Ukrainian Armed Forces destroy Russian S-300V4 Antey anti-aircraft missile system capable of shooting down ballistic missiles
The Ukrainian Defense Forces managed to destroy the Russian S-300V4 Antey air defense system. To be more precise, two components of the anti-aircraft missile system came under attack.
A month ago, we wrote about how HIMARS was used to destroy two 9A83 launchers and one 9A84 launcher. Now photos of the destroyed 9A83M2 launcher and AA84-2 launcher have been published.
The S-300V4 air defense system is a modernization of the S-300V and S-300VM air defense missile systems. It is capable of intercepting ballistic missiles and aerial threats.
Published September 12, 2023
Russian-occupied #Luhansk Oblast, #UkraineDestroyed Russian 9A83M2 launcher and 9A84-2 launcher-loader of the 9K81M2 S-300V4 air defense complex.
These appear to be previously undocumented losses.
Source: VK pic.twitter.com/ZP44bKy9Xj
– Naalsio (@naalsio26) September 16, 2023
The system can use 9M82 and 9M83 interceptors. The maximum range of ballistic missile interception is 40 km, and the altitude range is from 1 km to 25 km. The S-300V4 can also shoot down cruise missiles within a radius of 100 km. The maximum speed of the hit targets is 3 km/s.
According to open source data, by 2022, the Russian Federation’s ground forces had 24 launchers of the S-300V4 anti-aircraft missile system. Oryx analysts found no documentary evidence of the destruction of 9A83M2 launchers and 9A84-2 launchers, except for the cases we have reported.
