Ukraine’s Neptune missile destroyed russian S-400 air defense complex in occupied Crimea [video]
On August 23, the Neptune cruise missile of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a particularly important ground target – the 48Y6-K1 “Podlet” air reconnaissance radar, which is a part of the S-400 “Triumph” anti-aircraft missile system, in occupied Crimea, Yuriy Butusov, editor-in-chief of censor.net, reported.
“‘Podlet’ is the eyes of the ‘Triumph’, this radar provides surveillance of the airspace for both low-altitude targets and ballistic missiles, and is a key component of the air and missile defense of the russian Armed Forces.According to sources, the intelligence of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received accurate information about the location of the russian radar near the village of Olenivka in the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea. The radar provided control of the air situation over the western part of the Black Sea and over the territory of the Kherson region from a distance of approximately 110 km from the front line.
The Navy identified a new cruise missile of the Neptune land-based missile system to destroy the radar, and programmed the route and flight characteristics to bypass russian surveillance systems. One ‘Neptun’ missile at a very low altitude went unnoticed and accurately destroyed the ‘Podlet’ radar, despite the large forces of russian air defense concentrated in the occupied Kherson region and Crimea.A new outstanding success of the Neptune missiles of the domestic design bureau ‘Luch’ and soldiers of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The best gift for the holiday,” says Butusov.
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine published a video named “The russian S-400 complex was destroyed in the occupied Crimea”.