Ukraine has sold to the United States multifunctional radar stations (radars) for surface lighting and target designation, which “during the Soviet era and before the beginning of the military confrontation with the Russian Federation” were supplied to Moscow, the director of the Scientific Research Institute of Radar Systems Kvant-Radiolokatsiya told Defense Express Eduard Kasapov.
According to him, the enterprise he heads is the developer of the Mineral, Monolith and Mineral-ME radars, which were “installed on a significant number of various warships, as well as on certain types of target designation devices for coastal complexes that are now available. in the arsenal of the same Russian Federation “.
As noted by Kasapov, in 2020 the company supplied the Mineral-ME radar station to the USA. “They probably need it to study the enemy, since both Russia and China managed to master the production of direct analogs of this station, which indicates the relevance of the product,” he said.
The director of Kvant-Radiolokatsiya also noted that the Ukrainian mobile coastal anti-ship complex ZhK-360MTS “Neptun” (known as ” destroyer ” of the Crimean bridge) Mineral-U radar” may be most needed “.
In December, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) reported , that the MQ-9 Reaper strike drones of the US Air Force (Air Force) will be used for the first time in exercises in Ukraine. Thus, during the exercise, American drones will test the strength of the air defense system of the Armed Forces.