SHIP-BASED AIR DEFENSE MISSILE-GUN SYSTEMS KASHTAN, KASHTAN-M AND PANTSIR-ME

摘要

Surface ships, including small-displacement ships, must be reliably protected against air strikes. In order to ensure combat stability at the level of 0.95 only one anti-ship missile is allowed to approach defended ships with probability of 0.05. Since to engage a small-displacement surface ship at least two anti-ship missiles are launched, the probability of killing each such missile with air-defense assets of the ship shall not be less than 0.98. This level of probability to kill an anti-ship missile can be achieved only when it is engaged with SAMs and AA guns at several lines of approach. The only systems in the world that combine within a single turret mount a powerful artillery armament, efficient multi-mode missile weapon and an integrated radar-optical weapon control system are the Russian Kashtan, Kashtan-M and Pantsir-ME developed at KBP,Tula.