Russian officer, commander of the division of Zenitchikov Lieutenant Sergey Maenkov, who became the only participant in the “Clean Sky” contest, which was able to hit the NSRK “Needle” Chinese TY-300D missile, explained his success in competitions. His words on Friday, September 3, leads “Moscow Komsomolets”.
Maenkov graduated from the military academy of military air defense of the Armed Forces in Smolensk in 2020, and then was sent by the commander of the platoon on Kuril, to the island of Kunashir. While studying, he participated in the contests of Zenitchikov. So, in 2018, the officer as part of the team took second place at the All-Armenian competitions in Yeisk.
The decision to perform on the “clean sky” in China, Maenkov took in 2020, when he had already served in Kunashir – such a task was given by the division commander.
“in front of China we had almost a two-month training process. It was held on the basis of the training center in Yeisk and at the Kapustin Yar Polygon in the Astrakhan Region … It was physically hard. I had to break ourselves somewhere, to make training, even if tired . But otherwise it is impossible to achieve the result, “the officer told. He also explained that during training with CRCC, first of all, it is necessary to analyze each step and “think head”.
Commenting on its success in the “pure sky”, Maenkov noted that first of all he was connected with training. “Well, and a little luck, probably,” he specified.
Earlier in the network there was a video with a shooting of Maenkova on the Chinese rocket TY-300D from the NSRK “Needle-S”. It was noted that on the site of combat shooting, the Officer was the only one of all the participants of the competition struck by a direct hit by the Chinese target missile, which imitated a high-speed air target at an altitude of 1.5 kilometers.
Army international games are held from August 22 to September 4 in the territory of 11 countries, including Russia. The military of more than 40 states take part in them. In China, in particular, there are contests such as Suvorov Natisk, “Clean Sky” and “Safe Wednesday”.