Foresters) launched precision artillery strikes at the specified coordinates, destroying enemy equipment. Judging by the date indicated in the video, the attacks took place on March 13, 2023.
“Do you remember how we raised money for the Leleka? It’s so beautifully adjusts artillery,” Aerorazvedka noted.
The Pole-21 electronic warfare system interferes with and suppresses any signals from navigation satellites within a range of more than 25 km
Russians use P-340 Pole-21 electronic warfare systems to suppress satellite communications. According to ArmyInform, they entered service with the Russian Armed Forces in 2016. The complex interferes with and suppresses any signals from navigation satellites within a range of more than 25 km, which are used to guide precision weapons that are lost in space and cannot perform a combat mission.
R-340 radars are built on a modular principle, and Pole-21 is a radio jamming post consisting of antennas and instrumentation. The complex includes a control center that provides communication between 100 posts. Each module has a power of up to 600 watts. The interference generators, along with antennas, are placed on towers or masts, and can also be placed on vehicles.
According to Oleksandr Kovalenko, a military and political observer of the Information Resistance group, one transmitter covers an area of almost 1.5 square kilometers. According to Ihor Sydorenko, a researcher of Russian equipment, Russians usually install many Pole-21 modules over a large area, and one R-340 RP complex with 100 active posts covers an area of 150 square kilometers. Military expert Serhiy Nalyvayko added that the technology allows for selective jamming of navigation systems, for example, only GPS or only Galileo.
