Interspecies Center for Reb. Aviation, ground and sea electronic warfare systems. Russian electronic warfare technology is superior to Western analogues

Location of the 15th separate brigade electronic warfare, or military unit 71615 is the village of Stroitel, Tambov region. The unit's activities are aimed at protecting troops' command and control systems from enemy attacks and reducing the effectiveness of their actions. Feature electronic warfare troops is that they do not come into combat contact with the enemy, and strikes only in virtual space and radio air.

The main types of electronic warfare are electronic suppression of enemy signals and electronic defense from them. The impact is carried out using electromagnetic fields of special installations. Radio interference at the enemy frequency is created by active (jamming stations and transmitters) and passive (working on the principle of reflection) means.

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The predecessor of the brigade was the 225th separate regiment electronic warfare (military unit 64055), created in 2009. At that time, he was stationed in the city of Novomoskovsk, Tula region. In 2011, the division was reorganized, the entire military equipment and signal tracking consoles were transported to Tambov, to the territory of military unit 71615. In April 2011, the regiment was given the name 15 separate electronic warfare brigade, awarded battle banner and other regalia.

Eyewitness impressions

The village where the brigade is based among local population known as “Infantry” - the Tambov Infantry School was founded here (1932). Currently the premises educational institution allocated for barracks, administrative buildings and classrooms of such a unit as military unit 71615.
As for the conditions of service, conscript and contract soldiers live in comfortable, crew-type dormitories. There are separate accommodation buildings for contract soldiers and conscripts. Each barracks has four common showers, a rest room and a sports area. Civilian personnel are responsible for maintaining equipment and cleaning the external territory and barracks premises. Military personnel are used for the above-mentioned duties only on park and maintenance day on Saturdays.

Field exercises last about a month and are usually held at the Triguliai training ground. The exercises can take place jointly with cadets of the 1084th Interservice Training Center and combat use electronic warfare troops.

Cooking and catering is also entrusted to civilian outsourcing. Meals are served on a queuing system and are organized as a buffet (several dishes to choose from). Officers and soldiers eat in the same room. Every day, a doctor from the medical unit monitors the quality of food. In addition to the dining room, the garrison has a tea room.
According to eyewitnesses, there is no hazing, since the unit belongs to authorized units, and soldiers are physically examined every day.

The unit is currently being re-equipped, and those wishing to enter the contract service are subject to the following requirements:

• The applicant's age is from 18 to 40 years;
• Passing a multi-level selection (physical physical fitness standards, medical commission);
• Completing retraining or training at a special training center (in Tambov this is the 1084th Interspecies Center training and combat use of electronic warfare troops).

Conscripts before the start military service undergo a young fighter course (about 1 month), and then take the oath. Relatives and friends of the employee of military unit 71615 are allowed to come to this event. Soldiers are allowed to leave after taking the oath only on the security of the passport of their parents or wife. Relatives coming to the oath should know that it is held on Saturday at 9.00 am, but they should arrive at the checkpoint already at 8.00 and do not forget to take warm clothes for themselves and the serviceman.
The rest of the time, leaves of absence are issued to fighters upon application. It must be written on Thursday addressed to the unit commander, because... The dismissal order is signed on Friday. If the leave is denied, you can meet with the serviceman at the checkpoint of the unit (a special room is allocated for meetings).

Communication with relatives by mobile phone is allowed only on weekends. Soldiers deposit their phones with the company commander, and their receipt is noted in the log. From mobile operators They recommend MTS (“Call Mom” or “Super 0” tariff) or Megafon (“It’s simple”).

Soldiers of military unit 71615 receive their allowances on a VTB-24 card. The ATM is located at the checkpoint part. Contract employees are entitled to payments twice a month, and conscript soldiers - once. You can top up your VTB-24 card like this:

1. In one of the bank branches. To make a transfer, you need to know the fighter’s name and card number. The sender must have with him bank card and passport.
2. Internet banking. The Telebank service can be activated at the bank office if you have a passport. After logging in Personal Area enter the recipient's card number and transfer amount.
3. Via terminal. Indicate the recipient's card number and insert the bills into the bill acceptor.
4. Through the Contact service. You need the recipient's details (bank name, card number and passport details).

Sick soldiers of military unit 71615 are sent to the infirmary, and from there to the garrison military hospital (branch No. 9 of the 1586th district military hospital), designed for 150 beds. Visitors can visit the soldier daily from 10.00 to 19.00. A one-time pass is issued to a visitor only upon presentation of a passport.

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On new level.
Back in 2014, electronic warfare units began to receive unique Murmansk-BN complexes, the creation of analogues of which is not even expected in any country in the world in the near future. Today the complexes are already in service in the Northern, Pacific and Black Sea Fleet .
Murmansk-BN complexes were installed in Sevastopol. From there they can cover almost everything water area Mediterranean Sea . The complex is also being successfully mastered in Kamchatka.
According to the results school year Kamchatka separate electronic warfare center under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Temchenko was recognized as the best electronic warfare unit Far East. Shortly before this, two Murmansk-BN complexes entered service with the center.
To the troops Northern Fleet They were the first to act, becoming the basis of the naval electronic warfare group. They were first used during a surprise check of the combat readiness of the Russian Armed Forces at the beginning of 2015. The results of those maneuvers, as well as the demonstrated capabilities of the complex, were commented on by the head of the electronic warfare center of the Northern Fleet, captain of the second rank Dmitry Popov: “According to its characteristics, Murmansk-BN is capable of disrupting the control of the forces of a potential enemy. It operates at a range of more than 5 thousand kilometers. Today our task is to prevent the transfer of data from reconnaissance aircraft of a mock enemy to its aviation. The efficiency of the complex is one hundred percent. The tasks received in real time were fully completed.”
Chief of Staff of the 471st separate center Electronic warfare captain 3rd rank Roman Nechaev: “Murmansk-BN is an arsenal of the 21st century. The basis of the work the newest complex modern mathematical principles are laid down. In terms of its parameters, it surpasses its predecessor by almost several orders of magnitude. For example, the declared power of the stations in the old park was 5 kW. Murmansk-BN has this figure in separate modes work can reach 400 kW. Other characteristics are also impressive new technology, in particular, its range effective application. In the capable hands of Kamchatka electronic warfare specialists, the complex from its location is capable of performing tasks both on its territory and far on its approaches. And if necessary - outside the 12-mile economic zone - from Chukotka to the islands in the Sea of ​​Japan».
"Murmansk-BN" is a short-wave coastal electronic warfare system. It conducts radio reconnaissance, intercepts enemy signals and suppresses them over the entire shortwave range at a range of up to 5000 kilometers!
It takes 72 hours to install the complex. When unfolded, it takes up as much as 640 thousand square meters. One side of the antenna field is 800 meters. The height of the telescopic hydraulic antenna masts is 32 meters, that is, higher than a standard nine-story building. The complex was mounted on seven heavy KamAZ trucks.

"Murmansk-BN" is effective against both ships and reconnaissance aircraft. The complex recognizes the target, suppresses its control and communication systems, and then, if necessary, it uses weapons operating on traditional principles.
Experts point out that if the existing Murmansk-BN complexes are placed, for example, in Kaliningrad, then they will be able to virtually jam communications and control systems in the HF range throughout Europe and in parts Atlantic Ocean .
A new product in the defense industry provides a serious advantage not only at the operational-tactical, but also at the strategic level. Already located today in the Sevastopol"Murmansk-BN" is capable of negating the advantage that aircraft carrier strike groups give NATO in the Mediterranean Sea. The complex will also make it possible to stop the potential threat from the alliance’s “Black Sea flotilla,” the creation of which was announced at the bloc’s Warsaw summit.
At sea, the United States and its allies still have significantly more conventional offensive forces and weapons. However, Russia, not seeking to attack itself, creates a kind of wall against them, consisting of powerful anti-ship systems missile systems type "Ball" and "Bastion") and the world's best air defense systems.
The situation is similar in the Arctic, where new electronic warfare systems provide strategic control over a significant part waters of the Northern Arctic Ocean . The Murmansk-BN complexes installed in Kamchatka, in turn, control the seas and oceans up to the borders of some neighboring states, such as the USA and Japan. This allows you to extreme situation by using soft power to quickly eliminate many potential threats. And also to stop reconnaissance operations off our coast.
Latest development Russian engineers create a huge advantage for our army. According to some estimates, nothing like this will be seen in the armed forces of other countries for decades. Therefore, “Murmansk-BN” is another reason for the whole world to pronounce the word “Russia” with respect.

How to repel an enemy air raid without firing a single missile? How important is a sense of proportion when organizing communications and command and control? And why is the computer in the hands of a soldier with higher education Could it be worse than a machine gun? The “Defend Russia” correspondent was told about this and much more at the Tambov Center for Training Electronic Warfare Troops.

In the second half of the twentieth century, electronic warfare (EW) units began to appear in the armies of the leading countries of the world. For decades, their main tasks have been to suppress enemy radio communication systems, as well as navigation, reconnaissance and destruction systems using radars.

House of electronic warfare

Members of the Russian Armed Forces, like their foreign colleagues, carry out this work in three main directions - air, sea and land, and if necessary, they can also extinguish signals coming from space satellites. The competence of electronic warfare officers also includes countering technical intelligence in information networks, however this area their service is one of the most closed, so it’s difficult to say for sure.

Commanders and operators of electronic warfare systems are now being trained at the unique Russian center for the training and combat use of electronic warfare troops in Tambov. Over one and a half thousand specialists, from soldier-operators to company commanders, undergo training annually.

Conscripts are trained according to a five-month program, during which time soldiers learn to handle complex equipment, to a certain extent comprehend the theory of electronic warfare, and also practice skills on simulators and real combat systems. Military training contract service- as a rule, these are people with average technical education- somewhat shorter: depending on the tasks, the training cycle lasts from ten days to three months. During the longest cycle, contract soldiers are trained to become heads of radio jamming stations. Officers also undergo three months of training, after which they are certified for the position of platoon or electronic warfare company commander.

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In the gym

For practical training at the Tambov Electronic Warfare Center they are actively using combat systems radio reconnaissance and suppression, as well as computer simulators. The Center's specialists demonstrated to journalists the work of two of them - a training version of the Torn-MDM-U radio monitoring system and a hardware and software analogue ground complex control of interference stations AKUP-1.

The training class of the Torn-MDM-U simulator resembles an office of an IT company rather than a military facility - vertical blinds on the windows, a dozen modern computers at wide tables and not a single familiar poster with visual aids on the walls. All necessary drawings and the lesson leader displays the graphics through a projector on a large white screen.

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This is where contract workers work. Groups of numbers and abbreviations change on the monitors, understandable only to the electronic warfare officers themselves, the cursor slowly crawls along the graph of the intercepted signal, icons and lines appear and disappear on the map of the area. The work of the students is monitored by the head of the cycle, Major Karpenko. From time to time he looks into a separate room behind a glass wall, where two military men are working with radio equipment.

Everything is serious here - displays in metal cases, dashboards obviously for military purposes, several radio stations of different bands. A continuous Morse code signal beeps from the speakers. As the leader of the classes explained, in big class listeners decide combat missions, simulated on a computer, and at this position the operators work with live broadcast.

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In the next class, AKUP-1 calculations are trained. As the Center’s specialists explained, this complex is designed to counter airborne radars attack aircraft enemy. For example, in the event of a raid front-line bombers at our object, the combat crew of the complex will “extinguish” their locators with a directed radio signal, the target will literally disappear from the radar screens. Aircraft crews are unlikely to dare to break through to visual contact with the target - the risk of being torn apart by missile and artillery fire from air defense systems is too great.

The AKUP-1 simulator is completely virtual; the operational environment is created by a computer. Workplaces for all levels are equipped here, from command post battalion or company to the jamming station. At the controls are military personnel, both officers and non-commissioned officers. The leader of the classes demonstrated to the “Defend Russia” correspondent the work of one of the military men: “This complex is capable of detecting radar station(radar) combat aircraft over the entire altitude range. Depending on the operating mode of the radar - transmission of control signals rocket weapons, side-scan radar radiation or terrain scanning when flying at low altitudes - the target is given its priority. The student’s task is to identify from the variety of air targets the one that has characteristic radiation, and to adequately assess the degree of its threat.”

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Ninth Company

By the fall of this year, a new unit will appear at the Tambov electronic warfare training center - . Special military formation, already the ninth in the Russian Armed Forces, will be staffed by graduates of technical universities. During the year, conscripts with diplomas will engage in scientific research, testing new and modernizing existing electronic warfare, radio intelligence, and information security systems.

To date, eight Russian technical universities have announced their intention to send their graduates to serve in the Tambov scientific company, including the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, a long-time supplier of technical personnel for the army and defense industry. All applicants face a tough and impartial selection process, but specialists also have their own preferences.

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Thus, the Center is interested in recruiting graduates of the Tambov State technical university(TSTU). The reasons are objective: among the university teachers there are many former officers Center, who simultaneously have scientific titles and practical experience work with electronic warfare equipment. In addition, the Revtrud enterprise is located in Tambov, which produces this equipment, and organizes introductory classes for students of specialized faculties of TSTU. Finally, a manufacturer of high-tech military products is interested in having technicians who have studied standard samples, after the army they began to develop promising technology.

At the same time, the recruitment of ordinary conscripts requires some improvement. According to officers of the Center, some military registration and enlistment offices staff it on a residual basis, which sometimes results in the conscription of soldiers who are not suitable for service in electronic warfare units.

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How are things overseas?

In addition to combat training of military personnel, specialists from the Tambov Electronic Warfare Center are engaged in research work. Among its directions is the applied study of the military-technical capabilities of the armed forces of foreign states. Sometimes the analysis of the information received gives very interesting results. Thus, after studying data from publicly available sources on the Internet, the Center’s researchers found a potential vulnerability in the US Army’s modernized communications system.

As Anatoly Balyukov, head of the testing and methodological department, said, today the US military is replacing communications equipment in the troops with AN/PRC-100 and AN/PRC-150 radio stations. Their distinctive feature is the ability to network according to the principle of IP addressing, and “any soldier will be able to reach the president.”

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No doubt - global character radio communications provides the broadest opportunities in the theater of military operations. But there is also back side, Balyukov noted. Any global information network has its own vulnerabilities that can be exploited by someone else. Therefore, when creating such systems, it is important not to lose a sense of proportion. But in this matter, our overseas partners lost it. Let us add on our own behalf - as in many other things.