It became known about the improvement of the Pantsir-S air defense missile system to combat Turkish and Israeli drones.

Russian military developers have improved the latest version of the Russian-made Pantsir-S air defense missile system specifically to combat Turkish and Israeli drones, which have demonstrated the vulnerabilities of these air defense systems. Now the complexes will receive a unique radar that allows them to detect drones in a timely manner and successfully hit them at safe distances.

“The thing is that the Pantsir-C1 complex was originally created as a kind of“ bodyguard ”for the S-300 and S-400 air defense systems. These are short-range weapons, the range of targets for which does not include small-sized attack drones and loitering ammunition. Consequently, the export Pantsiri-S1 are ineffective in modern combat conditions. However, the above-described "injustice" is called upon to correct the new C2 complexes, which are already being rearmed by Russian troops. The second version will receive a more efficient radar and optical guidance channel. In addition, the vertical guidance angle will also increase, which will reduce the blind funnel above the battery by up to 16%. Reducing the interception line of the new "Shell" to 200 meters will also be a problem for attack drones. After all, this is the basis of the favorite tactics of UAVs, getting as close as possible to the target ", - about it сообщает Russian information portal "Topcor.ru".

Experts note that the new version may be quite effective, however, there are video recordings made in the same Libya, which capture the destruction of conventional versions of the Pantsir-C1 air defense missile system based on Kamaz, which indicates that there are problems not only for the export versions of these complexes, but also for the conventional versions, which obviously requires the modernization of all existing complexes.