Rescue "web": tether shelters for aircraft have been developed
Russia has developed anti-roon shelters for airplanes and helicopters. They consist of steel folding arches and cable sections that can contain even a fairly large UAV. Experts note that such shelters can protect against small tactical kamikaze drones and minimize damage when attacked by more powerful machines. Different types of shelters for equipment and industrial facilities, new drones and small arms can be seen at the Interpolitex international exhibition in Moscow.
Protection made of rope
A protective structure for helicopters is a folding hemisphere with a diameter of 16 meters. This solution allows landing a helicopter in the center of the shelter, after which a cable structure can be placed over it. It consists of a rigid frame made of square steel pipe and a wire mesh. The mesh side of such a net varies from 50 to 180 mm.
Special hydraulic cylinders help to close and open the structure. The method of installation is fixation of the central nodes in the airfield surface. The weight of the shelter is about 10 tons. The developer is Garda company.
There is a second variant of the shelter - a simpler one. A rectangular shelter with a length of 32 meters and a width of 26 meters and a height of 9 meters is built on the airfield using eight poles and a cable net.
Refueling the Mi-8AMTSh helicopter involved in a special military operation in the Kharkiv area at a field airfield
The wire mesh protects aircraft from all sides. One side, from where aircraft will be rolled up, is a hinged canopy of cable netting. The developer claims that both designs allow the Mi-8 helicopter to be protected from enemy UAVs. In this case, the smaller Ka-52 or Mi-28 will also easily fit into the shelter.
For airplanes the company offers hangar-type frame structures. Its internal volume: length - 30 m, height - 9 m, width - 12 m.
The frame of such hangar consists of vertical arches-supports made of steel square tube. The space between them is filled with a "web" of cables. The structure is installed on a strip foundation or a special contour of steel profile.
Ka-52 attack helicopters of the Russian Air Force at the base airfield in the special military operation zone
- All aviation equipment is expensive, and the damage caused by drones, of course, will exceed the cost of creating such a defense many times over," Dmitry Vlasov, Deputy General Director of Garda Company, told Izvestia. - Such shelters can be reinforced at the customer's request, and they will be able to hold even large aircraft-type UAVs. In addition, the cells will not let small drones through - they will not slip into them. Of course, they will let the energy of the explosion through - a mesh is a mesh. But if there is an explosion, it will happen at a distance, and this will seriously reduce the damage.
In addition, such shelters can be reinforced by means of electronic warfare or air defense, he said.
According to the developer, the net is made of stainless cables and parts-connectors. They are produced in Russia. Garda also manufactures, installs and maintains the structures.
Mi-28 helicopter during a combat sortie in the special military operation zone
Military expert Yury Lyamin told Izvestia that such shelters can save from kamikaze drones.
- A web of cables will stop any of them," he said. - Attempts to take out our aviation at airfields in this way have been recorded even deep inside the country.
Also at the exhibition was presented the "Perimeter" defense system, which allows to control this or that territory. In order to stop the penetration of a person or animal, special sensors connected by fiber-optic cable are attached to the fence of the protected object.
- If any pressure is exerted on the cable, a signal is immediately sent to the guard station," the developers said. - The system consumes a minimum of electricity - it can work for up to two years on batteries. It is already ready to be installed at the country's airfields.
Combat drones
Concern Kalashnikov presented a whole line of small arms - AK-12 assault rifles, PPK-20 pistol, RPL-20 hand-held machine gun, SV-98 sniper rifle and other systems.
In addition, two small tactical drones - the Goliath and Karakurt UAVs - were shown at the exhibition. Both drones are presented in two modifications - for day and night use. The Goliath drone is a reconnaissance and strike version. The flight time of the drone is up to 40 minutes. The radius of action is 4 kilometers.
Goliath UAV
- The drone can safely carry grenade launchers," said Roman Bartagov, a representative of the UAVS Avia development company (part of the Kalashnikov concern).- It carries a drop system, due to which it operates not only in "kamikaze" mode, but is also capable of attacking the enemy with grenade launchers, hitting lightly armored enemy vehicles or manpower.
The Karakurt drone is designed for reconnaissance purposes. The flight time is 25 minutes, the radius of action is 1.5-2 kilometers.
Karakurt UAV
"Karakurt" is placed in a transport and launch container and is removed from it by a spring - this seriously reduces the deployment time. In addition, the container protects the UAV from any mechanical damage, which allows it to be carried in a backpack.
- The drones have been tested in the NWO zone," said Roman Bartagov. - The feedback from the military is positive. Therefore, at the moment the products are being prepared for full-scale production and delivery to the troops.
According to the manufacturers, these small reconnaissance drones can be launched indoors. They can become the "eyes" of assault groups, moving ahead and transmitting a picture to the fighters.
