He worked autonomously: the Armed Forces told how Patriot knocked the Russian "dagger"

The Ukrainian military does not know where the rocket was flying, because it was destroyed at great altitude. The Patriot Air Defense Complex has knocked down the Russian Aerobalist Racket. Yuriy Ignat, a spokesman for the Air Force of Ukraine, told "public" in a comment on May 13. According to Ignati, the Patriot has an automatic mode in which it destroys "everything that flies" - it is enough for the operator to click on the "machine" button.

In this mode, the complex launches a rocket on the target that the radar is stuck, and it flies towards the "dagger" when it is reduced. Yuri Ignat added that the air defense forces were beaten by a Russian rocket at high altitude and do not know where it was targeting. High in the sky, the slightest deviation changes the location by tens of kilometers. "You can only guess where he had to fly. If Patriot defended himself, then thank God," the AFU representative emphasized.

According to Yuri Ignat, the Russians launch "daggers" by goals with pre-known coordinates, rockets fly signals from satellites and get 10-20 meters. In his opinion, the rocket could not overcome the Patriot, caught the radiation of its radar systems-there are other types of weapons, such as X-31 anti-radar missiles. In addition, the Russians have X-22, which are tuned to contrasting metal targets. "We have nothing to complain about.

We have a different multi -level branched system: both Western and Soviet. It is a little adapted and integrated into a single air defense system of the state. There is a radar from him (Patriot - Ed. ) The combat situation where the combat service is sitting is reflected. The combat service sees the goals and makes the decision to destroy them, "Yuri Ignat said. On May 5, information appeared that the Armed Forces had been shot down for the first time the Russian hypersonic rocket "dagger".