The Ukrainian military has already conducted three tests of extra-atmospheric destruction systems designed to intercept air and ballistic threats in near space. The main goal of the development is to counter Russian ballistic missiles "Oreshnik", which the Russian army uses for strikes from orbital trajectories.
The Ukrainian military has already conducted three tests of extra-atmospheric destruction systems designed to intercept air and ballistic threats in near space. The main goal of the development is to counter Russian ballistic missiles "Oreshnik", which the Russian army uses for strikes from orbital trajectories.
This is reported by The Guardian. Russia has already used the Oreshnik system at least three times - a complex that launches missiles into near space, where they are divided into several warheads with individual guidance. Since the launch sites of these missiles are mainly located deep in the territory of the Russian Federation and so far remain outside the zone of defeat, Ukraine has focused on destroying targets directly in the extra-atmospheric part of the flight.
“This is a priority. We have already demonstrated launches of extra-atmospheric systems and are working to see if we can put them into mass production,” said Fedir Venislavsky, chairman of the subcommittee on state security of the parliamentary defense committee. He added that the main challenge for the project remains funding.
Russia's war against Ukraine is increasingly taking place in the space domain. Recently, the Russian Kosmos-2612 spacecraft carried out approach and intimidation maneuvers towards the Finnish ICEYE satellite , which provides the Ukrainian Armed Forces with radar images.
